How 2020 has changed Montmartre

The Earful Tower: Paris

Oliver Gee

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

4.8 • 749 Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Montmartre. A hotspot for tourists and Parisians alike. But what happens when such a district goes through two lockdowns in one year?

This week I'm joined by Lily Heise, a 17-year resident of Montmartre, to answer that very question. We also discussed her new book There's Only One Paris. Follow the link below to order a copy!

For Lily's new book, find it on Amazon here:
https://amzn.to/2V20jgL

For more from Lily, find her website here:
http://jetaimemeneither.com/

For more content from The Earful Tower, support it and guarantee its improvement on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theearfultower

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Earful Tower podcast. My name is Oliver G. This is a show all about Paris,
0:07.2	and that's official. And you know how I know that? Because I added the word Paris to the podcast
0:12.4	title just yesterday. So in case you had any doubt, it's a show about Paris officially,
0:19.1	and France, of course. Today I've got a guest named Lily Heise, and she's a show about Paris officially and France, of course. Today, I've got a guest named Lily Heise and she's a friend of the show.
0:25.7	She's a Canadian writer.
0:27.4	She's also a tour guide on the side and she's lived in Montmart for 17 years.
0:32.7	She knows this part of town like the back of her hand.
0:35.9	Now, me, as I say in the episode, I lived here for two
0:38.4	years in Montmart, six years in Paris. So logically, she knows the district of Montmart eight
0:45.1	point five times better than me. And I think that shows in this episode. She gives all kinds of secrets.
0:51.2	We talk about how the area has sort of survived and thrived or
0:57.6	sometimes the opposite during that first lockdown and the deconfinement. And this was recorded
1:03.7	right before Paris went into the second lockdown. And obviously the reason that I stocked up like
1:10.6	a squirrel on the episode is because I wasn't sure I'd be able to meet people during the lockdown. And obviously the reason that I stocked up like a squirrel on the episode is because I
1:12.5	wasn't sure I'd be able to meet people during the lockdown. So this was recorded just a couple
1:16.7	weeks ago. Her new book, there's only one Paris. You can find it on the links in the show notes
1:22.9	below, nice and easy to find. We talk about that too. But look, this show is brought to you, as always,
1:30.5	by the lovely, generous, kind and thoughtful Patreon supporters. You can become one of them to
1:36.9	Patreon.com slash the earful tower. You can unlock. You can basically imagine all these episodes. It's like,
1:46.0	imagine right now when you're listening to the show, you're swimming with all your clothes on.
1:49.8	When you become a Patrial member, it's like you're swimming naked. You get all the episodes
1:53.7	and you get all the information, you understand it. It's like all the jokes make sense.
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