Before we start this episode about Paris, let me take a second to tell you that I now offer

audio tours of different Paris neighborhoods via a smartphone app called Voicemap.

I wish I could show all of my listeners around in person but unfortunately

there is not enough of me to go around so I hope you'll find taking me

around in your phone to be an acceptable compromise.

If you'd like to try a self-guided tour where I show you Paris and tell you some amazing

stories exactly where they happened, download the Voicemap app on your phone and look for

tours in Paris by Annie Sergeant. You can order tours through the app on your

phone but if you'd like to enjoy a special discount for

podcast listeners visit join us in France.com forward slash audio tours to order your

tour activation codes and I'll see you in Paris.

This is join us in France episode 42.

Hello, I'm Annie. Are you sure?

Yeah, I'm sure. And I'm Annie. Are you sure? I'm sure and I'm Elise and we welcome you to the

join us in France travel podcast. Elise is a professional tour guide, art historian

and a really good storyteller.

On today's show, we go to a place that either gets heralded as like genius or like, oh that's a monstrosity and I'm talking about the

santre gourche pompidou in Paris which Parisians called Bobo.

Bobo!

And you have to explain why that is.

I will, yes.

So, we'll have a little music and then we'll go back, come back and talk about boo! the The All right, we're back. So how are you, Elise? I'm better. You're better better. Yeah you had a cold last week. Yeah my voice is still a little bit rusty. Yes you can say I think I just have to stop talking so much all the time that might help but it's definitely better

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