Has LIVING IN GERMANY made me TOO GERMAN FOR PARIS?

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Lauren in Germany

Lauren in Germany

Күн бұрын

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@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
I´m discovering this about myself on my travels... ...that I am indeed Germanized! I will admit, I like it. When you live in a new country, and love so much about it, you should find yourself adopting - or maybe rather absorbing - some of the traits of it´s inhabitants. I hestitated to upload this video, as I was worried my thought might offend the French, but after a few days of mulling it over, I decided I could be honest and see where the conversation goes. And I wonder if you will like the TWO new songs I have uploaded today on my music channel, Voice Passion?! Let me show you what goes through my mind´s eye when I perform this music…come and fly away me with me, let the wind carry us, far away from this place…
@sisuguillam5109
@sisuguillam5109 Жыл бұрын
Lovely footage... and thank you for not showing the r....ts.
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
@@sisuguillam5109 absolutely. No way do I want to show yucky stuff!
@nadinebeck2069
@nadinebeck2069 Жыл бұрын
I was a brave German girl, waiting in front of red traffic lights for pedestrians -until I was in London 🙈 I'm afraid, now I do jay-walking here too (as long as no German seems to be around me 😂)
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
@@nadinebeck2069don’t you feel like a rebel every time? I really get the red light thing!
@tasminoben686
@tasminoben686 Жыл бұрын
Moin, du hast es wieder geschafft, in deinem Video eine märchenhafte Stimmung zu erzeugen! Es muss toll sein, dich Märchen vorlesen zu hören! Für mich bist du einfach unsere Reise,fee! Liebe Grüße aus Hamburg, Ben❤😂
@klaushohmann1101
@klaushohmann1101 Жыл бұрын
Frankreich ist ein schönes Land mit einer spannenden Geschichte. Paris gehört allerdings nicht gerade zu meinen Lieblingsstädten. Das ihr vor den Ratten geflohen seid kann ich nur zu gut verstehen. Da bst du Landratte mir zehnmal lieber. Habt ne schöne Woche und bleibt gesund; bis zum nächsten Video
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
Ja, ich bereue es wirklick nicht. Ich habe mich so unwohl gefühlt, und wofür hat man denn die Freiheit eines Campers, wenn es nicht für solche Momente ist? Und ja, ich war überrascht, wie sehr mir Frankreich gefallen hat. Ich möchte viel mehr darüber wissen. Liebe Grüße, und Dir auch eine schöne Woche, Klaus!
@hagenmassar4555
@hagenmassar4555 Жыл бұрын
How i love your videos. They are so calm and peacefull.
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, that’s wonderful to read!
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
I´m discovering this about myself on my travels... ...that I am indeed Germanized! I will admit, I like it. When you live in a new country, and love so much about it, you should find yourself adopting - or maybe rather absorbing - some of the traits of it´s inhabitants. I hestitated to upload this video, as I was worried my thought might offend the French, but after a few days of mulling it over, I decided I could be honest and see where the conversation goes. And I wonder if you will like the TWO new songs I have uploaded today on my music channel, Voice Passion?! Let me show you what goes through my mind´s eye when I perform this music…come and fly away me with me, let the wind carry us, far away from this place…
@lioneldemun6033
@lioneldemun6033 Жыл бұрын
" An Deutsche Wesen soll die Welt genesen "😅
@aw3s0me12
@aw3s0me12 Жыл бұрын
I just love your charisma & grounding Personality. Another persons trash is another persons treasure. > If YOU felt like it, it is YOUR natural thought,..so BE IT, and stays TRUE within YOU. > This might not be for everyone BUT that's on THEM. YOu do YOU,...i would listen to my "inner me" ;) Cheers from Stuttgart.
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Words of wisdom, you’re right.
@W220-v7u
@W220-v7u Жыл бұрын
Wonderful video and great music. Yes I really understand I would not stay with a camper van either when seeing some rats. Stay healthy and be happy
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
How fast you were! Thank you!!! Yes, I am so glad I left.
@heinzbrommer251
@heinzbrommer251 Жыл бұрын
Hallo Lauren, wieder einmal ein tolles Video mit einer tollen Musik unterlegt. Du suchst immer tolle Musik für deine Videos aus. Wenn ich dich so mit dem Wohnmobil sehe werde ich immer ganz neidisch auf euch. Dann kommen mir immer unsere Fahrten früher in den Sinn. Ich muss sagen, dass war eine der schönsten Zeit in meinem Leben. Genießt diese Zeit, ihr werdet später immer wieder daran denken. Viele Grüße bis demnächst Heinz
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
Ah, Heinz! Kannst Du nicht mehr rumfahren aus irgendwelchen Gründe? Ich weiß es wirklich zu schätzen. Ich konnte lange nicht aus dem Haus. Deswegen bin ich so unmessbar dankbar für diese Möglichkeit. Es freut mich sehr, dass die Musik Dir gefällt - sie ist mir mindestens so wichtig, wie die Bilder, und ich verbringe viel Zeit, die richtige auszusuchen!
@heinzbrommer251
@heinzbrommer251 Жыл бұрын
@@LaureninGermany Doch, ich kann noch herumfahren, aber ich bin jetzt 78 Jahre alt und trotzdem noch oft unterwegs, aber eigentlich nur noch in Deutschland oder Österreich und die beiden Länder sind auch wirklich schön. Aber die Erinnerungen kann mir keiner nehmen und die sind noch sehr schön, ich war in jüngeren Jahren viel unterwegs, aber die mehrmonatige Europareise war für mich der Höhepunkt. Nochmals viele Grüße, Heinz
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
Mehrmonatige Europareise - das kleingt nach einem Ziel!
@heinzbrommer251
@heinzbrommer251 Жыл бұрын
@@LaureninGermany Diesen Traum habe ich mir in den 60er Jahren mit 3 Freunden erfüllt, Westeuropa und etwas Nordafrika. Heute bin ich etwas zu alt für so eine Reise. Von dieser Reise zehre ich aber heute noch, die war einmalig.
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
Es klingt phänomenal, Heinz! Ich weiss selber, dass meine Wochen in Norwegen lassen meine Seele fliegen, wenn ich daran denke. Es ist einfach was besonderes, diese Freiheit, die Erlebnisse...
@shahlabadel8628
@shahlabadel8628 Жыл бұрын
So good to have you back again!!
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
Ah, how nice to see you here, too!
@aka99
@aka99 Жыл бұрын
Glad to see you back! I like your french videos so far! Keep on going. Hopefully you will show us your living place in Wales in 2024! I hope ur doing well! Rats are everywhere. We need the ratcatcher of Hameln!
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
Oh yes, we do! Thank goodness I don´t play the Celtic flute too well, or they´d all follow me! I had actually planned to go to Wales this time, but my little dog needs to get his liver well, so I didn´t want him to have to take the tablet he needs for GB. I have two more French videos, I think, or maybe one. Great to know you like them!
@blondkatze3547
@blondkatze3547 Жыл бұрын
Dear Lauren, it`s nice to hear from you again after a long time. I can understand you , I wouldn`t have felt comfortable there with the rats either.
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
Hallo dear Blond Katze! Nice to see you here, too! Yes, I was sure I would have bad dreams, and little sleep overall… yuck!
@blondkatze3547
@blondkatze3547 Жыл бұрын
I believe you, it would have happened to me too.@@LaureninGermany
@KeesBoons
@KeesBoons Жыл бұрын
How can you be so poetic even talking about rats? Thank you Lauren.
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
Lol! I didn´t feel poetic, yucky yuck yuck!!! Thank you!
@bianca2817
@bianca2817 Жыл бұрын
​@@LaureninGermany🤣🤣🤣
@Astrofrank
@Astrofrank Жыл бұрын
0:43 - you look gorgeous! 0:49 - you look mystical! You are a fascinating woman - or a fairy. ❤
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
Hey, thanks! That’s put a big smile on my face!
@hansmarheim7620
@hansmarheim7620 8 ай бұрын
Great video, Lauren! 👍 Brings back memories from my young days. .Never seen rats in Paris, though.
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany 8 ай бұрын
They were all waiting for me, Hans! I sang Solveig again yesterday. I was thinking of Sissl.
@hansmarheim7620
@hansmarheim7620 8 ай бұрын
@@LaureninGermany Great!
@lazyperfectionist1
@lazyperfectionist1 Жыл бұрын
3:24 "But half an hour can indeed be the distance to another _world."_ Especially in Europe.
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
Yes, it’s all condensed here!
@franzjosefkerkhoff592
@franzjosefkerkhoff592 Жыл бұрын
@@LaureninGermanyIn other parts of the world only five minutes from first world to third world.
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
Ah, yes, that´s true and so sad.
@sisuguillam5109
@sisuguillam5109 Жыл бұрын
Here we go, here we go, here we gooooooooo!!!!!
@arnodobler1096
@arnodobler1096 Жыл бұрын
We are here!😍
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
hurrah!!!!!
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
@@arnodobler1096you are ANGELS!!! Honestly! ❤❤❤
@sisuguillam5109
@sisuguillam5109 Жыл бұрын
​@@LaureninGermanyThank you! So are you!
@arnodobler1096
@arnodobler1096 Жыл бұрын
@@LaureninGermany 😇😇
@crazy71achmed
@crazy71achmed 9 ай бұрын
Tip for your next visit to Paris: Park the motorhome at the campsite in Versailles and take the train into the city. The journey only takes an hour. ;) And you don't have to worry about parking ... or rats. :D
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany 9 ай бұрын
Oh, the rats were when I was walking around...! But that is a great idea, as I do love Versailles. Thanks!
@MichaelBurggraf-gm8vl
@MichaelBurggraf-gm8vl Жыл бұрын
During a stay for several days in Paris we got up quite early usually since she had already prepared a quite extensive list of things to see. And almost every morning some people were driving around with special cleaning vehicles cleaning the places, pavements and some parts of the streets quite thoroughly with pressuized hot steam. We had to take care to keep in a safe distance from them. Now that's an experience of the 1990ies but I guess that they're still doing it. People seem to be bit careless about littering but then Paris is a huge city with lots of tourists. As a result it might appear more dirty than many other places. But honestly, I can't remember having seen many rats in Paris. And even smaller old towns will inevitably have rats. I was honestly shocked to find a dead rat in the small hut in my garden one day. Almost of the size of a cat. And I'm pretty sure that one of my cats had brought that beast there. I didn't want to touch it. After three days it had disappeared ... almost all of it except the tail. Yet who knows - I have martens living in my garage (but never had difficulties with my car though).
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
Apparently they had a street cleaner/garbage collector strike a couple of years ago and since then the rat population has exploded. I was hoping that they had dealt with it, but I read that the mayor wants people to accept it and „make friends with the rats“. There were so many and they were so bold, Michael! It sounds wonderful from when you were there.
@arnodobler1096
@arnodobler1096 Жыл бұрын
We were in a hotel in a suburb of Prague, we left at 6am: I have never seen so many and big rats in my life! I'll never forget!😱
@sisuguillam5109
@sisuguillam5109 Жыл бұрын
Oh, neeee... iiiiiiikkkkk....
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
Oh god !
@sisuguillam5109
@sisuguillam5109 Жыл бұрын
I knew why I took Prague pf the list of places to go with the kid next year... and am so damn sorry I was right.
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
@@sisuguillam5109 I knew we were on the same wavelength. Yuck!!!
@RobertZander-yz3bg
@RobertZander-yz3bg Жыл бұрын
You have that in every older city in Europe, not just Praque and Paris. Vienna, Munich, Bratislava, Berlin or Roma have that as well.
@lazyperfectionist1
@lazyperfectionist1 Жыл бұрын
Oh, no, Lauren. I don't know who else I _speak_ for, but I don't hold that against you at all. I'm in my mid-40's, now. I've lived in the US all my life, I've lived in a few different states and been to many more, and in all my travels, I think I've only ever seen _one_ rat. I took it as a sign that the neighborhood (where I was living, at the time) had really _deteriorated._
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
Absolutely, deteriorated, that is exactly right. I have seen a rat and a few micr, but it was always a shock and never something normal. And always somewhere dirty. (Countryside excepted)
@zweispurmopped
@zweispurmopped Жыл бұрын
I doubt that you have been Germanized quite as much, the Paris rats just have too much savoir vivre in them. German rats probably are so German, they read the Gemeindenutzungsverordnung and highlighted the most relevant bits with yellow marker. …for German cities also approximately have one rat per human citizen. After the 2006 Cologne gig by The Sisters of Mercy, I was stuck at Cologne central stations for several hours. As I don't like train stations too much, I decided to spend the rest of the night outside by the cathedral. Back then, there still were the "Concrete tulips", small roofs that sheltered you a bit from rain, I stayed under them. Cologne was all silent, nobody else anywhere in sight, and I had a nice and quiet time there, until I noticed all the small shadows moving towards the cathedral. Small ones, bigger ones, some I estimated to be about the size of a Yorkshire Terrier. Rats, rats, rats. Over the couple of hours there, it must have been more than fifty of them. What on earth did they do at the cathedral, though? Worship? 🤨🤷‍♂🤗
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
Oh... MYGOD!!! Actually, the rats were all from Düsseldorf, visiting their families for a wedding. (God, I hope people get that joke and don´t hate on me)
@zweispurmopped
@zweispurmopped Жыл бұрын
@@LaureninGermany Well, I don't get it, but as I am from Troisdorf, I take no offence whatsoever! 🤗
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
Oh the Düsseldorf-Köln which is better thing. I believe it´s just friendly banter....
@zweispurmopped
@zweispurmopped Жыл бұрын
@@LaureninGermany That one I got, I only missed the connection with the wedding thing. 🥴 I fear I don't have the smarts today..
@zweispurmopped
@zweispurmopped Жыл бұрын
@@LaureninGermany No, wait, the penny dropped! ☺🤗 Man, I need some caffeine or a good night's sleep! 🥴
@nadinebeck2069
@nadinebeck2069 Жыл бұрын
I can understand you and I'm sure I wouldn't be able to sleep peacefully when I know that so many rats are around me!
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
Exactly that! I knew that I would dream they were running over me in bed. Eeeeeh!
@cocobunitacobuni8738
@cocobunitacobuni8738 Жыл бұрын
Yup it's 100% to do with sanitation. By the way, many French find the Eifel tower hideous and avoid it like the plague *pun intended
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
Yes, I know lol! That’s why I included the caveat: like the tourist I was 😆 It was the worst I saw there. Maybe the French send them all over…
@jurgenkoth6566
@jurgenkoth6566 Жыл бұрын
To be fully germanized you have to camp in Duisburg, Mannheim, the southeast of Hamburg or the Frankfurts for just one night😉
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
OMG really, why? I studied in Mannheim. I have mixed feelings...
@jurgenkoth6566
@jurgenkoth6566 Жыл бұрын
You studied in Mannheim? My condolences😂... Dirty corners are everywhere- even in german cities. That' s all (#mixed feelings...)
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
@@jurgenkoth6566 yes, at the Musikhochschule. I did not enjoy it.
@jurgenkoth6566
@jurgenkoth6566 Жыл бұрын
Due to the school or the city? But btw- i just remember a hilarious episode: a swiss friend visited me in Hamburg. I was a bit worried- she's from Zurich and Hamburg was'nt at that time covered by snow, rain, fog etc... Well, i took her to a restaurant in the middle of the city. In the midst of the dinner she started laughing- there was a mouse on the floor cheering life... Hamburg instantly got a new fan😂
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
The school mainly. Oh, well your friend seems cool!
@pgoessnitzer
@pgoessnitzer Жыл бұрын
Hello Lauren. One one can blame you for leaving a rat infested area. It's unfortunate that Paris with so much history, culture and beauty has let things get out of control. You guys made the right choice.
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
My thoughts exactly, Peter. Normally I can see past the negatives, but this one beat me.
@Peter_Cetera
@Peter_Cetera Жыл бұрын
I feel with you! I don´t like rats at all...
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
Simply too close for comfort! Yuck!!!
@hevog
@hevog Жыл бұрын
Yes, Paris has a severe rat problem, just like New York does and some other large cities. However, New York is now really willing to do something about this, even with the help of new technology and AI, but I don't know about Paris.
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
Exactly- I read somewhere that the mayor of Paris wants people to „make friends with the rats“. That’s not my ideal way of dealing with them…
@RobertZander-yz3bg
@RobertZander-yz3bg Жыл бұрын
Rats are a problem in almost all larger cities, in the older ones with very old sewers and many old corridors under the city, this is not just a problem in Paris. Because especially where there are a lot of people, a lot of tourists, they also leave behind a lot of dirt, grime and garbage. Thoughtless people who don't care what their environment looks like, plus cities that save money on cleaning staff, vehicles, trash cans and everything that goes with it, then such problems arise. Rats are frugal and act opportunistically; they don't need much to survive, similar to pigeons, seagulls, crows or ravens. And cities in general are becoming increasingly attractive to wildlife, large and small. Lots of hiding places, better food supply and less monocultures when it comes to plants.
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
I believe they had garbage collector strikes and then the warmer temperatures made their problem escalate. Ughhhh!!! There were soooo many, Robert! And so bold. It was the general dirtiness that bothered me the most.
@RobertZander-yz3bg
@RobertZander-yz3bg Жыл бұрын
@@LaureninGermany Unfortunately, Paris has never been the cleanest city, especially away from the tourist attractions. With the way you travel, you will see this much more easily than the guest in a fancy hotel and if the cleaners don't work properly or at all because they may be on strike, then the problem becomes much bigger and more obvious.
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
Yes, you are right. I saw the rats all around the Eiffel Tower, but I was worried they´d pop in for a visit. I knew I would not sleep well!
@ndie8075
@ndie8075 Жыл бұрын
to be honest.....english and germans are the perfect match.....sorry France.....but they are the same tribe...they are family...
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
Now, I know you know I‘m Welsh, so consider yourself poked in the ribs! lol 😆 Actually, and I hardly dare say this… but aren’t the French originally Germanic? The Franks?
@ndie8075
@ndie8075 Жыл бұрын
@@LaureninGermany ok you are relaesed....😄....you are celtic......🤔the french....are the french as the english says.....at the end we are all family....in europe....💏
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
ah, I just saw this! Yes, all family, all people. A bit of joking is fun, but yes, we are all people and if you go back far enough, all the same.
@Opa_Andre
@Opa_Andre Жыл бұрын
Thats a disgusting experience. I immediately remembered that you had to drill a ventilation hole in the floor of your VAN for safety reasons. 😱Possible creepy visitors during night... 🐁🐁 BTW: When my daugter was around 14, she wanted a white rat as a pet... My wife responded: The only pet I would allow is a giraffe as it could peek its head out of the dirt in your room. 😉
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
Oh how funny, about the giraffe! Yes, the minute I heard I had to drill the hole, I thought if mice. Madness!
@peter_meyer
@peter_meyer Жыл бұрын
@@LaureninGermany Um, a "mouse-proof ventilation grille" is less than 2€...
@lamaglama6231
@lamaglama6231 Жыл бұрын
Your wife's response is funny 😄 Rats are wonderful pets but unfortunately they don't get very old and you should better have at least two and a proper cage with enough enrichment and space. It was probably the right answer still. Parents should only get pets for their child if they trust the child to take proper care of the animal.
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
@@peter_meyer oh my reply didn’t go through- yes, I installed one immediately after the hole was drilled!
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
@@lamaglama6231 yes, they are intelligent and need stimulation and company. They are sweet when they live in a clean environment. It was the general dirtiness of the whole situation that was so uncomfortable.
@bianca2817
@bianca2817 Жыл бұрын
Maybe all those rats were just visiting Remy from 'Ratatouille' (Film) 😄
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
Well, they certainly made themselves at home if they were guests!
@bianca2817
@bianca2817 Жыл бұрын
@@LaureninGermany I'm dying 🤣🤣🤣 No, seriously, You are right, it's the dirty dark side of Paris
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
@@bianca2817 the poor people who deal with that daily!
@larsrons7937
@larsrons7937 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing your story, it was like poetry - except for the rats. "Was it hysterical of you"? No. I wouldn't bother that much, but I do understand if other people do, and with good reason. The two times I went to Paris I don't recall any rats but it wouldn't surprise me to have seen them and forgotten. But besides that, Paris is a very nice city, beautiful, interesting. [Edit] I got the thought that Paris can often make us think of the French revolution. Maybe the rats are there as an extra "tourist attaction" to make us experience Paris as it would be back in the 1700s?
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
Oh, God, well I onnly like the time-travel experience via my sofa! lol! I will say, the amount and boldness of these rats would have stuck in your memory. It was after sunset around the Eiffel Tower, I didn´t see them at Montmatre.
@larsrons7937
@larsrons7937 Жыл бұрын
@@LaureninGermany OK. It seems I have yet to experience that particular "tourist attraction" of Paris as I didn't get to see the Eiffel Tower. My two visits to Paris were very short. In 1989 we spent an afternoon in the Arc de Triomphe museum, and visited Montmartre and Sacré-Cœur. Then, after a concert, we had to hitchhike home to Denmark, out of time. In 2002, returning from a LeMans 24-hours raced, we stayed next to Gare du Nord station and had a full day in the downtown of Paris. We did walk some backstreets and might have seen rats there (it would surprise me as it wasn't very clean), but none that I remember. Four times I traveled to Provence in southern France and several times to Lemans for the race, every time experiencing France as a clean place. Only the backstreets of Paris, and the outskirts of Marseilles (again hitchhiking), was littered with garbage.
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
You visited Paris before the problems started, luckily. I´d love to travel in Provence - it´s been a place of interest for me for a long time. I hope I´ll go soon.
@larsrons7937
@larsrons7937 Жыл бұрын
@@LaureninGermany Provence is nice, warm, dry, rural, beautiful and relaxed. I went twice to the vicinity of the town "Apt" for French classes. Nearby there's a small village called "Roussillon" for the red "ocre" colours of the houses (the paint) and soil. It's sand having been blown there from the Sahara in Africa. Near the village is a place where layers of sand in all colours can be seen: White, yellow, orange, red, purple. Mostly orage and red variations. Incredible sight. Samuel Beckett lived in a vinyard near Roussillon during WW2. The area is called "Luberon", part of the "Vaucluse" region of Provence. South of Apt town for the 1980s French classes we stayed at the small chateau de "Buoux", then owned by the local municipality, from which we almost managed to BUY the chateau. Sadly something went wrong. But a very charming and historically interesting chateau it was. Outdoors large marble pool, niches for statues, wide curved staircases. The main building was from the renaissance, in some rooms huge fireplaces in stone, a small tower for the stairs. A newer part was from the late 1700s only completed a couple of decades ago. I guess the 1700s owner happned to suddenly grow a head shorter. Behind were older Middle Ages buildings still in use. The back side of the complex was a 1000 year old small castle, with gatehouse, towers, crenalations and murder holes. Over the hill, past a small Middle Ages chapel, the small, charming village of Buoux. A km behind that, passing under a huge overhanging cliff which is among the best of rock climbing places (if you fancy climbing with your head down) is the steep ascent to "Fort de Buoux", ruins of a fortress in use since Ancient times till the 1600s. A very interesting site. There's a small entrance fee. The site is special. And the from the top is spectacular. The cliff is very high, impossible to climb except for the steep path at the front. At the site the users has cut long staircases and huge storage containers into the rock. The cliff itself becomes taller and narrower as you proceed. The defence layerss continue inside: A moat, a wall with gatehouse, then a new area. The moat, wall with gatehouse, then a new area. Quite a number of times. Then suddenly - nothing. Air. 200 meters vertical fall. The last stand. Other sites in Provence are all in the tourist brochures, but I will mention the "Gorges du Verdun" canyon further East from Apt. Canoing/ sailing is possible in the lake/ river, but the site is especially good for hiking. Beautiful, varied, and very interesting. There are places where you can enter a small side canyon and experience a completely different and much more lush vegetation than the rest of the area. While walking on a path further up the slopes( sides of the canyon we found the area to be so rich in calcium that where small streams of water would frequently flow down the small branches on the ground would all be "petrified" in thick layers of calcium. And we found a couple of tiny caves full of slatactites and stalagmites. I couldn't walk, I had to crawl. It added to the "prehistoric" feeling of the area. I hope I gave you an interesting read and, who knows, maybe some inspiration for future travels. Cheers from Denmark. Be safe.
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
You made it sound irresistable! Now, where shall I go in Denmark, please? I was at Gedser, and in and near Copenhagen. I don´t think I have seen much, yet!
@sisuguillam5109
@sisuguillam5109 Жыл бұрын
The return of the Wollmütze!
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
Lol! I have a new one, Sisu. I feel like it’s a betrayal! It needs it’s own introduction video!
@sisuguillam5109
@sisuguillam5109 Жыл бұрын
​@@LaureninGermanyit's very pretty! As is the nail varnish!
@sisuguillam5109
@sisuguillam5109 Жыл бұрын
​@@LaureninGermanyThe glasses are very stylish too! The bigger, the better!
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
@@sisuguillam5109 they’re officially diva, aren’t they? 😂
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
@@sisuguillam5109 I made an effort in France! It felt very nice, I‘ll keep it up. Mind you, less dishes would help…!
@briocmonard1752
@briocmonard1752 Жыл бұрын
A very nice video, thank you very much. But are you aware that it is forbidden to post a video of the Eiffel Tower at night on the internet? The French are very particular about that.
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
I checked it out and it’s if you are a professional earning money. I‘ll take it down if they have a problem. Let’s hope not. Thank you!
@m8k1shaiz8
@m8k1shaiz8 Жыл бұрын
What did you expect? Haven't you seen the Disney documentary Ratatouille??? 😏🐀😁
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
lol documentary!!! Well done!
@filipieja6997
@filipieja6997 Жыл бұрын
You are just becoming too German. Well, half of my family are Germans and yes, I absolutely understand you. They would be reacting the same way as you just did too
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
It’s snuck up on me, but it’s real! I’m glad I left- I think I‘d still be having nightmares!
@uliwehner
@uliwehner Жыл бұрын
i would not be too worried about the Parisians, i bet they don't love the rats either.
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
I saw signs from citzens saying stuff against the rats, you´re right Uli. The poor people.
@petebeatminister
@petebeatminister Жыл бұрын
Do you know the movie "Ratatuille"? :)
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
I‘ve heard of it but never seen it.
@petebeatminister
@petebeatminister Жыл бұрын
@@LaureninGermany Its about a rat who wants to be a chef in a restaurant in Paris, quite funny. Then you se that rats are just people, too. :)
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
Hmmmm.... I don´t know that I would enjoy it after my experience.
@ohnenamen2843
@ohnenamen2843 Жыл бұрын
Of course you like Versailles. It‘s where Germany was founded
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
I think it appealed to me for different reasons. Like the cleanliness, the friendliness, how you can walk around so much, and the food. I have to admit, I don’t know anything about the Treaty except that it was signed (?) in Versailles and I believe there was something about it that was unsustainable.
@melchiorvonsternberg844
@melchiorvonsternberg844 Жыл бұрын
Let me put it this way... If Paris wasn't too strange for English, or German troops, it will be fine for you...
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
I think there is a significant amount of difference between me, a female opera singer who has never done an army drill in her life and a soldier who has seen action.
@melchiorvonsternberg844
@melchiorvonsternberg844 Жыл бұрын
@@LaureninGermany No doubt about that...
@lazyperfectionist1
@lazyperfectionist1 Жыл бұрын
1:13 The "inselexpress?" 🤔Is that where _incels_ ride?
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
LOL! I see more men who certainly aren´t incels on there, judging by their many offspring!
@leighevans1394
@leighevans1394 Жыл бұрын
No , not hysterical! So gross !!! ❤
@LaureninGermany
@LaureninGermany Жыл бұрын
I am so glad I left. At the time I wasn’t sure of myself, but my instincts were right.
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