It's Season 12 of The Earful Tower, The Paris Countdown: Here comes an-depth guide to the Paris arrondissements after we've spent 24 hours in each of them.

This week it's the 18th arrondissement, with a strong focus on Montmartre. The YouTube video that goes with this episode will be here, and the blog post will be here with all the pictures.

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Below are all the places we mentioned.

All the details:

Hotel:Terrass" Hotel Address: 12-14 Rue Joseph de Maistre, 75018 @terrasshotel

Sites:

Place du Tertre (artists' square)Address: Pl. du Tertre, 75018 Paris

Restaurant:

Le Moulin de la Galette @lemoulindelagaletteofficiel Address: 83 Rue Lepic, 75018 Paris

Drinks:

Terrass Rooftop Bar Address: 12 Rue Joseph de Maistre, 75018 Paris

Chez Camille@bar_chez_camille Address: 8 Rue Ravignan, 75018 Paris

Coffee shops:

La Main Noire @la.main.noire Address: 12 Rue Cavallotti, 75018 Paris

Les 5 Marches @les.5.marches Address: 12 Rue Girardon, 75018 Paris

It's Season 12 of The Earful Tower, The Paris Countdown: Here comes an-depth guide to the Paris arrondissements after we've spent 24 hours in each of them.

This week it's the 19th arrondissement, with a strong focus on the canals that run through the neighbourhood.

The YouTube video that goes with this episode will be here, and the blog post will be here with all the pictures.

A big thank you to the Patreon supporters, without whom we wouldn't be making this season. Join them here.

Below are all the places we mentioned.

Hotel:

Holiday Inn Express Paris - Canal de la Villette

68 Quai de la Seine, 75019

Lunch:

Paname Brewing Company

41 bis Quai de la Loire, 75019

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Sites:

Philharmonie de Paris

221 Av. Jean Jaurès, 75019

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Curiosities:

Péniche L'Eau Et Les Rêves (Péniche Librairie)

9 Quai de l'Oise, 75019

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Lunch: La Rotonde Stalingrad

6-8 Pl. de la Bataille de Stalingrad, 75019

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Drinks:

Péniche Antipode - Abricadabra

55 Quai de la Seine, 75019

Instagram Café Mama Kin

Address: 13 Rue de Thionville, 75019

@cafe.mamakin

Coffee shops:

Le Pavillon des Canaux

39 Quai de la Loire, 75019

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Kaffebar 19

26B Rue de l'Ourcq, 75019

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Here we are: Season 12, The Paris Countdown. For the next 20 weeks, you'll be hearing an in-depth guide to the Paris arrondissements after we've spent 24 hours in each of them. We're starting at the 20th arrondissement, with a strong focus on Edith Piaf.

The YouTube video that goes with this episode is here, and here is the blog post with all the pictures.

A big thank you to the Patreon supporters, without whom we wouldn't be making this season. Join them here.

Below are all the places we mentioned.

Hotel:

Babel Belleville

3 Rue Lemon, 75020

Lunch:

Peppe Pizzeria

2 Pl. Saint-Blaise, 75020 Paris

Sites:

Campagne à Paris

210 Rue des Pyrénées, 75020 Paris

Père-Lachaise Cemetery

16 Rue du Repos, 75020 Paris

Edith Piaf's birthplace

72 Rue de Belleville

Market:

Boulevard de Belleville, Tuesdays and Fridays

Dinner and Edith singing:

Le Vieux Belleville

12 Rue des Envierges, 75020

Drink:

Aux Folies

8 Rue de Belleville, 75020 Paris

Coffee shop:

The Dancing Goat

117 Av. Gambetta, 75020 Paris

Street art street:

Rue du Retrait

Next week the new season of The Earful Tower begins. Here's what you can expect :)

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Here's the story of how Lina and I got our two childen's books in the gift shop of the Louvre Museum.

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Are Parisian men all well-dressed? Or is it a myth? And while we're at it, what should YOU wear on your visit to Paris?

All these questions and much more are answered this week by Frenchman Fabien Renault, the managing director France's arm of the luxury fashion company Joseph.

And the idiot in this show, of course, is me. Enjoy the episode and subscribe for more of the same every single week.

My father-in-law Jakob is on the show, recounting the tale of how he got VIP treatment at a Paris fashion house in the 1980s.

It's part of a bigger theme of 'My First Trip To Paris' that Patreon members have been sharing, join them here.

Mentioned in this episode:

Charles Aznavour songs:

Non je n'ai rien oublié

and

Emmenez moi

The song played in the intro and outro was Sous le ciel de Paris.

And the fashion house was Carven, which still exists at 6 Rdpt des Champs-Élysées Marcel-Dassault, 75008.

See you next week with another new episode.

Do you want a peek behind the scenes of artist life on the Left Bank of Paris?

Well it's your lucky day! Today on the podcast it's renowned artist Alex Hillkurtz, who shares a little about his method, from inside his Left Bank chambre de bonne studio.

I first met Alex when his work was on exhibit at the Orangerie in the Luxembourg Gardens and I'm already planning my visit to see his work in the Grand Palais this year.

You can find more about Alex on his website here, in advance, or join his nearly 100,000 Instagram followers here.

If you're a Patreon member, I hope you've already seen our tour of his workplace and his view over the sixth arrondissement of Paris. If not, watch the replay by signing up here.

IT'S BACK!

Today's guest is the reigning champ of The Earful Tower Bucket List, Shelly. She is a Paris art consultant, a personal friend of mine, and has her finger firmly on the pulse of things to do in Paris.

We share our top five things to do this year in Paris. Why not write your own list and join us?

The full list will be on the website later today: www.theearfultower.com

My Dad worked on Paris peniche, moored on the Seine, in 1976.

I didn't know much about the story, so asked him how it came to be.

His tale included hitch-hiking, thievery, a police station in Arles, and finally a boat in Paris.

Here it is in full :)

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