7 Fun Things about Living in France for Kids

12 year old Juliana discusses her favorite things about living in France as an American. Places that she has discovered, fun with the French language, new foods, discovering the countryside and meeting new friends.
00:00 - Intro
00:22 - #1 French Food Adventures
00:52 - #2 Learning French is fun!
01:32 - #3 School Breaks
02:08 - #4 French Castles
02:54 - #5 Countryside Fun vs. City Fun
04:00 - #6 History & Culture (more castles)
04:57 - #7 Multi-Cultural Friendships
Chateau Bridoire - The Games Castle
www.chateaudebridoire.com/
Chateau Milandes (The home of American Josephine Baker)
www.milandes.com/en/
Chateau Monbazillac
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About Us:
We are an American family of 3 who moved to France for an extended stay adventure in 2022.
We wanted to experience Europe as more than rushed tourists on a 10-day vacation. To dive into the culture, learn a new language, experience daily life, and truly know what it was like to work and live somewhere other than the US.
In France, we set up a business, enrolled in a middle school, found housing, and even got our cat a European passport!
While in the US preparing to leave, the information we found about staying in France for longer than a short vacation was directed at college students, young & single digital nomads, or retirees. Where was the useful information for families like us?
With a year under our belts in France, we created Baguette Bound to pass on what we have learned. We hope to make it easier and inspire other families who are interested in experiencing a long stay in France with their families. Stay tuned for more information on French culture, local travel ideas, and the logistics of moving across the world.
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[@heliedecastanet1882]

A quick information for Juliana : in France, there are about 40 000 châteaux (castles) 😉

[@uweinhamburg]

More than Mc'Donalds in the USA 😄

[@aiwass84]

@@uweinhamburg 16000 McDonald's in France 2nd place worldwide ;)

[@kenmatthews46]

If you haven't yet, make sure you get up to see of all the Chateaux in the Loire Valley. I think Juliana would especially like Le Chateau d'Ussé and all of it's history. It is the Chateau that inspired Charles Perrault to write the fairy tale "La Belle au bois dormant". Of course we Americans know it as The Sleeping Beauty. "Il était une fois". Good luck with channel.

[@BaguetteBound]

Thanks for the recommendation!

[@TheMoviePlanet]

Randomly stumbled upon this channel and watched a few vids. Glad you're enjoying your new life. Just a quick note for Juliana/all of you since the comments are disabled in the school supplies video: the word for the paint in the supply list is not the same as "left" aka "gauche" but "gouache" (GOO-ASH) which is a type of watercolor paint also called by the same name in English.

[@remowilliams75]

Merci pour les suggestions : château de « Joséphine Baker » et Château de Bridoire.

[@catherinemobley3456]

Just found your channel and so glad I did. It's been hard to find KZbin channels of young families with children that have moved to France, and not just young college students, or retired couples. It's been nice to see your videos address a lot of the concerns and questions that relate to me and my family's situation. I am just now starting the process of possibly moving my family from the US to France as well. We are also looking more into Bordeaux as a possibility over other cities. I have been nervous about how my kids will handle the change, so seeing your daughter seem very happy with her life in France has helped ease my fears. My kids will be about 9 and 11 years old by the time we do move.

[@BaguetteBound]

Sp happy to hear the channel has been helpful. The great thing about your oldest's age is you'll move the first year of French middle school or "college". So if you want a specific school, it's always easier to get in that first year because there's the most spots available. You might also want to look up a fairly active Facebook group "Americans in Bordeaux" which I think also has a related one for parents. Good luck with everything and thanks for watching!!

[@catherinemobley3456]

@@BaguetteBound that's awesome! Thank you!

[@nox8730]

You are worrying too much. I am french, born near Bordeaux. 3 days after my birth, i was in the plane for Kadhafi's Lybia. At age 2, i was in Morrocco. In the meantime, i spent some time in Tunisia. Then, at age 3, i ended up living in South America, Ecuador for 3 years. I only got to know my own country while in grade school, at age 6. Kids adapt. You should worry more about yourself. You will likely struggle much more than them, and if you can't fit yourself, that will hurt them. Although obviously, in my case, it was going too far, and once i started living in my own country, it felt like just another senseless place i couldn't understand. This had very bad consequences on my life as i could never fit. But my case is extreme. Your kids already built the basis that structure people's psychology. And so, it is safe. Absolutely don't send them to an english school or they will simply hide inside their english speaking shell. If anything, considering their age, and if you have really decided to move, you should do it sooner rather than later. They will adapt much more easily now than when they are 15. Oh, and obviously, you need, as parents, to work doubly hard to adapt yourself, so that you go through this process at the same time as your kids. Learn french. Over time, as years pass by, aim to be as fluent in french as a native, or even better. Without ambition, no success. And it is important to point out that while we may help foreigners when they arrive, we are not nice enough to remain nice to people who make no efforts.

[@thomasharter8161]

@@nox8730 You are exaggerating! At 6 years old it's as if you had never left France. lol. All people who arrived in a country before the age of 13 or 14 are assimilated. ''' This had very bad consequences on my life as i could never fit. ''' 🤣😂🤣😂🤣 What do we call this kind of people in France? I remember, des mytho

[@nox8730]

@@thomasharter8161 Wow... You are going to tell me what me life was like? You are for real? I was in the plane a few days after being born, lived in half a dozens countries on 3 different continents between one week and 6 years old, went to school in 3 different countries, on 3 different continents, speaking 3 different languages, and doing things in 3 completely different ways, and you fail to see how adapting could have been difficult? How do we call people like you here, again...? Oh, i remember, des co**ards.

[@elsenm3965]

Very nice, Thank you !

[@sacroyalty]

Awesome video! Hope our daughter also likes our future move to Europe.

[@charbonneaupierre2060]

Dordogne forever :)

[@-white-elephant]

hello! thank you for your information How long should I enter France after receiving a French long stay visa? Do I need to arrive in France within 1 month? Or should it arrive within 2 months? Is there a set period?

[@BaguetteBound]

You must arrive in France within 3 months of the start date of your visa. When you apply for the visa you must give an anticipated date of arrival in France, this will be the start date of your visa. You do not need to arrive on the start date, but you must arrive within 3 months of the start date. You can apply for the long-stay visa up to 3 months before your anticipated arrival (the start date of the visa). In our case we received our approved visa paperwork back from the French embassy about 6 weeks before our arrival in France. We arrived in France 2 days after the start date of our visas. Thank you for watching!

[@-white-elephant]

@@BaguetteBound thank you so much

[@michelpirovano6703]

Go to Beynac and you are in LOTR or GOT..

[@countryman569]

Tu vas t"habituer avec le temps. I learned both cultures, french and American. Now I can live in France and USA Nothing surprising anymore 😂 Je me suis habitue . I miss les moules frites ( Mussels ). Bonne chance Tu a fait un bon choix .

[@thomasharter8161]

You are confusing France with Belgium 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@countryman569]

@@thomasharter8161 I'm not I went to Belgium

[@thomasharter8161]

@@countryman569 So you are confusing moules frites (mussels + french fries) with cassoulet 😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@thomasharter8161]

@@countryman569 Les moules frites are the national dish of Belgium.

[@countryman569]

@@thomasharter8161 I had les Moules frites in Northern France.

[@uweinhamburg]

You forget to mention that in just two years you will be able to drive a car, even without a driver's license 🤣🤣 It's time to start pestering your parents to get you one ASAP!!

[@nox8730]

Well but, you know. I will never eat burgers or pizzas without my fork and knife ^^. That's filthy because you end up with all this crap on your hands. Although i can eat them without knife and fork at Mc Donald's. They won't fall apart at Mc Donald's. But that's because they are pretty raw and flat in every way. Mc Donald's is pretty bad. I liked it when i was a teenager, but last time i tried it was 10 years ago, and i found them pretty disgusting compared to the french ones i had gotten used to get or make myself.

[@erik....]

Sounds like you're just an inexperienced eater. You get a burger pocket almost everywhere you know.

[@nox8730]

@@erik.... I don't know about these "burger pockets" to be honest. Never seen that. But i am so used eating with fork and knife that i would probably not use those anyway. It is not like i felt eating this way was a hassle or needed to be changed.

[@absolutefreedom8035]

pizza is definitely with forks and knives in France, even burgers :) eheh thanks for the video