Hello everyone, you're listening to the Earful Tower podcast. My name's Oliver G. And this, well, this is a slightly different episode for a number of reasons. But first, before I say anything, I should say that this Thursday episode, for the last time, is brought to you by Fat Tire Tours. Why is it the last time? Well, it was always going to be a summer thing. This whole

season, season six of the Eiffel Tower, has been two episodes a week and we can all thank Fat Tire

Tours for that. If you really want to thank them, go and book one of their tours. Fat TireTours.com.

You get 10% off if you use the word earful at the checkout. But hurry up because this

deal is literally not going to last. But why is this episode different? I'm going to talk a little

bit more about fat tire at the end. But why is this episode different? Because today's guest,

who is a courier, a cycling courier in Paris, David Smith. He got in touch with me, he said, hey, look,

Oliver, I'm paraphrasing here, but he said, look, Oliver, I'm not a blogger. I don't have a book

published. I've got nothing to promote, but I think I have a kind of unique life here in Paris.

I'm riding around all day. I'm seeing interesting sites, meeting interesting people, and I think your listeners

might enjoy hearing it. And I said, David, come on in. And so he did. So we just spent

half an hour talking about, well, we talked about what it's like to cycle around the streets of

Paris, how the cycling landscape has changed here, some of the celebrities that he's delivered to,

as well as some of the sort of secret

interesting places he's seen that he'd recommend for you. So even if you're not a cycling

fan, there'll be something in this one for you. But yeah, I was going to say go and buy his

book or check out his blog what he doesn't have one. David Smith, cyclist. Keep your eye out

for him on the streets of Paris. But yeah, here's David Smith.

Talk about cycling in Paris.

Let's do it.

David, welcome to the studio.

Hello.

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