There's a lot of talk right now about the iconic booksellers by the Seine, aka the bouquinistes.
In recent months, the Paris Town Hall officials threatened to remove the stalls to make way for the Olympic Games, but President Macron overturned the decision this week.
The book stalls are here to stay.
I figured many Earful Tower listeners might want to know more about these mysterious bouquinistes, so let's revisit my chat with Sydney Zekley, who ran one of the stalls not too far from the Tour d'Argent restaurant.
The music in this episode is an original tune from Pres Maxson, fittingly titled Sunset on the Seine.
The original chat with Sydney was from July, 2019 (season 6, episode 9). This week's version has been updated, remastered, and edited accordingly.
***********
The Earful Tower exists thanks to support from its Patreon members. From $10 a month you can unlock almost endless extras including bonus podcast episodes, live video replays, special event invites, and our annually updated PDF guide to Paris.
Membership takes only a minute to set up. Thank you for keeping this channel independent.
For more from the Earful Tower, here are some handy links:
Website
Weekly newsletter
Kylie: The crocodile swimming in Paris
Jewish Paris: Famous falafels to moving museums
Ile Saint-Louis: The most beautiful walk in Paris
Haussmann: The man who remade Paris
Guimard: The architect who brought Art Nouveau to Paris
Floods: Paris when it's underwater (and the Great Flood of 1910)
Eiffel: How well do YOU know the Eiffel Tower?
Deauville: More than "the Parisian Riviera"
Chateaux: Unique ways to finance them in France
Bievre: Finding the lost Paris river
Arago: Tracking the Paris meridian line
Introduction to the big new season of The Earful Tower
Movies and art on the French Riviera
Ten top places to explore on the French Riviera
Famous writers and the French Riviera
Five golden rules for visiting the French Riviera
Farewell to the little red scooter
Six In-Seine Paris secrets from six Paris experts
A new life in the ??th arrondissement of Paris
The insider's guide to an ancient Paris market
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Modern West
Concrete Pastures Podcast
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
Travel with Rick Steves
Frequent Miler on the Air
Points Talk with the Travel Mom Squad