Let the Beta Testing Begin!
Monday, May 2, 2011 at 10:51AM Tweet 
Time Traveler Tours took to the streets on Wednesday, 20 April, with a live family-friendly tour to pilot some of the treasure hunts and games featured in Charlotte Corday’s up-coming StoryApp itinerary to the French Revolution, Beware Madame la Guillotine.
Seventeen participants ranging in age from 4½ to 50+ gathered at the Place du Palais Royal on a gorgeous spring afternoon in Paris. We began our journey at the Palais Royal. I stood in for Charlotte to explain the rise of the French Revolution and Reign of Terror and to provide the context necessary to understand what would drive a 24-year old convent-school girl to commit such a heinous crime as murder.
From the Palais Royal, we crossed through the Louvre courtyards and over the Seine to Paris’ left bank in search of the scene of Charlotte's crime. Along the way, we hunted up Arago medallions as well as remnants of the Philippe-Auguste wall that surrounded medieval Paris in the 12th century.
At the Café Procope, veritable museum of the French Revolution, we had a chance to test – for the first time – the Time Traveler Tours' Procope Chasse au Trésor, developed specifically for the app to highlight the rich historical caché of the restaurant: once a hang out of the radical revolutionaries, including Charlotte’s victim, Jean-Paul Marat.
Finally, with each participant armed with the perfect chocolate chip cookie, we were off again, this time to the Conciergerie, the prison of the Revolution. There, we witnessed the harsh circumstances of Charlotte’s incarceration, as well as that of Queen Marie-Antoinette, before each met her respective end at the based of Madame la Guillotine.
Of the tour, one participant had this to say:
"Dear Sarah: Hannah, Teddy and I thoroughly enjoyed our afternoon with you and the Time Traveler Tours' groupies! We learned sooooo much and want to thank you for all your time and energy putting together such a high quality tour. You have a natural gift of making history relevant and real! We loved exploring the route of Charlotte Corday, participating in scavenger hunts and meeting new friends. A perfect day.
VIVE Time Travelers!"
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Next Live Family-Friendly Tour of the
Time Traveler Tours:
Sunday, 8 May 2011
Leave a comment if you'd like to attend!
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Care to be a Beta Tester for
Beware Madame la Guillotine?
to volunteer!
Images by Armelle Grubb © 2011.
Reader Comments (4)
I recognise some of those beta testers there!
Yes, I guess you would know quite a few of those awesome cuties! You should come out with us on the next tour!
Oh I would love to come. Let me know when it is and hopefully it won't clash with anything.
Will let you know when next I do a live tour - or we can organize one ourselves!
Meantime, if you have an iPhone or iPod Touch, we will begin beta testing Beware Madame la Guillotine from the device soon. Go to the Homepage and scroll down to sign up to participate.
And good luck with the move!