{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"95. Oliver Gee, The Earful Tower Podcast; Back-Street Paris, a Swedish Moose and the Great American Road-Trip (\u2026yeah, baby)","description":"The fabulous Earful Tower Podcast, of which the star of the show is Paris, hit number one this month in the USA Apple podcast charts. Lisa chats to host Oliver Gee about seeing Paris like a local, chasing beavers down canals, catacombs, a moose on the loose in Sweden, grand Colonial hotels in Fiji, East African trucking on a shoe-string, great American road-trips, people who call you baby and sugar in gas stations and so much more.    On this episode we cover:   His recent number 1 in the US Apple places and travel charts Being mentioned in the New York Times The favourite episodes being people who have nothing to sell The elderly British man with the best story that stopped him on the street Leaving Sweden for Paris Being a journalist at the time of the Charlie Hebdo terror attacks Arriving in Paris \u2018for evil not love\u2019 Reporting on the Bataclan attacks The concept of parachute journalism Starting the podcast being a big change The Parisians being misunderstood Tourists expecting French waiters to speak English The golden rule; you always need to start with Bonjour American\u2019s excellent service in restaurants Persuading the Australian ambassador to throw him a party Prominent Australians in Paris Lisa totally winging it in business presentations in Paris Loving the restaurants with cheese trolleys The romantic old school Paris The intoxicating cradle of Paris - the two old islands in the middle of the Seine Tracing the ancient wall and 800 year old towers Paris\u2019 incredible catacombs lined with skulls and bones The beekeeper that showed him the secret alleyways underground Chasing the mysterious beavers of Canal St Martin Asking random Parisians if they\u2019ve seen a beaver The wistful old lady releasing crocodiles into the canal The waterways being a great way to see the city Travel tip \u2013 don\u2019t miss the Canal St Martin boat trip for a unique view of the city Lisa losing her clothes on her first day of a solo week in Paris The lead singer of the band having a panic attack on a bridge Africa on a very small budget being a very shaping trip Taking a truck from Tanzania through Uganda to the Victoria Falls The news in Sweden \u2013 a moose on the loose Sweden taking in migrants Road-tripping the long way from LA to New York The beautiful Grand Pacific Hotel in Fiji Lisa\u2019s podcast with Lady Pamela Hicks, the daughter of Lord Mountbatten, and India Hicks The Queen and Commonwealth Great American accents and people who call you baby The joys of French pop singer Julien Dore Lisa\u2019s love of Christine and The Queens Oliver\u2019s memoir Paris on Air and its sparkling sounding \u2018audio experience\u2019     ","author_name":"The Big Travel Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/www.thebigtravelpodcast.com","html":"