Do's and Don'ts at Restaurants in France, Episode 209
Join Us in France Travel Podcast
Annie Sargent
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2018
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
How do you get good restaurant service in France? When vacationing we eat out two or three times a day, and if the restaurant experience is unpleasant, it will add up to a vacation with lots of unpleasant moments. How do you minimize that? You get the cultural awareness that will turn "rude" servers into pleasant service providers!
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| 0:00.0 | This is Join us in France episode 2009. |
| 0:04.0 | Bonjou, I'm Annie. |
| 0:06.0 | And join us in France is the podcast where we talk about France. |
| 0:09.3 | It's many quirks, it's history, its language, and of course destinations in France you want to hear about |
| 0:14.9 | because hopefully you'll be visiting soon. On today's episode let's talk |
| 0:19.2 | about some do's and don'ts at restaurants in France. If you're interested in how to avoid rude |
| 0:27.6 | restaurant experiences in France, you should also listen to episode 161, 50 must-know-f French phrases for hungry visitors, |
| 0:38.0 | because speaking some French always helps. |
| 0:41.0 | Episode 9, are French people rude? |
| 0:44.0 | Don't believe everything you read on the internet. |
| 0:47.0 | Episode 93, table manners in France. |
| 0:51.0 | There are some differences you want to know about. And episode 91, 10 |
| 0:55.9 | things you didn't know about France and this is where we talk about tipping and |
| 0:59.3 | family restaurants and all of that good stuff. |
| 1:03.2 | For show notes and photos for this episode go to join us in France.com and the number |
| 1:08.8 | 2009. |
| 1:11.2 | Join us in France is brought to you by Patreon supporters and addicted to France, the small group tour company for people who want to enjoy France to the fullest with a couple of goofy locals, yours truly and a lease, at their side. |
| 1:26.9 | We have a Dordogne tour planned for September 2019 right now and it's only up for sale until December 26 2018 so check it out on |
| 1:37.3 | addicted to France.com the the It is possible for visitors to have a lousy time in France. It doesn't happen very often but it is possible. |
| 2:16.0 | Sometimes people set their expectations so high, they've read so much about Paris, |
| 2:22.0 | they've read so much praise about Paris, and when you set |
| 2:26.3 | unrealistic expectations, nothing will ever measure up. There's even a name for that. It's called The Paris Syndrome. |
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