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Join Us in France Travel Podcast

Paris Sewer, Episode 125

Join Us in France Travel Podcast

Annie Sargent

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, History

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2016

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Today Brenda and Annie discuss our visit he Paris sewer or "Égouts de Paris". Oh, my, what a place! You have to know that when you visit the Paris sewer, you are actually in the sewer, this is not a reproduction or a show-room. Once inside, you are walking over actual sewer lines and you get the full effect, smell and sight and all. How much does the Paris sewer really stink? Should you go or should you pass? Find out in today's episode.

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0:00.0

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

0:06.0

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

0:11.6

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

0:16.8

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.

0:24.3

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

0:28.2

and tell you some amazing stories exactly where they happened,

0:32.1

download the Voicemap app on your phone and look for

0:35.7

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

0:41.8

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

0:44.8

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

0:51.4

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

0:57.0

On today's join us in France, the Paris sewer.

1:00.0

And how much does it really stink? The The This is

1:35.0

in France episode 125.

1:38.0

Hello, I'm Annie and I'm here to tell you about my travels and discovery of France and also interview listeners who visit France and have great tips to share from their own trips to France.

1:51.0

I love France. I was born and raised here. I live in France, but in my early

1:55.6

20s I left France to discover life in America, well in the UK first and then America. So when I came back in my 40s I had to rediscover my own

2:07.3

country and I want to help you understand France better because I like you have a passion for travel done right.

2:17.0

Thank you Brenda Morin for coming up with that really nifty qualifier.

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I like it.

2:22.0

The show has come to the awkward growth stage where it needs a lot of my

2:27.2

attention and time so much that it's like having another job so I need to decide cut back on my work hours so that the

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