Daily life in Paris without the tourists

The Earful Tower: Paris

Oliver Gee

Arts, Paris, Society & Culture, Travel, Places & Travel, France

4.8 • 749 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

With many countries still on the "don't visit list" for France, the city of Paris is strangely empty.

Sure, there are a lot of French people about... and quite a few Europeans. But all the main tourist groups have vanished, and it makes for an interesting time in the City of Lights.

My wife Lina and I discuss how the city has changed and what that means for us locals.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone. My name is Oliver G. You are listening to the Earful Tower podcast. A little escape
0:05.8	from your life, whatever you're doing right now. And this week, it's going to be a fun one because
0:10.2	I've got one of my old, you shouldn't have favorites, but I've got one of my favorite guests.
0:15.0	I bribed him to say this. She did bribe me. It is my wife, Lena. Hi. Known in some circles as lovely Lena.
0:21.8	Yes.
0:22.6	Yes.
0:23.2	I mean, you gave me that name.
0:24.8	No, no.
0:25.1	It was leader or listener.
0:26.6	Oh, Lida.
0:27.6	Yeah.
0:27.6	Hello, Lida.
0:28.5	She'll be listening.
0:29.1	Now I like it.
0:29.9	Oh, okay.
0:30.3	Yeah.
0:30.7	I think you don't like it because it means you have to be lovely. That's the thing. Yeah, it's like immense pressure. Yeah, because usually
0:37.5	when I press stop, you start swearing, don't you? Yeah. Like a sailor. Like a Breton sailor.
0:42.0	So, so Lena's the guest today because she's an expert on today's subject, it's life in Paris
0:48.5	without the tourists. And I know she knows a lot about it because you've been right next to me for most of it.
0:54.7	Yeah, it's true.
0:57.0	And I feel like I know a lot about it.
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