What I wish I knew before moving to Paris

Feeling nostalgic lately reflecting on the impact Paris has made in my life and all the things I have learned since living here! I hope this helps some of you who are deciding to move here or just want to hear how my journey has been 🫶🏽
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p.s. so sorry for the low video quality, the sun was setting as i was filming xo
00:00 - intro
01:05 - dress to impress
02:41 - ana luisa
04:39 - speaking french isn't enough
06:48 - apartment hunting
08:21 - small living spaces
10:02 - paris is dirty
11:03 - smoking and body image
12:34 - you'll always be in a rush
13:43 - meals are a social event
15:11 - paris in august
16:27 - the weather
17:23 - french admin
18:40 - making friends
20:16 - final thoughts
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[@gabrielleroshelli]

you could be a writer! i love the way you speak, your descriptions are so colorful :)

[@Featherlicht]

Love you eloquence. You also are naturally warm. 😊

[@Rilows]

Thanks, this is great. I'm moving to Paris in two months and I can't wait

[@charlesblack1086]

Thank you. I loved this video! As a Francophile who pictures himself someday living in Paris it was so refreshing to hear the real and the ideal put so plainly. Also your hopeful ending still gives me the belief that somehow it may happen. Living in New York I'm used to bustling crowds but the nuances of making French friends and navigating the complication of paperwork give one pause to ponder. I look forward to discovering more of your videos.

[@thefaithfilledathlete]

Really really beautiful video! Great job girl! Very poetically and eloquently spoken!

[@MySherline]

Thanks for sharing tips from.ur own experiences..

[@TheBulletzgottishow20]

❤❤❤

[@saga4646]

I'm not sure where in the states you came from but I am paying $1600 for a small 1 bdrm with a tiny patio sans culture and a view to a parking lot hahah. So paying that in one of the most cultured cities of the world with access to all of Europe right now does not seem like a lot. Your vids are very informative.

[@mirandamurarik]

excellent video

[@imjustpeachy8395]

Thanks for the tips! I’d love to move from the US to Villefranche 🙏🏽

[@WhereTianaTravels]

Villefranche is beautiful! You’d love it 😍

[@puccaland]

Which Villefranche and why?

[@adrongoddard7479]

'Making Friends' .....yup, with native French, it is a tough one, and you will probably take a few years before you can establish a circle of French friends as your language develops (usually with those French who have travelled and lived abroad and who are multi-lingual). One friend told me once that in most Anglephone countries, we go out to socialise, in France, they go out already socialised.

[@puccaland]

There is no such thing as a native French so yes very complicated to build friendship with people for which you don't even know the basics.

[@haniakepista5054]

What University in Paris did you attend?

[@Shirley-ko3dj]

Hey Tiana! I'm an Expat of 30 yrs from NY living in the Paris region! I would love to meet up with you and swap stories! 🤗☺

[@WhereTianaTravels]

I would love that! Send me an email ☺️ [e-mail]

[@FernandaSantos-gk3pz]

👏👏👏

[@lavinder11]

Idk. I've been in Paris for years and I find them to be incredibly unfashionable. See plenty of French wearing yoga pants and sone even in PJs.

[@puccaland]

They just been to their yoga lessons.

[@puccaland]

Bureaucracy is a pain to foreigners everywhere. Nothing to do with French bureaucracy in particular. And in terms of bank accounts the American administration makes it even more difficult for American citizens.

[@azizpunkmetal]

Let's be serious : beautiful parisian mess or not, you would give everythin' you got to definitely go back to Nice, right ?

[@WhereTianaTravels]

Haha i’m thinking about it, i can’t lie 🙃

[@puccaland]

The avarage price of a 1 bedroom in Paris, 35 sqm, is 1050 euros not 1600 euros. 1600 euros is for a 2 bedroom and above. Of course if you decided to live by the Eiffel Tower with a view prices may go up. Real Estate agencies specialised in foreigners are real scamers. Everything is overpriced.