Paris Wall of Love in Montmartre
Paris Wall of Love in Montmartre
Overview
In this special travel episode, John Daub visits Paris, France, during the Christmas season to explore the famous Montmartre neighborhood. He meets up with his college friend Eric, who lives in Paris and works with the creators of the "Wall of Love" (Le Mur des Je T'aime). Located in the Square Jehan Rictus, this unique art installation features the phrase "I love you" written over 300 times in more than 250 languages.
John and Eric discuss the history of the wall, created by Frédéric Baron and Claire Kito, and examine the calligraphy and design choices, including the broken heart motifs. They search for specific languages on the wall, including Japanese (Aishiteru and Daisuki), and explore the souvenir products available to support the artwork. The episode also covers the surrounding area, including the artistic history of Montmartre, the nearby Sacré-Cœur Basilica, and panoramic views of the Eiffel Tower at sunset.
Throughout the video, John addresses safety concerns regarding the "Yellow Vest" protests occurring in Paris at the time, assuring viewers that the city remains safe for tourists. The vlog concludes with a walk up to the basilica for a sunset view, highlighting the romantic and peaceful atmosphere of this historic district.
Highlights
- 00:00:09 John introduces the Montmartre area and the Christmas market.
- 00:01:16 John reunites with his college friend Eric, who lives in Paris.
- 00:02:00 Eric explains the history of the Wall of Love and its creators.
- 00:07:58 John finds the Japanese phrases "Aishiteru" and "Daisuki" on the wall.
- 00:09:09 The meaning of the red broken heart tiles is explained.
- 00:15:01 Eric showcases souvenir products like posters, placemats, and pens.
- 00:23:39 John addresses safety concerns regarding protests, confirming Paris is safe.
- 00:26:00 John and Eric climb the stairs to Sacré-Cœur for sunset.
- 00:29:12 View of the Eiffel Tower from Montmartre.
- 00:34:44 John practices saying the French name of the wall.
Timeline / Chapters
- 00:00:00 Intro to Montmartre and Christmas Market
- 00:01:16 Meeting Eric at Place des Abbesses
- 00:02:00 History of the Wall of Love
- 00:07:00 Searching for Languages (Japanese, Arabic, Sign Language)
- 00:09:00 Symbolism of the Broken Heart Tiles
- 00:15:00 Souvenir Products Shop Tour
- 00:21:00 Walking Tour of Montmartre Streets
- 00:23:30 Safety Discussion (Yellow Vest Protests)
- 00:26:00 Climbing to Sacré-Cœur for Sunset
- 00:34:30 Outro and Final Views
Japan Travel Tips
Note: This video is set in Paris, but general travel advice applies.
- Safety: Despite news of protests (like the Yellow Vests), Paris remains safe for tourists. Locals are aware of protest zones, and tourists can avoid them easily.
- Timing: Visit popular spots like the Wall of Love early in the day or on weekdays to avoid crowds.
- Transport: The closest metro station to the Wall of Love is Abbesses (Line 12).
- Souvenirs: Support the artists by purchasing official merchandise available at the nearby shop.
- Photography: The wall is a popular spot for couples; be patient when waiting for a photo opportunity.
- Walking: Montmartre involves many stairs and cobblestone streets; wear comfortable shoes.
Japanese Language & Culture Notes
- Aishiteru (愛してる): Found on the wall. Means "I love you" in Japanese.
- Daisuki (大好き): Also found on the wall. Means "I like you very much" or "I love you" (depending on context).
- Cultural Context: John notes that Japan is represented twice on the wall, highlighting the universal nature of the artwork.
- Etiquette: When visiting artistic sites in Japan or abroad, respect the space (John notes not touching the wall).
People
- John Daub: Host. Visiting Paris to meet friends and explore cultural sites.
- Eric: John's college friend from Ohio State University. Lives in Paris and works with the creators of the Wall of Love on souvenir products.
- Kanae Daub: John's wife. Mentioned as having visited previously but not present during this segment (went home briefly).
- Frédéric Baron: Creator of the Wall of Love (mentioned).
- Claire Kito: Calligrapher who worked on the Wall of Love (mentioned).
Key Takeaways
- The Wall of Love contains 311 instances of "I love you" in over 250 languages.
- The red tiles on the wall represent pieces of a broken heart that form a whole heart when united.
- Montmartre retains a village-like atmosphere within Paris, with historic architecture from the early 1900s.
- Paris is safe to visit despite occasional civil protests; warnings are usually issued in advance.
- Supporting official merchandise helps maintain the artwork and respect the creators' spirit.
Notable Quotes
- 00:00:39 "I think it's important to just take a step back and remember what's important in life. And it could be love."
- 00:03:28 "Anyways, the city of Paris is safe. I haven't had any problems being here."
- 00:08:14 "Japan is represented twice... You have each 'je t'aime' over there."
- 00:09:29 "It's a slightly broken. It's a broken heart, yeah."
- 00:21:26 "When you live here, you feel like you live in a village inside a big town."
- 00:35:37 "People like to protest... but it doesn't make Paris unsafe."
Related Topics
- Montmartre Art History
- Paris Travel Safety
- Romantic Spots in Paris
- Street Art in Europe
- Only in Japan Go Travel Specials
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Full Transcript
00:00:09 John Daub: Welcome to Paris. This is the Montmartre area. I can never say that right, but this is also a very famous place, not just because this is where a lot of the artists were and where they're now holding a Christmas market here. It's a very beautiful neighborhood.
00:00:27 John Daub: It's a place where one of my friends is promoting and he invited me out here to take a look at it and it's pretty cool. It's a little park in this area and it's famous for having a wall of love.
00:00:39 John Daub: And at this time of year, the Christmas time of the year, the end of the year, I think it's important to just take a step back and remember what's important in life. And it could be love. And this wall, this love wall here in Paris could be the answer to all the civil problems and rioting that we have in the city today. But, you know, by the way, everybody, the city of Paris is safe. I haven't had any problems being here. Anyways, the man is right there, standing there with a bag in his hands is my friend from college, Eric.
00:01:16 Eric: Hi, John. How do you do, sir?
00:01:16 John Daub: Good. How are you? Pretty good. Good. Now, this man is a friend of mine for 20, how many years?
00:01:28 Eric: No, not 30.
00:01:29 John Daub: 30 years?
00:01:30 Eric: 25.
00:01:30 John Daub: About 25 years. A long time. And he lives here in Paris. I get to see him every time I come and visit. But he lived in the United States. We went to Ohio State University. Look at how far we've come. I'm the one wearing the beret. So what is this place behind us? I'm looking at it right there over your shoulder.
00:01:50 Eric: All right. So this place, so you're in Montmartre, you're in Place des Abbesses. And this is just beyond Place des Abbesses, inside the square.
00:01:59 John Daub: Yeah, at the corner from the square.
00:02:00 Eric: Plus, the last one is the Square Jehan Rictus. You will find, and we'll walk down there, the love wall, which is a love created by Frédéric Baron and Claire Kito, which are people I work with as I'm doing their souvenir products. And it's a collection of "I love you" in more than 250 languages. It's repeated. It's somehow repeated. So in total, you have 311 "I love you"s on this wall in more than 250 languages. Shall we go?
00:02:28 John Daub: Shall we go? Couple of questions: one, what is the name of this neighborhood, Montmartre, we are in.
00:02:42 Eric: It's called Abbesses, line number 12.
00:02:50 John Daub: All right, got it. Did you get that? I got it. Now let's go to the love wall. Take us in, sir. And just for the record, this is not the man who invented the love wall; he's just the man who sells the stuff. We will take a look at that day after this. This is pretty cool. Thank you for bringing me here. I noticed they close it off here.
00:03:25 Eric: That's just to keep the gangs out.
00:03:28 John Daub: There's a little gate there that closes it off because if you want to come and visit you have to make sure the square is open because for instance it closes at 6 in summer at 8. But many people arrive when it's closed in winter because at 6 o'clock it's finished right and it's getting quite dark here. So let's try to enjoy some love everybody.
00:03:50 Eric: You will never see it without anybody because a lot of people come to me. I just relax in front of it. So okay, I guess you know a lot about the history of this wall. Why did the artists create this wall? So we are back in let's say the 1990s.
00:04:05 John Daub: Frédéric Baron was living in the area. And by the way, he was pianist in some of the hotels over here like Terrass Hotel.
00:04:17 Eric: He started asking people in the streets of Paris to write "I love you" on a sheet of paper on an A4 sheet of paper like for his 21.29. And he collected a lot of "I love you"s from whatever languages. He went into embassies, restaurants, just walked in Paris and he was asking people.
00:04:37 John Daub: Somebody's coming; we're not moving; we're gonna be here for a while.
00:04:40 Eric: Okay, so he asked people to write "I love you" in their own languages and he collected like more than a thousand "I love you"s. Yeah, in many different languages. For instance, you can see it in the world you have a name is incredible. Yeah, you have most of the languages as one which is very nice. It's if you can zoom up there's one called Mina Niya.
00:05:03 John Daub: Yeah, you got it. So this is a language that is spoken only by two persons right there, husband and his wife. Wait, no, wait, don't on the top here. Yeah, the one on the top here. So they are the only two who know what Mina Niya means.
00:05:24 Eric: All right, and then you can find I guess all the people who are looking at you looking at this video will find their "I love you" in their own language whenever I'm there. People usually find their "I love you". So that's the story.
00:05:39 John Daub: Oh yeah, please tell us the story. Okay, keep going. When he had those sheets of paper with "I love you", he wanted to do something with so this is when he met calligrapher Claire Kito and worked on the wall. And this wall when you look at it, it looks simple and nice but the work of the calligraphy was to redo all the writings to put them more or less at the same size at the homothetic size.
00:06:04 Eric: And this is a big part of the beauty of the wall has been done by the calligraphy because she's done a lot of work on the wall in a home to put them all of them at the same level and the result is brilliant because you can't see any "I love you" that is bigger than the other one.
00:06:18 John Daub: Yeah. Well, no, not even the French one.
00:06:24 Eric: The French one is okay. It's in the middle.
00:06:28 John Daub: Of course, this is France after all. Let's see. Our audience is now from around the world and I'm gonna ask you to challenge Eric and I to try to find your "I love you". We're probably gonna fail miserably, but we might find it. Somebody found already somebody found Arabic already. So we're gonna get we're gonna go around and try to find some of the different "I love you"s. This is kind of neat and then stick with us. We might take a look at the Christmas market and this area because this area is famous for having a lot of artists living here including.
00:07:02 Eric: This area sorry to interrupt John, but this area back in the 1990s just before World War One you had here Picasso, Matisse.
00:07:15 John Daub: Oh right and that's it this makes it a perfect place for the love wall. So we found Arabic apparently and we found Mina Niya which is the language that only two people can speak up there in the center of your screen. It's kind of a romantic story and then my quest is to find Japanese here. Let's try and find it and if you have a language that you want to search for we're gonna try to find it live. All right, let me try to find Japanese really quick and then we're gonna turn to the chat here. Where is it? Oh, I found it. That was easy. Aishiteru right there in the center of your screen. That was way too easy. Do you see that? Aishiteru, very nice Japanese.
00:07:58 Eric: But you have sign language.
00:08:00 John Daub: Yeah, the sign language. Oh, is that what that that's in the gesture is? Yeah. No, this is my question to you Eric and I found this out last time aishiteru is here but right over there it says daisuki and they're both Japanese. So Japan is represented twice.
00:08:14 Eric: That's why I told you at the beginning it we say it's over 250 languages and it's written 311 times. Some of them are repeated in Japan. It's repeated you have each "je t'aime" over there.
00:08:44 John Daub: Okay, and you have it somewhere else. All right, there's a couple of "Ich liebe dich" I guess is another German way to say I love you. And this one here now. I always I always do this, you know, like Beavis and Butthead rock on but this means I love you in sign language.
00:08:57 Eric: Sign language.
00:09:00 John Daub: All right, Eric, my next question to you is all of these red symbols here, you see there's some red pieces here. What do they represent?
00:09:09 Eric: That's a good question, John. If you put them back together, it's a heart, but it's like pieces of a heart. They've done this to symbolize as a symbol of a heart, but the heart is broken into pieces. And 100% if you re-put it back, it's a heart.
00:09:26 John Daub: It's a heart? It's a broken heart?
00:09:29 Eric: It's a slightly broken. It's a broken heart, yeah.
00:09:32 John Daub: So we got a report here that it's written in Arabic four times, but in different dialects, which is pretty cool. Let's see, what other languages can we see here? If you have a language you want us to try to find, we will, challenge us. Klingon, are there any Star Trek Klingon?
00:09:57 Eric: It was finished in year 2000, and inaugurated for Valentine's Day, 2001. And I wasn't there by that time, but Frédéric organized the inauguration where they freed 300 white doves in the sky of Paris.
00:10:17 John Daub: Wow. Do you see Dutch here? Do you see any, we got one request for Dutch.
00:10:21 Eric: Yes, more of Dutch.
00:10:22 John Daub: All right, let's take a look here. Somewhere, sure. I don't want to get anyone's picture here. This is a place also, a lot of tourists will come here to get a picture with the person that they're in love with the wall in the background. And that's, Kanae and I already have a picture from here. So if you're asking where she is, she went home because she had to use the restroom. What am I supposed to do? People are asking, where's Kanae? Sorry, she had to, yeah, she'll be back later. But we're, see, we're losing the daylight. Right now it's what, 4:45 in Paris. So we're starting to lose the daylight. You can see behind us in the neighborhood.
00:11:06 Eric: Yeah, I'd say we have about 10 minutes left of light. But the architecture around the park is really beautiful. And on most days, now it's late in the, getting late, it's getting to evening. But in the morning hours, it is, on the weekdays, quite quiet here.
00:11:20 John Daub: Yeah, yeah, it's quiet. But this place is more and more known inside Paris.
00:11:28 Eric: Yeah. And it's part of the romantic tour of Paris. So you will always see many people.
00:11:32 John Daub: The romantic tour, I like this. You know, you had the in Paris where people were, the cadenas, you know, were putting locks on the sides of the bridge.
00:11:44 Eric: Yeah. And this bridge has been shut down and you cannot put the locks anymore there.
00:11:51 John Daub: Yeah, the locks of love.
00:11:54 Eric: And it's really not part of the love tour of Paris.
00:12:02 John Daub: It's very cool. This is part of the experience of France and of Paris. And I think it's pretty. I see the, sorry. It's, oh no, it's a pretty significant part of the tourist sites. I mean, there's lots of museums in Paris, but this is, this is different. I mean, you can just come here, take a picture and just soak it in. And then you can, and just walk around. You can walk around the neighborhood, which is stunning. Up on the top is the cathedral, right?
00:12:24 Eric: Yes, the Basilique du Sacré-Cœur.
00:12:27 John Daub: Right, and amazing, amazing panoramic views of the city from the top. So it's included in part of the trip to Paris. You gotta come to this neighborhood, first of all. If you're just going to the Eiffel Tower and you're staying down low, you're not really seeing Paris. Paris is best up here.
00:12:41 Eric: Yeah, sure, sure.
00:12:42 John Daub: Cause this is where I come when I come to Paris. It's just, it's just a really quiet, cool neighborhood. I saw, I saw somebody commenting that, that's a nice, nice writing.
00:12:52 Eric: And this is really the job of the calligraphist, to reproduce all the writing perfectly. And all of them at the same size. That makes it very harmonious and a nice piece of art.
00:13:03 John Daub: Is this wall ever, I mean, is there ever like vandalized or anything? Because it's quite, I'm not touching the love wall. I mean, I guess it's easy. They replaced one of the, have they ever had to replace any of these tiles?
00:13:15 Eric: No, they had to clean it at the beginning because it was vandalized, but not anymore. Yeah. Now it's a, and you see the detail, but those square is just the size of a sheet of paper.
00:13:29 John Daub: Oh, right. Oh yeah, that's right. They're not squares. They're A4 sizes of paper. So this represents the paper that with which that you use to ask people to write. Oh, so that's why they're not square. You got rectangles, the size of paper. That's interesting information. I don't think, I don't think that's in any guidebook, Eric. Your expertise is much appreciated, my friend.
00:13:50 Eric: Many thanks, John. Your visit is always a pleasure.
00:13:55 John Daub: Yeah. I haven't seen him in a couple of years. Last time I was here was in, I guess, 2015, wasn't it?
00:14:00 Eric: Yeah. About three years ago.
00:14:02 John Daub: All right, let's take a look now. I'm going to ask you some more questions, but I want to see some of the stuff that you got because this is what he does. I wrote a link in the description to his website and Eric, my friend, has love wall stuff. Basically, if people come and visit and they want to buy a souvenir, they can buy it in the shops which is over there. Oh. There's a shop. I'm sorry. It's over there. Over there. There's a shop and everything is there. Oh, this one with the glowing, that's great. Yeah. If you guys see that, that's where Eric sells his stuff. What does Eric, what does that mean, Christian? Yeah. So I want to take a look at some love wall stuff. I got this poster of my apartment, basically because he sent it to me. But it's in my apartment. I love the love wall and trying to find some of the writing on it. I got a squint of looking at it at the screen. So what do you have here?
00:15:01 Eric: Yeah. So just to explain you what I'm doing, which is the reason why I'm here. I'm in contact with the authors of the love wall, so with Frédéric and Claire. And we designed together souvenir products from the love wall. The souvenir products, we have decided that they should be, let's say, the most durable. They should be accessible and they should be universal. So as we are in Europe, we focused on products that would be made in Europe and linked to the wall in itself. So you will find posters.
00:15:34 John Daub: I kind of like this because if I do Only in Japan merchandise or stuff to sell for my channel, I want it to be made in Japan. So I think that's pretty good. Smart thing. Whoa.
00:15:44 Eric: So you will find a brick. A brick of postcards.
00:15:49 John Daub: Oh, yeah. Okay. I'll send one. Those are more expensive to send, though. That's a letter size. Oh. I do call it table placemats.
00:16:02 Eric: Placemats of love. And the placemats is funny because as the wall couldn't fit in one, you have two placemats. So you have one for you and one for your lover.
00:16:13 John Daub: Oh, there's Indian. Oh, so you need two of them to get the whole wall. You need two of them to get the whole wall. Oh. What if you have more than one lover?
00:16:20 Eric: I guess it makes it tough if you're... And you can get four.
00:16:22 John Daub: And you get four. You have a poster that I won't take out because it's... That was a perfect answer. What if you have more than one lover? Then you can get four. You have pens that we make...
00:16:34 Eric: That are made in France and Spain.
00:16:40 John Daub: Okay. Are they Bic pens? We have magnets made in Europe also. That's what we want to do. This is the whole wall.
00:16:49 Eric: Oh, I like this.
00:16:54 John Daub: Hey, Goku95A. I don't have everything. We have the lighter.
00:16:57 Eric: Oh, yeah.
00:16:58 John Daub: I saw the lighters. I was going to get one for my mom, but I'm trying to get her to stop.
00:17:04 Eric: Yeah. But for those who don't stop... You have a lighter made in France also.
00:17:07 John Daub: Tell her you love her with a love wall lighter. Lighter plane. That's right. Also, do they work?
00:17:17 Eric: They do.
00:17:18 John Daub: What is this? Sorry, that's really in their face because the microphone is right next to this. Sorry, guys. I didn't... I apologize.
00:17:29 Eric: We are working on many ranges. We are working on nice products and I'll keep you posted, John.
00:17:37 John Daub: If you have any... This is the part that I love about social media. If you have ideas for products that you can make out of this, put a comment down below. And then Eric's going to check this out. And I think you might do it because like postcards, placemats. These are kind of normal things that you think because the love wall is flat. And it's a... You see it as a sheet of paper because that's what it really represents. But there's so many other ways. Like you could wrap it around a coffee mug. There's different ways to see it. But what ideas do you have? Key chains, right? It's in the hopping fox. Yeah, good point. Very, very good ones. But what other ways could you hold it? T-shirts?
00:18:12 Eric: You have T-shirts? Because Americans... We are working on mugs because mug is nice. Also, in the same story, to have two mugs for the lovers or for...
00:18:26 John Daub: Tim left one there. What is Tim?
00:18:28 Eric: Yeah, no. No, Tim. The rapper. That would be a funny one. But we work on, let's say, nice and valuable products together with the author. So we have to, let's say, respect the spirit. This is not really the spirit of it. Then we're working on chocolates.
00:18:44 John Daub: Oh, okay. So a chocolate bar with a love wall. Let's see if one day... Mouse pad would be good.
00:18:51 Eric: A mouse pad.
00:18:51 John Daub: Yeah. Mufflers.
00:18:52 Eric: That would be hard.
00:18:53 John Daub: So scarves with the love wall on it. Yeah. Love bill. All right. One thing, I just want to... Just come over here for a second. All right. So one of the things I love to come, I love to sit here and just watch the people taking selfies. It's hilarious. Sometimes some of the ideas that they have for taking pictures of themselves is so funny. This is another reason why you should come to the love wall because you can just watch other people taking pictures of themselves. I like this. I like that. There's always some funny poses and things that that. I'm just saying. As people pose. Check out Instagram. I'm going to take a picture with Eric at the love wall. We'll have a funny pose. Do you have any funny poses?
00:19:40 Eric: No?
00:19:41 John Daub: No comment. It is pretty funny. But a lot of tourists from all over the world make their way to love wall. What is this above here, by the way? I still do have a couple more questions for you. What is this above here?
00:19:59 Eric: There's a lady. Yeah. That's a... It's a fancy art work of art. Street art. You will find street art all over Montmartre. This is part of the street art that was done maybe 10 years ago. It's really nice. Yeah. It stays there. It says in French, "Aimer c'est désordre, alors aimons." If I translate, loving is disorder, so let's love.
00:20:27 John Daub: I'm loving that. We can do this about love in the wild. Yeah. This is a... This is the love selfie. I do like to come here and watch people though. And I've been coming to Paris every few years and this is one of the stops. I don't come here just because my friend Eric is part of this wall, but it's fun to watch people do selfies here. You have the kids playing on the side. All right. And there's more to the love wall. There's the park itself. What is this park called?
00:21:03 Eric: Square Jehan Rictus.
00:21:05 John Daub: Square Jehan Rictus. And this area here is very beautiful. We walk this area a lot. Montmartre is really nice. Montmartre, if you come to Paris, you have to spend half a day here walking around. It's beautiful and calm.
00:21:26 Eric: When you live here, you feel like you live in a village inside a big town.
00:21:31 John Daub: I think so. It's really nice. I think so. So for those, the 250 people watching, why don't we take them on a quick tour? Let's take a quick tour around here. So you get an idea. I want to show you what this area is like. I love the selfies. I love watching people take selfies here. It's just me. But let's take a quick look at this neighborhood. It's not too far away. This is sort of the center of this area.
00:21:52 Eric: Would you say this is the center of the cathedral up on the top is? I would say this is where we are in the so Paris is divided in 20. This is the 18th. So administratively, this is not the center. The center is on the other side. So this is the center. But to restrict me, it's very close to the center. The center will be the basilica, which is over there. Yeah. And the downwards of the basilica, which would be the center. Right. And there's lots of really, really, really beautiful store fronts. It really hasn't changed over the centuries and the decades, I guess. This district is from the most. Most of it has been done in before First World War. So for instance, the buildings where I live that you know everything you see the dates on the building and it's always 1908, 1911, 1912, 1913. So it's the same. It's the same age.
00:22:55 John Daub: We're going to lose the sunlight. It's getting pretty dark here for the next couple of minutes. Let's take a look outside here and walk around this area of Paris. This is Christmas time and this has nothing to do with Only in Japan. This has everything to do with... And I like to start the year and end the year with some nice messages and the love wall presents one message. And I think this might be as they open this up a symbol of peace that we could use here in Paris these days. People should remember love is the answer. Don't forget that. Just because I guess you see in the news especially.
00:23:39 Eric: Yeah. Right. You see the scenes or pictures of Paris burning or whatever. John is here. He came to visit. Paris is safe. And really feel free to come. There's no. Yeah. There's a bit of trouble, but it's not dangerous at all.
00:23:56 John Daub: It's not dangerous at all. You heard it here first. Second. First. Probably first. All right. So this is the shop that sells the love wall goods.
00:24:06 Eric: Yeah.
00:24:11 John Daub: Okay. So. So. So can I just join you in one minute? I dropped it there. Yeah, sure, sure. You go up there and then I'll join you. Okay. I'll take them up. So my friend Eric is just going to jump into the shop here. That's pretty cool. I kind of wanted to just share with you a little bit of Paris. I came here, for those of you who watch the channel, and some of you might be coming because you just want to visit the Love Wall. I hope this is really a useful episode for you to learn about that. But I came here to Paris just to meet with him and his wife, who just had a child. And I wanted to, I don't know, show you a little bit of the area. It's such a beautiful place. And Kanae and I, this is our second time to Paris, and we always walk around here. It's one of the most romantic places that you can visit. Check out this cafe. It's really nice. So we're just going to take you up the street here, and we're going to take a look at some of the really beautiful cafes and shops and stores. And, yeah. It is a little bit touristy, but then again, I mean, it's Paris. The whole place is beautiful. All right, let's keep walking. So the Only in Japan, this episode has now turned into a bonus round. And if you like what you see, click that like button. If we get to 150 likes, I might actually, you know, buy something. I don't know. I want to say I want to get some food, but I don't know what's available. I don't know what's available to eat.
00:25:52 Eric: Shall we go see the sunset?
00:25:54 John Daub: Oh, right. Yeah. Can we do that?
00:25:56 Eric: Yeah, but we have to walk.
00:25:58 John Daub: Oh, so you're saying we can go see the sunset?
00:26:00 Eric: Yeah.
00:26:02 John Daub: All right. You know what? If we can get 50 or 200 likes, I'm going to show you the sunset and then get you past this very eerie screeching sound. Oh, are we going to? Should we run it? One of your annoying scooters that you hate.
00:26:20 Eric: I don't hate it. Just a.
00:26:27 John Daub: Oh, wow. Oh, wow. We got to climb those stairs. We lost a signal for a second, everybody. We got to climb those stairs in order to get to the top to see the sunset. This is going to be pretty crazy. Are we going to Rocky this Sylvester Stallone? Actually, we both we both lived near Philadelphia and we used to hang out in Philly. And yeah, you know, you know what I'm talking about, right? The Philadelphia Art Museum's Rocky steps, obviously. I'm the Paris. Let's do this. Wait, we're roadblock. But is it good? It's not bad, but the playback. Hey, sorry, the signal was in and out. We just climb that. Just climb the stairs because we are in a rush to get to the sunset. We can do this, right? We have another nice set of stairs to. Oh, you're joking. I love these cobblestone streets.
00:27:49 Eric: Did. Did. Did. Did. Did. Did. Did.
00:27:54 John Daub: Do it. Oh, he's doing it done. Do it. Dan, Dan, Dan. Dan, Dan, Dan, Dan, Dan, Dan, Dan, Dan, Dan. I'm going to win this. I just got in front of him and stopped. Can you hide it? Oh, no, that's too steep. That's a nice view. Oh, this way.
00:28:39 Eric: Okay shortcut by the way that's the area over there that's beautiful all right we're gonna go to sunset yeah a lot of artists that can do a uh photograph portrait of yourself that sounds great and 100 years ago this is where you had the big artists oh here so you can see the Eiffel Tower.
00:29:12 John Daub: Uh Eiffel Tower that's not Tokyo Tower it's right there between there oh look at that that's the Eiffel Tower do you see it nature's in the way wow what's the name of the place to see a good sunset in Paris this is Montmartre yeah Montmartre spelled m-o-n-t-m-a-r-t-r-e are you sure about that i would spell in french so i thought i would spell in french i thought it was someplace else maybe we can go plus okay all right let's do it this is the end of the view okay okay there you go it is it is a nice sunset and from up here you do get a really nice.
00:30:36 Eric: In summer trunks on the side there are tables in the middle oh i see in uh spring and part of autumn of course it's a beautiful square it's very quiet i love the trees around it and those artists sell their paintings or they paint yourself oh they can be like this for 100 years and as i was saying before you had in 19 or 1910 some of the impressionist artists that were over here hey dead of winter and lenny thank you very much for the super chat guys appreciate it um so wait if kanai and i wanted to get our um if we wanted to get drawn by an artist here how much would that cost and how long would that take depends on the artist i mean you have a you have to bargain with them yeah you have to bargain with them and it would take uh 15 minutes half an hour ah depends on each one of them so it's quite nice it's a nice souvenir and it's just now that is made here yeah that's a really nice souvenir tower that's made yeah that's a nice souvenir oh there's a basilica up there so this is just i don't know a thousand steps away from the love wall i don't i didn't count how many steps it was it was a little bit of a hike but the world is down here and now it will be up here there's the basilica i i don't know for you i think the sunset might be over by the time we get there but it's still pretty nice walk it's such a lovely neighborhood this is such a lovely neighborhood in paris it's peaceful it's quiet there's no cars no but there are trains there are trains it is a it is a really pretty uh neighborhood to sit and uh sip coffee to enjoy yourself oh they just turned the lights on they just turned the lights on all right let's go down and take a look all right this is the viewpoint where you get a really wonderful view uh overview of uh of uh 150 likes but if you're watching hit that like button before I get there. So we are in the north of Paris. The view is down south. Just as a indication. The north of Paris. Brought to you by the iPhone XS and beautiful HDR. It's pretty nice. Alright, so we're getting reports that the signal might not be good. It's a little blurry. We're up here on the mountain. The 4G signal might not be perfect but we'll see if we can get... The wind has increased because we're not... This is not blocked by the buildings around us. We're pretty much up on the top of a mountain now. How high is this mountain? Oh, there's the Eiffel Tower! Alright, let's go over there. Let's go over there. A bit of a view from here. Oh, look. It's starting to light up. Oh, this is beautiful. It's starting to light up. Sorry. Sorry, my fault. You can see the Eiffel Tower in the distance. In about 20 minutes it'll even be more vibrant.
00:34:38 John Daub: So Eric, thank you very much.
00:34:39 Eric: Thank you very much for this wonderful tour of the Love Wall. How do we say it in French?
00:34:44 John Daub: Le mur des "je t'aime"s.
00:34:46 Eric: Le mur des "je t'aime"s. It's not bad. Feel free to come. Paris is safe. You'll always have a nice journey in Paris. And if you come here in the next 5 minutes, you'll see me there too. Or not. I put a link in the description if you want to check out some of the history, some information about the Love Wall. And there's a link also to where you can find it. It's the closest station is Abbesses.
00:35:14 John Daub: What are you smiling about?
00:35:16 Eric: Abbesses. No, I'm saying that the yellow jackets still fighting. The yellow jackets are... Uh, it's been, um, since the last two or three Saturdays. It's, uh, let's say people protesting and you know that in France people...
00:35:37 John Daub: Yeah. People like to protest. ...like to shout their voice, but it doesn't make Paris unsafe. Paris is safe. Yeah. It's known where it is. You want to not to come just because of... Yeah. That's the last thing I think we should end. Paris is quite safe. In fact, before something happens, they'll let people know in advance. So locals know, maybe tourists don't know, but there's a lot of warnings. I still think for me, someone who travels a lot, I ignore them and usually will go anyways, basically because I wanted to see the sky. So they weren't going to stop me. And this is why I'm here. I'm here to see the Love Wall. And my friend Eric and his beautiful family. Thank you, Eric. Thank you for your expertise. We appreciate it. Check it out. Once again, I'm going to end this live stream with the last 30 seconds. Enjoy that. Which is maybe a little bit better. Just depends on how you look at it. Goodbye, everybody.
00:36:42 Eric: Bonsoir.
00:36:45 John Daub: Arrivederci.
00:36:46 Eric: Wait. That's Italian.