Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Episode 461
Join Us in France Travel Podcast
Annie Sargent
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2023
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Annie Sargent and Elyse Rivin explore the history and sites of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris. They discuss its various locations, historical significance, and treasures, from ancient manuscripts to modern collections. Book worms will love to visit these beautiful repositories of learning and French culture in the heart of Paris!
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| 0:00.0 | And the This is |
| 0:20.4 | This is Join Us in France episode 461 461 4 461 |
| 0:21.4 | 4 4seoisantium Bonsieur. I 4seanteum. |
| 0:23.0 | Bonsieur, I'm Annie Sergeant and join us in France is the podcast where we talk about France. |
| 0:29.0 | Everyday life in France, great places to visit in France, French culture, history, gastronomy, and news related to travel to France. |
| 0:38.0 | Today I bring you a conversation with Elise Riven of Toulouse Guided about some of the most glorious libraries in France, |
| 0:46.4 | including the Biliotek National of France Richelieu. |
| 0:51.5 | We usually call it BNF Richelieu, we usually call it BNF Richelieu, BNF standing for |
| 0:57.0 | bibiotic National de France. |
| 1:00.0 | This podcast is supported by donors and listeners who buy my tours and services including my itinerary consult service my GPS self-guided tours of Paris on the voice map up or take a day trip with me around the southwest of France in my electric car. |
| 1:19.0 | You can browse all of that at my boutique. Join us in France.com for a slash boutique and I just added a few possible day trips with |
| 1:28.1 | Annie these are just suggestions I think would be fantastic but perhaps you have some other ideas. |
| 1:34.0 | This is, after all, a completely custom day trip. |
| 1:38.0 | For the magazine part of the podcast, after the interview, I'll discuss the opening ceremonies of the Olympics and the controversial |
| 1:46.4 | hijab ban in France. we are going to talk about one of our favorite things. |
| 1:53.0 | We are going to talk about one of our favorite things. We did an episode a few weeks back about bookstores in France of famous, beautiful, engaging bookstores and also villages where there are books and places where they have book fairs and of course |
| 2:14.7 | when we do these sorts of episodes you have to understand that these are never |
| 2:18.4 | exhaustive okay we never list all of them because sometimes somebody emails me and says, oh but you didn't mention this, like, right. |
| 2:25.4 | Really? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. There has to be a choice made because podcast only can last a certain amount of minutes. |
| 2:34.4 | Yes, I think you'd grow roots. |
| 2:36.0 | I would probably. My behind is actually big enough. I don't need to do that. |
| 2:41.2 | But no, truthfully, you're absolutely right. |
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