Rookie Mistakes Visitors Make in France, Episode 421
Join Us in France Travel Podcast
Annie Sargent
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 December 2022
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
There are several rookie mistakes visitors make in France, especially if they are visiting for the first time. Annie Sargent asked the Join Us in France Group in Facebook what mistakes they made and they came up with 32 fantastic observations that you need to know about so you don't make the same mistakes!
Table of Contents for 'Rookie Mistakes Visitors Make in France' with links to the text transcript
- [00:00:00] Intro
- [00:00:31] Today on the podcast
- [00:01:14] No news this week
- [00:01:45] Podcast supporters
- [00:03:06] Annie and Elyse
- [00:03:17] 32 Rookie Mistakes
- [00:03:43] 1. Don’t Overschedule your day
- [00:05:55] 2. Self-cleaning toilets
- [00:07:10] 3. Good Manners
- [00:09:56] 4. Comfortable shoes
- [00:10:47] 5. Buy it if you want it
- [00:11:23] 6. Eat at French standard time
- [00:13:51] 7 Avoid the crowds
- [00:15:24] 8. Andouillette is not a small American andouille sausage
- [00:16:16] 9. Don’t expect busy Parisians to stop and chat
- [00:17:12] 10. Don’t presume the waiter will bring you the bill as soon as you’re done eating
- [00:18:31] 11. Bonjour or Bonsoir after 6PM
- [00:19:29] 12. Don’t get angry if there are transportation problems
- [00:20:44] 13. Do not say “Tu” to a stranger if that person is not clearly under 10
- [00:23:47] 14. Visit Paris first
- [00:25:50] 16. It’s a mistake not to try the daily special at restaurants
- [00:27:19] 17. Understand how trains work
- [00:28:00] 18. Not understanding French restaurant etiquette
- [00:28:31] 19. It’s a mistake to take a hideous. Package tour rather than organize your own trip
- [00:30:46] 20. Have a travel pack in your bag
- [00:31:35] 21. Beware of cyclists and electric scooters
- [00:33:59] 22. Being worried that you are going to look like a tourist
- [00:35:56] 23. Don’t over pack.
- [00:37:08] 24. Ice for your drinks
- [00:38:10] 25 Keep your train tickets
- [00:39:29] 26 Get the waiter’s attention
- [00:40:44] 27. Trusting the GPS too much
- [00:43:07] 28. Don’t worry about finding cash
- [00:45:12] 29. Understanding how tipping woks in Francew
- [00:45:49] 30. Use Apple Pay or Google Pay
- [00:47:19] 31. Don’t talk so loud
- [00:48:18] 32 Don’t underestimate people’s kindness
- [00:50:12] Copyright
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| 0:00.0 | The This is |
| 0:20.0 | This is Join Us in France episode 421 421 |
| 0:21.0 | 4 |
| 0:22.0 | 421 4. Bonse-tinte-on. |
| 0:23.0 | Bonsieu, I'm Annie Sergeant, and I am happy to bring you a tiny bit of France, |
| 0:28.0 | right into your ears. |
| 0:31.0 | Today an episode with Elise Riven of To Lose Guided Walks about rookie mistakes visitors make in France. |
| 0:39.0 | Elise and I talk to a lot of visitors. We meet a lot of people and if there are pain points they usually |
| 0:46.5 | tell us about it. We keep it light and fun but we want you not to make those mistakes and if you don't I guarantee that you'll have a much |
| 0:55.7 | better time on your vacation in France and for those of you who are not rookies I |
| 1:02.0 | wonder how many of these mistakes you made in the past, |
| 1:04.8 | perhaps long ago, but I bet you fell for many of those things because most people seem to, |
| 1:12.1 | unless that is, they've been warned. |
| 1:14.6 | Because this episode is getting released on Christmas Day 2022, |
| 1:19.1 | I will keep it short and I will not share news or anything else after my chat with Elise. |
| 1:24.0 | Same with next week's episode which will be released on New Year's Day. |
| 1:28.0 | How about that? |
| 1:29.0 | Christmas and New Year's are both on a Sunday this year. |
| 1:32.0 | But the news will be back soon. |
| 1:34.0 | My husband and I are about to take off for Strasbourg and Kollmar |
| 1:38.0 | to spend a few days in the capital of Christmas in France. |
| 1:41.0 | It's a busy time of the year but in a good way. |
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