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🗓️ 21 August 2023
⏱️ 21 minutes
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I is for Ile Saint-Louis - an island in the Seine. As far as I'm concerned, it features the most beautiful walk in Paris.
In this episode, I take you walking along the best bits of the island and share my favourite haunts. I also share my ideal route so you can do the same.
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The music in this episode is from Pres Maxson.
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0:00.0 | I'm not sure if you can hear what I can hear, but in the background is the gentle lapping of the |
0:10.2 | Sen River against the banks of one of the islands in the middle of Paris. |
0:16.6 | I am going to take you for a walk along this island. I'm going to show you what I consider to be the best way to visit it. |
0:23.6 | I'm going to tell you some of the best things to do if you're walking here yourself. |
0:27.9 | This is the Eiffel Tower. |
0:29.9 | My name is Oliver G. |
0:31.2 | And I is for Isle-San-Louis. |
0:34.4 | I am in St. Louis. Isles-L-Luie. |
0:53.1 | And so that was some music from PressMax and more on that in a second. |
0:55.3 | I am standing on the Isles-Saint-Douille directly in front of the St. Regis restaurant, Saint-Régis in French. And if you |
1:02.6 | want to find, it's ST, R-R-E-G-I-S. That's the name of the restaurant. That's where you want to start |
1:07.9 | this walk if you want to put your trust to me and spend an hour wisely on this island. |
1:13.6 | What I'm going to do is I'm going to take you, this is an on the go episode, I'm going to take you from this restaurant, |
1:18.6 | back to this restaurant in what I consider to be the most efficient use of your time. |
1:24.6 | Don't get me wrong, I've explored all the streets here. I've walked every single |
1:29.0 | back street, side street, a little walkway along the river banks. But this is what I think you |
1:35.8 | shouldn't miss. Okay. Now, as we start the walk, you're going to face down the long street. |
1:42.3 | Behind you is Notre Dame. In fact, start with a quick look at Notre Dame on the bridge. |
1:46.6 | But you want to walk down this main street, which is called Rue Saint-Louis-Lille. |
1:51.4 | I'll make a map of this. |
1:52.2 | I'll make it really easy. |
1:53.7 | But you've got choice, really. |
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