Top Paris Secrets
The Earful Tower: Paris
Oliver Gee
4.8 • 794 Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2018
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Hi guys,
It's quite the episode today - we've got Stefanie Kouatchet from the city hunt company Paris in Action revealing some of her favourite stories about Paris.
Each of these places are linked to a place in Paris you may have walked past a million times without ever knowing the stories behind them.
Featuring:
The 'Spiderman' who stole five paintings from the Museum of Modern Art
The Paris Meridian line and how to find it
France's answer to Romeo and Juliet - Heloise and Abelard
The palace that burned down in the very middle of Paris
Plus plenty of extra pics on The Earful Tower's website here.
And remember, one lucky Patreon supporter will win a free city hunt from Paris in Action. Winner announced next week.
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| 0:00.0 | Hereful Tower Listener, this week we got Stephanie from Paris in Action, which does kind of like city hunts. |
| 0:05.5 | They're sort of treasure hunts but for Paris. |
| 0:07.2 | And she's revealing her favorite Paris secrets. |
| 0:10.3 | I can guarantee you've not heard all these ones before. |
| 0:13.3 | Let's get on with it. |
| 0:14.6 | One man, one country, one red scooter. |
| 0:19.9 | Here's the Earful Tower with Oliver G. |
| 0:23.2 | Stephanie Quachette. |
| 0:24.8 | Yes. |
| 0:25.3 | Hello, welcome to the studio. |
| 0:26.7 | Thank you for having me. |
| 0:27.6 | How did you find the stairs? |
| 0:29.1 | It was okay. |
| 0:30.0 | I kind of prepared myself, but I made it. |
| 0:32.7 | Physically or mentally? |
| 0:33.9 | Yes, I did some training. |
| 0:35.6 | Wow, that's a new one. |
| 0:41.8 | No. So you I did some training. Wow, that's a new one. No. So you're, you are the woman behind Paris in Action. Yes, I know. There might be people out there who are thinking, what's Paris in |
| 0:45.7 | action? Which is strange because I would have just explained it in the intro, but in your words, |
| 0:50.6 | what is Paris in Action? Well, Paris in Action is a company that organizes city hunts. |
| 0:56.5 | So city hunts are, it's a mix between a treasure hunt and a scavenger hunt that allows people to visit Paris and explore Paris in an interactive way. |
| 1:06.1 | So really to take in things that they may have easily missed that have interesting stories behind them. |
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