169: Understanding the French Culture: My Interview with Géraldine Lepere of Comme une Française
The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style
Shannon Ables
4.7 • 944 Ratings
🗓️ 12 August 2017
⏱️ 40 minutes
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~The Simple Sophisticate, episode #169
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The French language guide for anyone who is curious about the French culture, will be traveling to Paris anytime soon or perhaps moving there to call it home, will find a wealth of a resource at the website created by today's guest on the podcast: Géraldine Lepere. Her website, blog and YouTube channel Comme une Française will help you learn to speak French and feel French. Because we know, simply knowing how to communicate - which verb goes where?, which tense should be used? - while important, won't help you become immersed comfortably into the way of life in France entirely. During our conversation, Géraldine shares what the important aspects of the French culture are to the French, the issue with the concept of the "doggie bag" at restaurants, what her everyday looks like, tips and ideas for traveling in Paris as well as which cities she recommends you should visit outside of Paris and how to travel the rail and rent a car without a hitch as well as much more. Show Notes: ~Comme une Française blog ~Sign up for the free Every Day Crash Course to Double Your Frenchness in 10 Days Watch a new French language learning video each Tuesday. Check out Géraldine's YouTube channel: Comme une Française TV. Check out a recent episode below. ~book mentioned during our conversation, The French Way by Ross Steele Géraldine's Petit Plaisir:
Quatre Quarts cake:
- similar to a Pound Cake
- Check out Jacques Pepin's recipe here
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Simple Sophisticate Podcast, where intelligent living is paired with signature style. |
| 0:16.3 | I'm your host, Shannon Ables. |
| 0:18.8 | And whether you're listening on your commute, exercising, working in the garden, or sitting down with a hot cup of tea or a |
| 0:25.0 | cafe ole. Thank you for tuning in. Let's get started. Welcome to the 169th episode of the simple Sophisticate and our third and the final |
| 0:50.3 | much-anticipated episode of French Week, our second annual French week here on the |
| 0:55.2 | podcast and on the blog. |
| 0:56.9 | And I'm looking forward to introducing you to Geraldine Luper, who is the woman, the talent behind the French language learning blog and website and |
| 1:06.8 | YouTube channel, Com on Francaise. |
| 1:10.0 | Now we're going to talk about a lot of different things and mainly the differences |
| 1:13.4 | between French culture and American and Canadian culture. As well we're going to dive |
| 1:18.2 | into how to travel well outside of Paris. Yes we will about Paris, but she's also going to give you |
| 1:23.9 | some tips on how to enjoy the experience and put your mind at ease and encourage you to |
| 1:29.1 | get out of Paris. I know it's hard to do that, but there's so many amazing places to go. |
| 1:33.6 | And her petit place here, well, it's something I have a feeling you're going to want to |
| 1:37.9 | whip up in the kitchen after you hear how she describes it. |
| 1:41.4 | I hope you enjoy it. And here is Geraldine le Pierre. |
| 1:45.6 | My guest today is the founder of Comon-Francis, a YouTube channel and website dedicated to helping |
| 1:51.1 | you speak and feel French. |
| 1:53.0 | Some listeners may remember her as she regularly contributed to the Aichorant series |
| 1:58.0 | teaching us how to speak one French phrase or word a week, complete with cultural context. I am so happy to welcome to the podcast Geraldine |
| 2:05.7 | Luper. Welcome to the simple Sophisticate. |
| 2:08.0 | Hi Shannon, hi everybody. I'm so honored to be back. |
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