Hey everyone, Oliver G here. This is the Eiffel Tower podcast and something you probably didn't know

is that almost everything in the city of Paris seems to go back to the world fairs. Do you know

I'm talking about the world fairs? I think probably most famously known from the Eiffel Tower.

The Eiffel Tower was built as an entrance to a World Fair and it just hung around.

I'm talking about these also called World Expos or Universal Expos.

Today's guest, Charles Pappas, has written a book called Nobody Sits Like the French,

exploring Paris through its World Expos.

And this is a kind of historical guidebook on these World Expos.

Seven of them have been in Paris, and they transformed this city forevermore.

So I sat down with him in the 11th Aaron de Smont.

In fact, we sat out on a roadside terrace of a cafe called Harvest.

Loved it.

Lovely cafe.

So check that out.

You'll feel probably like you're sitting out on the street with us.

Occasionally, a car passes, people murmuring as they walk past, maybe the clink of a cappuccino being put on the table, you'll feel that you're

right there with Charles and I. Now, before we get into the show, this episode is brought to you

by the Earful Towers walking tours. I'm looking right now, there have been 170

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let the people tell you because they're doing it by the dozens a special shout out to the

monday morning tour of the mar, which is the one that I always

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