Everyday Life in France, Episode 406
Join Us in France Travel Podcast
Annie Sargent
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Do you wonder what everyday life in France is like? Perhaps you have this idea in the back of your mind that you'd like to move to France. What will it be like day-to-day when you do? Annie Sargent was born and raised in France but she lived away for 18 years. As such, she has a unique view on her own country. And Elyse Rivin of Toulouse Guided Walks is from New York originally, but has been living in France for a very long time.
Today we talk about everyday life in France and how it differs from the other places we've lived. If you've ever moved far from home, you know that how we live in one country is not the same as in another, is it?
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Table of Contents for the Everyday life in France Episode
- [00:00:14] Intro
- [00:00:35] Today on the podcast
- [00:01:42] Self-guided tours
- [00:03:01] Travel question of the week
- [00:03:18] The France bootcamp
- [00:04:28] Annie and Elyse about everyday life in France
- [00:05:14] French people eat at set meal times
- [00:06:19] French people don’t eat at their desk
- [00:09:01] Some restaurants in France only open at lunchtime
- [00:09:44] Workers’ restaurants
- [00:11:04] Families eat together in the evenings
- [00:12:14] Apartment or house?
- [00:13:17] Coffee Breaks
- [00:14:49] More pressure to be part of a group
- [00:15:18] Today, the default is to use “tu” in business situations
- [00:15:33] Kissing people on the cheeks
- [00:16:28] Vacations in France
- [00:17:32] People don’t respond when on vacation
- [00:17:51] People are discovering vacations in France instead of abroad
- [00:18:26] Check schedule for long weekends
- [00:19:41] Appreciating nature more
- [00:21:05] Arrêt de travail
- [00:22:44] Cafe culture is important in France
- [00:24:21] French bookstores don’t have a cafe
- [00:25:28] Relationship to money
- [00:26:32] French people save their pennies
- [00:27:02] Not into consumerism
- [00:28:12] Don’t talk about how much you earn
- [00:28:28] French banks issue debit card, not actual credit cards
- [00:29:16] Bring a debit card to France
- [00:30:32] Don’t ask people about money, background, religion
- [00:32:37] French employers can ask questions that aren’t allowed in the US
- [00:33:31] In France it’s OK to discuss politics
- [00:36:05] Acceptable topics for people you just met
- [00:36:19] Talk about food
- [00:39:53] Talk about books
- [00:40:00] Talk about TV shows
- [00:40:09] Talk about travel
- [00:40:33] Fine to ask what’s your profession?
- [00:41:03] Talk about your next vacation
- [00:41:15] Talk about pets
- [00:42:33] Life is not as busy in France
- [00:43:40] Don’t count on things in August
- [00:44:47] Thank you, patrons
- [00:45:10] Welcome new patrons
- [00:45:59] Preparing a trip to France?
- [00:47:32] Self-guided tours
- [00:47:55] Travel Question of the Week
- [00:52:04] No French news – Climate change
- [00:52:48] Personal Update
- [00:53:56] Next week on the podcast
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| 0:00.0 | This is the |
| 0:18.2 | This is Join Us in France episode 406 406 |
| 0:18.7 | 406 406 |
| 0:22.0 | Bonsieur I'm Annie sergeant and join us in France is the podcast where we talk about France. |
| 0:27.0 | Everyday life in France, great places to visit in France, French culture, history, gastronomy and news related to travel to France. |
| 0:35.4 | Today I bring you a conversation with a lease-driven of Toulouse guided walks about everyday life in France. This is at the request of my patrons. I know a lot of you have this idea perhaps, far in the back of your mind that one day you might want to live in France. So what is life in France like? Is it very different? |
| 0:56.8 | Well, you know, yes and no, I've lived most of my life in France since I was born and raised here, but I've also lived in London for a couple of years and in the US for 16 years. |
| 1:07.2 | I moved home to France in 2005, so it's been 17 plus years but I have family by marriage in the US. We go back and |
| 1:16.9 | visit them once a year when there's no pandemic and I love going back and so it's not entirely foreign to me. But being |
| 1:25.2 | raised in France and then leaving and coming back it gives you a different eye |
| 1:30.0 | on your own country it's different perspective on things. |
| 1:34.0 | I think you'll enjoy this episode. |
| 1:35.5 | Let me know if we missed any major differences between France and the US. |
| 1:39.6 | I think it'll make for an interesting conversation. This podcast is supported by donors and |
| 1:44.4 | listeners who buy my tours and services including my itinerary consult service and |
| 1:49.8 | my GPS self-guided tours of Paris on the Voicmap app and you can browse all of that at my |
| 1:56.5 | boutique join us in France.com slash boutique I want to read just a couple quick reviews of one of my tours the Latin |
| 2:05.8 | quarter tour somebody wrote one of the best Parisian tours so far great stories |
| 2:11.8 | and very good spots to visit. |
| 2:14.4 | We took a little longer than usual because you stop on the way to grab something to drink or |
| 2:19.2 | eat, must recommend. |
| 2:21.7 | And another person also about the Latin quarter wrote, |
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