Hello everyone, you're listening to the Eiffel Tower podcast. My name's Oliver G. This show is brought to you by French Today. Their audio books, all about learning French. I'll be talking a little bit about them at the end of the episode. But first, let's talk a bit about today's episode. If it sounds to you like there are people screaming in the background, I don't know if you can hear that. It's because there's a school right outside this studio and the kids are playing and

I left the window open because I'm drying my shirt out there because what I could only

describe as a teradactyl appears to have defecated on the back of my favorite blue shirt

while I was walking to the studio.

So here I am on a hot day wearing a jumper inside my studio.

It's meant to be lucky, so I'm happy about it.

But today's episode, Demystifying the French by Janet Houlstrand.

I say Hulstrand.

She says Hulstrand.

Let's call the whole thing off, hey, Janet?

No, she was in the...

Oh, God, what am I talking about?

I'm overheating in here.

Janet Hulstrand has written a book called demystifying the French.

I'm holding it in my hand right now.

How to love them and make them love you.

And what you've heard about them is not entirely true.

It rhymes.

So that's a book.

I'm going to be talking to Janet.

You're going to hear it.

That's what this whole episode's going to be about today. But first, I just want to say a few quick things. It has been a wonderful week for me in Paris. It's been one of the, probably one of the best weeks I've had in this city in a long time. And if you're following along on, say, Instagram, you've probably seen a lot of it. But let me just give you a little recap on

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