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. The The This is

this is Joining us in France episode 68. Hello, I'm Annie and today I am talking to you from a very quiet household.

I hope you'll stay that way.

Today is May 14, 2015 and it's a holiday in France, his ascension and the

village is quiet. I went out to my village this morning to give a party break to the guide dog in training

that I that I'm raising and he because he needs to do his business on leash and in the gutter as part of his training.

So every morning I have to take him around the village and he's used to it by now.

He's 16 months old. He's used to it and so we're doing that and I would nobody around.

I mean most mornings, you know, there are people going to school and people going to work

whatever. This morning nobody just a few dogs who barked at us of course.

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