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

in France, in France episode 71.

Hello I'm Annie and on today's show I take you to the pantheon in Paris which I visited

myself for the first time just recently. There's been a lot of talk about the pantheon

recently in France because four new persons were buried and I'm not sure if I should say buried or turd but anyway

We're brought into the pantheon the last week of May 2015 and it's not something that happens very often and since

I had just visited I paid extra attention to it. There's a lot I could say

about this because culturally it's a big deal and it's a bit of a controversial issue

But my main goal today will be to help you decide if you'd like to see it or not

It could really go either way. Some people would never think of skipping it. Well, others probably, you know, they're not sure and they might move it right off of their must-see list after having listened to this description.

So which way is it going to go for you?

I don't know.

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