French Life I Expectation vs Reality I Expat in France

[@marinelab]

My husband, who's American, may be the exception. Before going anywhere, he studies every single data such as streets, neighborhoods, weather, museum, metro stops, he even trains on duolingo .... I'm French and sometime times he knows better than myself about the geography of my native country.

[@thisboyzopinionz]

im the same 😂 best to be educated children!!

[@eatingparis]

I did the same for my trip to Paris ahaha. I know the Paris layout better than my own State🤣

[@petermaloney8138]

@@eatingparisMe too! I did a whole month youtube videos and website research :) I landed and already knew a lot more than some locals.

[@alishachavez2516]

Yes! I’m going a year from now and I’m already learning French and studying

[@RA-ov5cw]

Hahaha my father is the same. It's like he has the maps in his head. He can just hop in the car and go to places without having to use the gps and without ever getting lost

[@13hehe]

When a French accepts you, they accept you 1000%. They are the nicest people I've met to be honest, and not in a fake way.

[@petitespatule]

The moderation thing is so real! I have noticed that as well and they are just so disciplined and so aware of their food intake. Balance is key...

[@kerynl.sanchez9891]

Reminds me of that time when I visited Paris in September and wore sandals, it started raining and I didn’t have a coat either 🤣🤣🤣 lesson learned! My sister gave me a lecture about weather in Europe. “This is NOT California”

[@yannstgeorges1488]

I've often had that conversation on moderation with non-french friends. Many have been shocked that, in France, when we have a meal with friends, we will serve wine to teenagers as young as 13/14 yo. The thing is when you compare the amount of wine served we french consider a glass of wine full when it's filled to somewhere between half and 2/3rd of its capacity whereas my foreign friends would top the glass. So yes we serve wine to young ones but we also teach them moderation, never fill a glass to capacity.

[@paulreeves8251]

@@jermainealvin3821 I think you mean your ex-girlfriend don't you?

[@taylorraffa5104]

Before moving to Paris, I never realized that dryers and dishwashers are luxury items. I’ve managed to live perfectly fine without a dishwasher for the last 7 years, but not the dryer...it was worth every last euro! 😂

[@heatherheaney4060]

The dryer thing was something I was not fond off. In the winter months it can take days for things to dry. Unless you go to the laundry.

[@MrEricGuerin]

I am a male, and I use a dryer for my hairs (they are short, not even long!). I am from Brittany - maybe habits are different? But how come you cannot use (specially if u are a women) a dryer in winter ... ?

[@LannasMissingLink]

@@MrEricGuerin they're actually talking about a clothes dryer

[@marie-claudeguegan3219]

​@@LannasMissingLink Et surtout, dis "my hair" en parlant de tes cheveux. "my hairs", ça veut dire "mes poils" 😳😊

[@LannasMissingLink]

@marie-claudeguegan3219 je crois que tu voulais répondre à l'autre personne, @MrEricGuerin, pas moi. Il disait cette phrase. Mais t'as raison! En anglais on dis le mot 《hairs》 pour les polis

[@thierryf67]

that's true, moderation is a key word in a lot of eating/drinking. enjoy a tasty meal, doesn't means fill yourself with it.

[@monpopotama9416]

Hey I am french and live in a city in the south of France. I can confirm we don't all speak english ! Personal anecdote : I work in an administration, my service is specificly for students from all around the world (to be clear I interact everyday with people of any nationality BUT french), however, I am the only worker there who speaks english (and I've been working there for 5 years, during wich there has been a lot of turn over in the staf, never has the ability to speak english been a part of the hiring criteria… there has been one guy for 2 months 2 years ago that could speak english and spanish… and that's all). So yes…it's not a bad idea to learn some french before moving here.

[@towaritch]

Hahaha I must be the only French guy in the Herault fluent both in English and German (I took the TOEFL test in English and scored the maximum and the DAFS test in German and scored also excellent).

[@megandunkley2069]

Hi, I live in France, your video is absolutely true. As I’m marrried, I can’t comment on the dating aspect.....but the rest made me smile, ( but with reservation, the French way, of course) .🤭

[@clemecccy2183]

I'm planning to move paris for studies

[@pixie117]

American in France, married to a French man here - and yes, so true about commercial holidays! And I often find myself defending the French against folks who say they're rude. They can be, but I've actually found them to be pretty pleasant and helpful with me when I arrived speaking very little French. Most people aren't overly friendly like we are used to in the US, but I can respect that and even think it can be a little annoying when people are too friendly and strangers just talk to you. I actually like the French way a little bit more, I guess, and seem to be doing pretty well. Only had one incident where I came home crying after visiting a lab, but most of the time, I have pretty decent experiences with French people (and I live just outside Paris too).

[@towaritch]

The French are a difficult bunch. It's one of the reasons France is such a complex society.

[@PriscillaThen]

I'm a native Vancouverite (Canadian) and was told by my native French partner not to wear Lululemons while exploring Paris, because "active wear" should be for exercise. Many of my French friends have told me how much more friendly I am than in France, but really I think it's partly the size of the city you go to, although it's true that every time I visit the U.S. I'm taken aback at how even more friendly ppl are (they'd start chatting with me at the grocery or dpt. store about the type of coffee I bought)! Your description of French ppl is just SO on point! They are definitely NOT that romantic -- it's the American media that has hyped them up as such -- turns out, North Americans are often the more romantic ones! lol :)

[@pumpjackpiddlewick]

Enjoyed this very much. We live in France and I've tried to explain stranger danger concept to friends. It really is a tricky one for people to get their heads around. Loved your explanation. And am enjoying very much your videos in general. They are realistic and fun.

[@annaburch3200]

I think my biggest fantasy of Paris was my dream to kiss my husband under the Eiffel Tower and that there would be other romantic couples and artists surrounding the area. What ended up being under the Eiffel Tower were lines of tourists, men selling keychains and women shoving petitions in your face. It was a bit of a shock. 😆

[@martinasandoval5326]

Lol you cannot be under it anymore with all the barriers they placed. I was able to sit down and look up under the tower in 2003, now there are barriers everywhere , it sucks. I sent that to my friend who accompanied me on our first eurotrip and she couldn't believe it.

[@annaburch3200]

@@martinasandoval5326 I've heard about that. At least it might keep the keychains and petitions not directly under at the lines??? But yeah. My vision was a bit tarnished when we went several years ago.

[@towaritch]

And the trash.... everywhere!

[@RobertSmith-up9rz]

It’s not romantic at all, it’s clichéd and stupid. It’s like wanting to kiss in Times Square.

[@washburn9999]

i really enjoy your videos. thank you...i was in france in 2019 and hope to return mid 2021...fingers crossed...i was in the brittany and normandy areas as well as paris for almost 3 weeks and i came across only one "rude" waiter and it wasn't so much as he was rude, it was more like he really didn't care if we were there or not...lol...this was in Roscoff. i did notice that we had some sort of bread, baguettes every day for breakfast and occasionally with dinner...we did have wine every day with lunch and dinner and i'm not complaining...lol...Nothing we did was too excessive and i really enjoyed that about france...i did fine that most people or at least the ones i came across were very helpful and spoke english well enough for me to get answers to my questions...as long as you say bonjour when entering their establishments, the people were great...once again, thanks for the videos and keep them coming...

[@smurph4959]

... but the romantic version of France is nice for day dreaming purposes. I guess every country has a stereotype doesn't it. Part of the adventure of travel to discover the realness. But 100% could get your dreams shattered, get that too 🌼🌸🌼

[@vdayucla]

I think most of these mistaken expectations vs. reality stem from the fact that... France isn't Paris. Also, only like 18% of French people live in Paris. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@michellelishman8409]

I reeeeaaallllly adore you and your Blog... I've been watching you for a while, and having moved to France two years ago, and dated two Frenchmen, I must confess you are Spot on..... 🤗❤️

[@lizzie1813]

I want to send this video to all my friends and family in Mexico, I moved to France 1 year ago and they think I live in a movie. Lol Also another expectation is that you'll be traveling around Europe all weekends or every day you will walk by the Eiffel Tower. When we have a pretty normal life or for example, I live in Clermont-Ferrand I don't see the Eiffel Tower everyday. 🤣

[@sylviemanson9761]

ouch !! Clermont-Ferrand !! really ! the city has the french biggest temperature gap, super cold winters, super hot summers, on the other hand, real estate is cheap ^^

[@laurabel1724]

Oh my doors! It's my father's hometown and find this town absolutely depressing by it's architecture, looking exactly like the old industrial town it was in the 60's with 50 shades of grey and old white colors. Quite a contrast with the green of the surrounding lands 😅

[@lizzie1813]

@@laurabel1724 LOLL!! You really made me laugh out loud! Exactly that: a city in depressing colors!

[@laurabel1724]

@@lizzie1813 the only colorful thing is the ASM rugby team emblem 😆 🟦🟨

[@mikeperri7246]

The secret to living in France or Italy is that one has want to think, eat, drink and breath France or Italy. It has to become of your muscle memory. Until then, you have accept being a tourist or a 'citoyen au nouveau"'.

[@Caesar_1415]

Thank you so much for this video! I'm looking to try Montpellier visit for a couple of weeks, it's very affordable and has three unis! I'm looking to move to Europe for at least a year by next summer 2024! I'm living in the US, I needed this video! Thank you so much!

[@meccool54]

I think we do not expect american tourists to speak french, even just a few words. But what's important, before asking anything, is to ask a french if he can speak english first, rather than starting to ask "where is the Eiffel tower", presuming that he will understand. We are not the best at english but how many american people can speak a second lnguage fluently? How many care at all? :) :) :). As a French living outside of Paris, I never stumbled on a rude parisian waiter. Maybe because I was nice myself :) :) :) . Anyway it was interesting to watch you, as usual

[@TheFrederic888]

When I travelled in USA, my English was extremely limited and everytime I asked someone to repeat what they said, they always repeated the exact same thing at the same speed. After a while I stopped asking people to repeat themselves. But the most annoying is that they rarely undestood me. Maybe it is my frustration that soeaks, but I was under the impression that they didn’t care to make any effort. That said I loved USA.

[@marie-claudeguegan3219]

@meccool54 T'es sûr que t'as pas lu mon commentaire sur "Arielle in Paris - Now I get why people say that the French are rude/Paris Storytime, 16/3/2023" ? Y'a comme des recoupements avec ma petite histoire, là... 🤔

[@kaylaharden6593]

Not so much a reality check of me living in France but more like pre living in France. So I lived in France for a year as an au pair and am hopefully going next year to do TAPIF. Both times now when I’ve mentioned I’m going to live in France, people have responded with assumptions of me living in Paris. So I have to respond with well actually it’s not Paris and it’s about x distance from Paris. I just want to scream “C’mon people! I would’ve said Paris if I meant Paris!!!!”

[@habsheim0]

Snowy Alps ; perfect weather 🎿⛷🏂👍🏻

[@evilsandwichcrust]

wow these videos are so insightful!! really enjoy looking into ur life❤️❤️

[@noniegoingplaces6574]

Hey, I really love your channel and I just wanted to thank you for everything you share with us! I am preparing to move to France as a teaching assistant in September to teach German there for a semester. Your insights and tips help so much and you definitely inspired me to do this. I am getting even more excited after every video. Thank you and looking forward to see more. :)

[@SamFournier]

I’m so glad I live in Aix en Provence because we don’t get tons of rain. Although coming from Los Angeles I couldn’t handle the Winter 🥶 Bring on Spring! I also haven’t experienced anybody rude here in France, I experienced so many rude people in Los Angeles... sooo many!

[@pumpjackpiddlewick]

Ditto! In Bourgogne, our rain seems to come at night. Merci! Merci! as the garden loves this, as do we. And except for one woman in our bank, I haven't had personal dealings with French rudeness. It certainly does help to learn the more formal ways though to get a foot in the door, or help with something :-)

[@aeolia80]

I wish we were in the south of France, I've heard it's the closest climate to NorCal, but we're closer to Paris because of the hubby's work

[@sylviemanson9761]

@@pumpjackpiddlewick no excuse for the rude bank clerk but FATCA made it really painfull for us to deal with americans

[@pumpjackpiddlewick]

@@sylviemanson9761 Ditto Ditto! I have dual citizenship with the Netherlands and USA, but FATCA made me almost lose my bank account! Luckily, as we live in a small village and have a really nice bank manager, he was able to work around it all and I was able to keep my account. Yeah!

[@claude_1c74]

"Sooo many rude people in LA" What do u mean by rude ? And hw do u explain that in LA ? i thought everybody were friendly there ! 🤔

[@anthonyl8431]

French speaking here, interesting to watch this. About the rudeness, I was surprised on the other side of the atlantic, how casual American can be with a stranger. When I just arrived in NYC, a bit confused how to buy my metro pass near JFK, a gentle and very friendly staff helped me out, called me babe, and was holding my hand at some time :D, don't expect anything close to this in France, culture difference. It take a bit of time to break the ice here, even among us.

[@benjaminlamey3591]

Hi, for the first point, on the land further from the touristic spots, the proportion of people talking basic english is probably closer to 10-15%. For the whether, it completely depends where you are in france, we use to say it rains only once in brittany, from the 16 of august the 14 of august ...

[@malgosiakaczmarska8036]

Your expectation 1 was the exact opposite of what I expected (and was told by many): NOBODY SPEAKS ENGLISH!!! 😂 Coming here I expected that speaking English won’t get me far.

[@michellemoczulski8295]

this was so helpful! thank you so much!

[@stevenroche9874]

Thank you for your insight into French culture from an American point of view.

[@camicamcam1234]

As someone from Miami, I would say that the weather in France is extremely mediocre. Actually I take that back... I did not like the weather in Paris... I had to wear a sweater in JULY. I like the south though.

[@ybreton6593]

Hello Camilla in your comment you let us know when France is cold and rainy you come from Florida more exactly from Miami, Ok? of course in our country even in summer it is colder. it is a question of the positioning of france and florida on the terrestial sphere. Miami is a few degrees above the Tropic of Cancer: 25 ° 77 '51 "N latitude you are at the same attitude as the Sahara Desert in Africa. France has the same attitude as Canada. In the City. from Brittany where we are is: 47 ° 66'50 "North at the tip of Brittany we have 7000 kms, or 3773 nautical miles before arriving in Canada. and due to the inclination of the earth on its axis the days are shorter in winters and very long in summer. But here it is, Camilla; there is nothing we can do about it? it has been like this for hundreds of millions of years!

[@camicamcam1234]

@@ybreton6593 I know I was just kidding

[@ybreton6593]

@@camicamcam1234 Madame , j' ais répondu à votre commentaire , sur le ton de la plaisanterie . veuillez bien m'excuser , si je vous avez été blessé

[@camicamcam1234]

@@ybreton6593 T’inquiète pas

[@kerynl.sanchez9891]

Miami’s weather is truly annoying I couldn’t stop sweating there 🤷‍♀️

[@valeriewyndham1381]

So true! Another great video 👏👏. From a Parisien living in the US 😉

[@belkacemseddiki1174]

Like the way you use your hands when talking...like a real Italian !

[@georgiancrossroads]

Thanks Kate. Much needed wisdom. I think there have probably been too many girls, in particular, who have seen Amelie too many times. (We won't even discuss Emily in Paris.) My own France is filled with wonderful moments. And some truly and literally shitty ones. I wrote an essay once about the nightmarish toilettes I kept running into... desperately. I live in Tbilisi Georgia now. (See the title of my channel.) The difference between my far away impressions and the realities on the ground were vast. But having adjusted my view I still see the wonderfulness both of here and France. But I also see the realities.

[@heatherheaney4060]

Typically I have found the French not rude. But when you don’t speak French and they don’t speak English and most tourists don’t start off asking for help by saying “Bonjour” they usually start off by saying “excuse me” and then ask their question. Well that’s not how French ppl interact so STRIKE 1 for you! Lol At least this was my experience while living in France for 1 yr. My French boyfriend thought many weird things about Canadian ppl and Canadian ways when he lived there for 3 years. Love your videos.

[@paulabowman7737]

Hi, American-gal-married-to-a- frenchman, I'm new, Spanish as my second language (my grandma insisted I take Latin in high school and I must admit, it was a godsend)... appreciate your candor and your helpfulness... the weather sounds more like Virginia, where I grew up, tho I live now in Arizona... Virginia does sound like France. THANKS, I be Paula

[@dsagarsone278]

Thank you so much for the information... If possible please show us life at countryside too

[@pulse4503]

Apparently life in France makes women look even more beautiful...

[@apneiaproductions696]

Very smart video. Everything is on point. When it comes to weather, Paris is only slightly better than London, and they're honestly pretty much the same. Why Paris has the better reputation re: rainy days is probably down to better marketing! Haha. If you travel south, it's possible to catch temperatures of 25°C by the Riviera in late February, still of course winter is winter. Fantastic video, very well-done

[@leejay2418]

So helpful Kate and a great reminder when I eventually go back to France. Thanks!

[@aeolia80]

reputation #2............ after moving to France at the end of this summer, and then the rain started in October, and never stopped.............. still raining, and it's February, lol 😭😭😭😭😭 usually Autumn is my favorite season, but this Autumn, my first in France, made me hate it. (I know it's be beautiful and warm this week , in February, but I hear it's going back to being cold and wet and dreary for a few more months, it's annoying). This is also the most northern I've lived on this side of the equator, and the sun setting so early and rising so late in winter really threw me off and kinda gave me really bad seasonal depression

[@isabellem1945]

Hi, I ward off the seasonal dumps with luminotherapy. It works for some people. Just a thought.

[@jean-mi1825]

You are SPOT ON ! EXCEPT for Rainy Brittany !!

[@frenchfan1278]

Regarding romantic or rude to me it’s just difference in culture and perception.

[@UnintentionallyFrenchified]

Hello ! How so, I am curious ?

[@TheFrederic888]

Une personne de la province qui « monte » à Paris dirait la même chose. Les parisiens sont stressés, et ronchons 😂😂😂

[@hsternspivak]

Omg!! You are so positive!!

[@TheCumin]

Thank you for making this video. Actually my son will go to the France in the month of December for his internship. So I would like to know about the weather during that time.

[@delikts12]

rainy brittany yes it is !! can you tell it also that to the parisian ?

[@chericdesigns]

New to your channel, great info! I tried the Lingoda link to check it out but it said 'page doesn't exist', link took me to Lingoda but not your page?

[@pacoland6242]

I leve in Lyon and i really don’t like the weather, no matter the season, is too hot or too cold and and most of the apartments or buildings are not equipped with AC so that could be disastrous, especially if you have kids means otitis, flu, gastro, etc.

[@PriscillaThen]

OMG that's horrible! :O

[@johnjeanb]

A fex minor corrections: Are French people rude? Yes, some of them BUT the vast majority wait for the MAGIC WORD to start ANY interaction. Which word? BONJOUR. The French don't speak English! Yes some / quite a number don't BUT If you start saying a few French words you would be surprized by the response. Addressing people straight in a foreign language is VERY rude. The weather in France NEVER forget that most of France is lacated in a latitude equivalent to Canada (The south of France equals North of the USA) so very much NORTH BUT France climate is MODERATE (oceanic) meaning thanks to the Gulf stream (warm water current around France) and closeness to the seas (Atlantic ocean, the Mediterranean sea) act as a temperature moderator (not too hot, not too cold sometimes rainy.

[@rob.halpin]

FYI... Lingoda link is broken. Great vid, tho. Thanks!

[@devpanchal93]

Hi Kate ! Love your videos ! You have inspired me to start my own channel talking about my 3 year experience in France. I am Indian, currently based in Lyon. I recently started working as Growth Manager. Would be great if you have name suggestions for my channel. Again thanks for the inspiration! I was going through work culture shock and I came across your video on it.

[@nadine5945]

*Video Request, French baby names!!** Hi Kate! I've watched many of your videos (my husband is french native and we live in the U.S. together). I love your videos and can relate in so many ways! (I lived short period in France). I actually have a video request. We are expecting our 3rd baby and would LOVE a baby names video (unique French baby names that sound similar in French and English). We have fraternal twins (2 yrs) and chose the names Loïc and Cédric. Baby #3 is a Girl! So exciting! So we're trying to find that perfect, unique French girl name that works well in English and French. Thanks so much !! xoxo

[@TheFrederic888]

We had the same discussion with my wife, we wanted that the name was easy to pronunce in our different languages. We chose Alice for our first daughter. She is 10 years old now and she loves her name. All the best to you! It is so exciting waiting for a baby to come 😊

[@thisboyzopinionz]

I learned more about Lingoda than your video 🤔

[@azizpunkmetal]

Have you ever thought about postin' 1 day a video entirely spoken in French ? And by the way, arrives-tu à t'habituer à l'absence de ThanksGivin' dans notre pays ?

[@anastasia10017]

C'est Thanksgiving. pas Thanksgivin'.

[@SnabbKassa]

18 hours of darkness and 6 hours of overcast is a normal, perfect, pleasant day of "weather". Americans... don't seem to think so. In the winter, even Lille and Metz can be like that.

[@Ninarosemiel]

You said croissant on Sunday, what do they have in France for breakfast on weekdays?

[@alexispokemon6574]

Tartines ! and cereals with fruits and yogurt (more like white cheese)

[@Ninarosemiel]

@@alexispokemon6574 thank you!

[@TheFrederic888]

@@alexispokemon6574 every single morning over the (too many) last decades with long coffee, and never get bored. I have been doing my yogurts and my bread by myself for some years now and it’s gorgeous☺️

[@skiski5745]

is this really you in real life or your KZbin persona?

[@irinas4302]

Thank you for your content, I love your channel! Do you have a video or many consider making one of French etiquette? Dinning would be the most interesting, but I’m sure there are more. One thing I learned recently that in France kids are taught since early childhood to bring food to their mouth rather than bending your face over the plate. I started doing it myself and it looks so much better, eating with the straight back. But... I make my clothing dirty, since food from my fork/spoon sometimes drips :/ so some tips and tricks would be cool to learn from you! :)

[@roncris4587]

Why is it every video about life in France has that annoying accordeon music theme ? When was the last time you heard it (beside in the Metro... totally butchered) ? On Tv, or the radio ? Please, stop, let it die.

[@mimine93ser42]

This comment is underrated.

[@danielbernier5896]

8ième like😎 Et premier commentaire héhé J'aime bien tes vidéos

[@lordlucan7655]

My pet hate is when I hear people talking about this imaginary place called “ The south of France” ... I always ask if they mean Perpignan or Hendaye ? when they reply “ oh no nice” , i say “ that’s the north of Italy”

[@timotheelegrincheux2204]

You mentioned that some Americans think the Riviera is like South Florida. I know there are other factors involved in the climate besides the latitude, but Nice and Boston are at roughly the same latitude.

[@noefillon1749]

To complete what you were saying, it is mostly because of jet streams. They (oversimply) bring hot air to Europe whereas they bring cold air from north pole to American east coast. So yes New-York's latitude is this of Porto in Portugal and Quebec's is this of Nantes. Didn't even mention London or Manchester as there aren't even cities at this latitude in eastern Canada.

[@cavazosrosendo7796]

I couldn't get to the content. The commercial was too long. .

[@rinku1160]

A France gril lived in Guwahati city in India She doing a job

[@hernanigil3469]

you are not an expat, you are an immigrant

[@asifmuniruniverse7732]

Hi I don't know about your shelf

[@asifmuniruniverse7732]

I don't wanna to talk more with you better you interdouse your self please because I'm not money maker here

[@asifmuniruniverse7732]

Let me go yet

[@asifmuniruniverse7732]

Bye

[@FabulousFab84]

Why do you say : Heck/specially ?? lol I think that it' s way more common to see people holding hands and kissing in public in France than in the US, so maybe that' s a romantic + ?? Do you think that 2011 Kate could see 2021 Kate in the street and think "OMG, she' s so French, so chic, sophisticated" ??

[@andrewpandis]

Thanks for sharing the video. My wife and I would love to retire to Europe, but visiting and living there probably would not exceed our vacation expectations. Thanks ☺️

[@alexispokemon6574]

Come ! there's nothing better to discover the real everyday life ! and if you don't like the place where you landed, just move to another European place ! there are a lot of possibilities :)

[@Rachel-rs7jn]

OMG the weather.....my partner is in Lille now, where I just spent two months (Dec-Jan). So awful. Just so many gray days in a row. I was actually so glad (weather-wise) to get back to CT where it's 20 degrees but at least there's plenty of sun. On the other hand, in Lille it's totally fine to wear my yoga pants to the store. 😄👍🏻

[@sig4311]

Hi (Lille born Frenchie over here) yeah our weather doesn't really get nice until the end of April but then you'll be happy about all of that rain (you can get sunburns that are real mean in the summer so put on sun screen folks). Hope you liked the city though. :) Also for the yoga pants grocery haul ... I'll dress up when grandmas next door will stop going to get their morning bread in their Pajamas XD. It ain't fair to ask the younglings to dress up when your retired ass didn't even comb before getting out for your morning baguette :P

[@Rachel-rs7jn]

@@sig4311 😂😂😂 And yes, the city is beautiful. Under the sun! 😉

[@unlisted8042]

The word France literally makes me think of NONE of the things you said.

[@conneyortega8480]

French suck at english I mean I m french and I stand out from the crowd lmaoo

[@TheFrederic888]

English is So difficult to speak for a French. It’s almost genetic

[@worldtravelventures]

I just found your channel.As you said in the video,I was going down a black hole lol..... Im retiring in 6 years and I plan to spend most of my retirement traveling through Europe.I'll be 60 years old,in good health(hopefully nothing will change) and with a sold monthly income.Im a firefighter/paramedic with a Bachelors in European History,and a passion for Genealogy.Post pandemic,Ive traveled around the world quite a bit.Im single with no children,so I can pretty much do whatever I want to do.Any advice for someone that wants to travel to Europe,possibly live there and plans to take courses/classes in Europe as well ? I already know that I need to learn more of the languages,but any help and advice would be great.Thanks for your time.

[@petermaloney8138]

Tip to Americans: No crocs or yoga pants with purses or fanny bags in Europe :) This is almost as crazy as wearing long white socks with sandals.....I cringe

[@RobertSmith-up9rz]

Who the Hell thought that France was the Caribbean? Who are these people holding such ludicrous ideas about France to begin with??

[@yuggabu]

Rainy Brittany ? what d'you mean ? Guy, from Brest.

[@rolandgerbe6863]

Rainy !

[@osez111]

ah, si seulement vous n'étiez pas retenue en otage en france.

[@RobertSmith-up9rz]

French romance is more substantial and material. American romance is childish and artificial.

[@francoisperez4046]

Here we go making video to make money ! Lingoda killed your video lady !

[@Voronochka262]

Do you do videos in French ever?

[@pierreromafontarensky9073]

Too much time spent on the langage ad

[@777videos7777]

I’ve been having some difficulties since I moved here this year as an American woman of color. I suppose I did have this fantasy that the French wouldn’t be “as” racist as American culture based off of the historical record of other American expats of color who have relocated here. Thus far, I’ve been sadly disappointed. I hope things will improve or I might have to return after just one semester when I had initially hoped to permanently relocate.

[@ybreton6593]

Nicole , comme vous vous en doutez des idiots et des abrutis il y en a dans le monde entier et la France ne fais pas exception . dans tous les cas bienvenue dans mon Pays

[@TheFrederic888]

As a French I would have expected the same for you considering the long French tradition of equality and respect whoever you are. That’s so disappointing you had bad experiences. I wish you all the best.

[@user-zr1vn9nl8r]

I have to admit I don't understand why it's rude when tourists/visitors can't speak French. English is the international language. Do French people learn the language for every country when they go on holidays there? (Edit: Not saying don't learn hello, thank you etc. That's just basic manners of course. I am referring to speaking in sentences)

[@laurettecastellano2830]

It is not expected to speak fluent french. Just a few basic words such as bonjour, merci, au revoir and pardon. I speak 3 languages French, ltalian and English, but when l went on holiday to Poland l learned three words in polish: hello, thank you and good bye. This applies to any country. The natives appreciate it and will usually make an effort to try to speak your language.

[@user-zr1vn9nl8r]

@@laurettecastellano2830 thanks for replying. I completely agree with understanding a few basic words. I think most people make this effort for a foreign country they visit. But from my impression of this video and others, as well as the strong stereotype with french not wanting to speak english it seems they want you to be able to speak at least basic conversions in french, and that's really hard for foreigners and not really replicated by the french when abroad either.

[@laurettecastellano2830]

@@user-zr1vn9nl8r most people no matter what their language is do not make the effort in my opinion. It depends on the individual. I personally love to chat with people in general and I love languages and interacting with the natives but then again that is me.

[@Tornadospring]

@@user-zr1vn9nl8r The thing that we French people find rude is when someone starts asking for something in English without even trying to say "bonjour" or just hello. Not saying hello to someone you don't know is considered really rude in France. It's even more the case in Paris where Parisians, especially waiters, are kind of fed up with tourists everywhere.

[@anne-clairecouderc5523]

The thing is even if France is quite a rich country, not many people can afford traveling abroad... Those who can do speak english, sometimes even the language of the country they are traveling to, but they are a small minority. Why would people learn another language, even the "international language" if they won't ever need it? Young people tend to speak better english because of the exposition on youtube and series, but yes we do find it kind of rude to not know a single word of french and expect the French to learn english just for the tourists 😅

[@lisar9425]

Dommage.

[@wiredrabbit5732]

And say "Bonjour" darn it!!! Americans are sooo rude (I am American living in France, if there is 1 thing that will change the experience is to learn to say bonjour. Or move to Dordogne. And stores close on Sundays (except during Covid oddly)

[@OptLab]

Expectation : France is refined Reality : France economy, culture and civilization, standards of living, security, universal ideals have been hit hard over the past decades. Many foreigners very disappointed after their visit or after revisiting, especially older generations. This is a brutal reality check but I don't want to break dreams here, it's something that people say privately. Still a fantastic solid country but there is simply no political will or political condition to switch the decline.

[@claude_1c74]

The last sentence is the most important !😬

[@ybreton6593]

you said that the economy, culture, civilization, standard of living, security, universal ideals have been severely affected in recent decades? we are in a country where culture and civilization are the highest. security question we are under attack. when to universal ideals: Liberty, equality, fraternity are always present in the souls of the French you say many foreigners are disappointed after visiting our country. 1) in 95% of cases they visit the tourist sites of Paris, Mont Saint Michel, the Loire Valley chateaux, at no shopping. Concentrating; Asian tourists the only thing that interests them Spring, the Lafayettes galleries. the rest ???? if that's what visiting France! 2) when in Paris there are the French who work; they are not there to make figures, they have their concerns. when you say France is on the decline? France is a country with 64 million inhabitants, the fifth economic power and the fourth military power. when speaking a foreign language the new generation speaks english. outside the capitals in all the countries of the world English, is not spoken by the local populations. Personally, I can speak, read and write: German, Spanish when in English, it is a language that was imposed from college, so I made no effort, my rebellious side. you should know that 60% of English words come from the French language! which have been distorted by the English

[@TheFrederic888]

@@ybreton6593 I have been living abroad for 15 years. What Claude said is a very straight summary of what my colleagues and friends were saying after coming back. And often less nicely, especially whey they were robbed by pickpockets in Paris. From abroad you can literally see the decline in real time. Sad but true.

[@ybreton6593]

@@TheFrederic888 des pickpockets , il y en a dans le monde entier , ils sont dans les lieux touristiques et dans n'importe quelles capitales du monde . vous prenez exemple de Paris ? c'est la capitale la plus visitée au monde ou les touristes du monde entier se rassemble . en tant que Français les rares fois que je vais à Paris mon épouse et moi faisons attention , nous prenons les mêmes précautions dans toutes les villes touristique D'Europe , d'Amérique du nord et du sud , en Asie . les voleurs ne sont pas tous en France

[@pierren___]

True, but we still try To transmit it. French are still refined, but we are not a park for tourist

[@dixonhill1108]

These are all the stereotypes of a 12 year old girl.

[@lttnono2379]

Expectations : let's visit the Mont St-Michel in Normandy. Reality : the Mont St-Michel is Breton. Kenavo!

[@foebyeve644]

MDR !!!! It's in Normandy, in department of Manche. But it's too difficult for your brain to learn it... As you have no geographical interest, you take what does not belong to you, saying it's yours. But it's not... Maps don't lie !!!

[@lttnono2379]

@@foebyeve644 mais bon c'est pour le folklore tout ça...la France est une République indivisible...(art. premier de la constitution)

[@veraciteabsolue1221]

Apparemment les idiots sont en Bretagne

[@edmondgautier8301]

Cultural appropriation!!!

[@kashmere901]

Je déteste les clichés des gens français! Quelle honte!

[@olgabond679]

This video is NOT informative at all whatsoever. Blablabla. People who consider moving to a country want to know about budget-expense balances, how easy or difficult it is to rent a flat, find a job etc. Not listen to an AD for 4 min. And the French can eat whatever they want, I don’t care. Give relevant information to people. Or name your video differently.

[@maderein]

1.3K likes on this video.. so go whine somewhere else.

[@TheFrederic888]

« rainy britanny » oh my god 😅!