Hello everyone. You're listening to the Earful Tower podcast. My name's Oliver G. This is a show about

Paris. If you're the kind of person who likes Paris, if you're the kind of person who likes podcasts,

then you've come to the right place. Today's guest is Caroline de Megris, and we're going to be

talking about Pigal, her new book, and a lot more. Before we go anywhere, though, I just want to say a thank you to the sponsor for this whole

season.

That's my private Paris.

They do custom tours, boutique tour agency.

You surely are familiar with them by now.

But I asked Bertrand, who runs the company, I said, how would you describe the ninth arrondissement in 30 seconds?

And this is what he said.

The ninth arrondissement, the ninth arrondissement, for me it's the one arrondissement for people who love the 19th century.

And it's something we like very much here, especially for all its art movement, the core of it being the romanticism with artists like painters like

De La Croix or Chaffer, the writers Victoria, Hugo, Alexander Dumas and amazing stories because

it's really in the heart of the ninth arrondissement in a part called the New Athens that

these people lived, find inspiration and really shaped a new way for making art.

So be sure to hang around at the end of the episode for more from Bertrand, who talked about

why the district is called the New Athens and a few famous faces from history. So remember

to check them out, myprivateparis.com.

A big thanks too to all the Patreon supporters, many of who I met yesterday in a virtual chat session.

The whole day, I was just online answering calls from supporters.

That was really fun helping you guys with your travel planning,

talking about my upcoming book, things like that.

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