Everyone says Paris is a small city. But just how small is it?
Also, what does the city look like right now, fresh out of lockdown?
There’s only one way to find out, and that’s to walk from the eastern edge of the city to the western edge, all in one go.
And there’s only one person I can do it with, too, and that’s YouTube megastar Jay Swanson.
So here’s the plan: On Friday at 6pm Paris time, I’ll meet Jay at the eastern peripherique. We will press “Go Live” on this exact video below. Click it now, press “set a reminder”.
We will then walk all the way to the Notre Dame cathedral while filming everything we see. It’s like slow travel. Make a coffee and explore with us.
We have predicted that it will take 90 minutes to get to the middle. We’ll check out how the Notre Dame rebuild is going, then switch to Jay’s YouTube channel for part two (the next 90 minutes).
His video will be right here, and will see us heading to the western edge of town:
Lockdown has recently ended in Paris and we’re both very keen to document this historic time for the city. Don’t worry, we’ll be sure to keep a good distance from people and Jay and I have promised that all contact with each other – even high fives – has been banned.
We have estimated that the walk will take three hours in total, 2.5 if we were to do it without stopping, but we tend to investigate interesting things so 3hrs seemed more reasonable. The route may change, but it should look a lot like this.
Yes, right by the river, the Marais, and the Eiffel Tower at sunset.
Hope to see you on Friday. And in case you didn’t click the YouTube video, here’s an easy way to find out what time 6pm in Paris is for you.
Oh yes, and if you want to warm up, why not join the 10,000 people who watched Jay and I cross Paris from south to north in November?
Good luck, Jay. I’ve been training my whole life for this.
Great Idea ~ my coffee will be ready and I will be there for the start, but may lose you somewhere in the middle as internet goes in and out in my travels on Friday. Hope there will be replay later for the parts I may miss. Have fun and good luck! See you Friday…
I’m looking forward to it! I really enjoyed the South to North edition! I’ll be ready to go with morning coffee!
Hoping for a replay. Would love to see this!!
The replay will be on the exact same link automatically when it’s over 🙂
I was Very Exclted to watch your walk in Paris
“My City” for 31 years. For me, the Joy of Paris is it remains strong sturdy and
Magnificent.
Yay, I was so hoping you and Jay would do an east to west walk, but didn’t expect it so soon! “See” you both tomorrow!
Hi Oliver, I’d love it if you and Jay could walk tomorrow past the medieval building on rue Francois Miron around the corner from the Peleton Café. My husband and I just bought a share in an apartment in that building (Adrian Leeds was the broker) so I’d be super excited to see it in your live stream!
Thanks so much,
Debbie from Baltimore
We may be able to do that!
Very cool!!! I will be watching the replay and marking off places i need to see my next trip!!
Tell us where we can get great Ban Mei