Moulin Rouge 2015

In September 2015 my friend Tom and I visited The Moulin Rouge courtesy of the VIP tickets that Tom (as a surprise) had booked and thus secured for the both of us. 

To be fair, It was the only way that he or any one for that matter would have got me to walk through the doors of such a revered place. 

I, at this point had not wanted to betray my romantic ideal of the 1890s and so had always steadfastly refused to enter the place. 

Unless Toulouse-Lautrec was at his table sketching or Jane Avril dancing with her usual free spirit...well, I wanted nothing to do with the modern incarnation... thank you very much! 

I wrote up the whole of that particular trip and my thoughts on The Moulin Rouge visit in my blog entry for September 2015.  Feel free to visit and read of my own and Tom's adventure. 

Anyway, and to the point, as a memory and to commemorate that trip and my first entry into The Moulin Rouge Tom purchased the above painting for me in the Place du Tertre in Montmartre.

I still possess the painting and it serves as a wonderful reminder of that trip and my fated entry into The Moulin Rouge. 

Cheers Tom.