An Accidental Francophile Moves to Paris, Episode 407
Join Us in France Travel Podcast
Annie Sargent
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 September 2022
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Jennifer Gruenke became an accidental Francophile when she had an opportunity to spend a month in France through a Rotary Club exchange program in her twenties. This program took her through the heartland of France with cities like Montluçon, Saint-Julien, Périgueux, Rodez, Aurillac, Le Puy-en-Velay, and Anvers. This was a long time ago, and she enjoyed it so much that she learned French using cassette tapes!
On her first trip to France, Jennifer found French people open and welcoming. She finds that is still the case today. She realized that while average French people don't have as much money as the average American; they take the time to enjoy a simple life. That appealed to her a great deal. She earned enough to retire early, sold everything, and moved to Paris with two large suitcases. She's now been in Paris for a year and she plans to stay because she loves both the lifestyle and the city.
Her story will give encouragement to folks who aren't wealthy but would love to enjoy living a simple life in Paris.
Jennifer shares the names of companies that helped her move successfully. Among them Interactive Brokers (to move money around with low fees), Mondassure (for health insurance), and LCL (but she could not make any French on-line bank accept her as a customer as she explains in the episode).
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| 0:00.0 | The This is, join us in France, episode 407, four hundred and seven, four hundred and seven. |
| 0:22.0 | Bourgeois, I'm Annie Sergeant and join us in France is the podcast where we talk about France. |
| 0:28.0 | Everyday life in France, great places to visit in France, French culture, history, gastronomy and news related to travel to France. |
| 0:36.7 | Today I bring you a conversation with a lovely Jennifer Gruen Kaye about how she went from being an accidental francophile to moving to Paris. |
| 0:46.0 | Lots of actionable tips about where to look for a place to rent in Paris, |
| 0:51.0 | woes about opening a French bank account, how Americans |
| 0:56.2 | can join the French health care system, how folks on a budget can move to Paris. |
| 1:02.4 | Yes, it can be done, and lots and lots more gems of that sort. |
| 1:09.5 | This podcast is supported by donors and listeners who buy my tours and services |
| 1:14.0 | including my itinerary consult service and my GPS self-guided tours of Paris |
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