Why Life in France Is Wonderful
Join Us in France Travel Podcast
Annie Sargent
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2023
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode of the podcast, Why Life in France is Wonderful, Annie and Elyse discuss the 20 things that make life in France unique and attractive. We don't think France is perfect, but it's wonderful and we share why we think so. Fear not, we will also publish an episode in a couple of weeks about why life in France is perhaps a little bit awful as well. Stay tuned!
Table of Contents for this Episode
- Today on the podcast
- New Bonjour Service
- Annie and Elyse: Wonderful or Awful to live in Frace?
- 1. France has a rich history of cultural heritage.
- 2. France has world class cuisine and wine.
- 3. High quality healthcare system
- 4. Beautiful and diverse landscapes
- 5. Excellent public transportation.
- 6. Strong focus on work life balance
- 7. Renowned art and architecture
- 8. Numerous UNESCO Worlds Heritage Sites
- 9. High standard of living and social welfare.
- 10. Multicultural Society with a wide variety of traditions
- 11. World-leading fashion and design industry
- 12. High quality education system
- 13. Beautiful cities and charming villages
- 14. Mild climate with distinct seasons
- 15. Vibrant art scene including film, music, and theater.
- 16. Strong sense of national pride and unity
- 17. Access to fresh, locally sourced produce
- 18. Outdoor recreational opportunities
- 19. Proximity to other European Countries for easy travel
- 20. Rich literary and philosophical tradition
- Thank you, patrons
- Apartment renovations
- Learning Spanish
- Tour de France show on Netflix
- Paris Olympic Village
- Preparing a trip to France?
- Next week on the podcast
- Copyright
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | And the This is |
| 0:20.0 | This is Join Us in France episode 451 451 |
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| 0:22.0 | 4 5.5. |
| 0:23.0 | Bonjour, I'm Annie Sergeant and join us in France is the podcast where we talk about France. |
| 0:29.0 | Everyday life in France, great places to visit in France, French culture, history, gastronomy, and news related to travel to France. |
| 0:39.0 | Today I bring you a conversation with Elise Riven of Toulouse Guided Walks about why life in France is wonderful. |
| 0:48.0 | A few weeks back when I was trying chat geepty for the first time I wanted to see what the collective |
| 0:56.0 | hive thought of France because after all that's what you get with chat gp t right |
| 1:01.3 | so I asked it two questions. What wonderful about life in France and what |
| 1:07.5 | awful about life in France? The automated response was interesting enough that I thought, |
| 1:13.7 | Elesa and I should give it a crack and talk about it and that it might be entertaining. |
| 1:18.4 | So here we are today with the first part of this investigation, why life in France is wonderful. |
| 1:25.7 | This podcast is supported by donors and listeners who by my tours and services, |
| 1:30.4 | including my |
| 1:33.7 | Itoniary consult service and my GPS self-guided tours of Paris on the voice map app |
| 1:38.3 | and you can browse both my GPS tours and my itinerary consult service at my boutique. |
| 1:45.0 | Join us in France.com for a slash boutique. |
| 1:48.2 | I have introduced a new itinerary service that I call the bonjour Service. This is where I don't plan out every day for you and then send you a long documents where it's all spelled out. But rather with the Bonjour service, we talk about your trip for an hour, |
| 2:07.3 | and you get to ask me all your questions and I help you iron out some of the difficulties you are running into. I help you think it through, consider things that didn't |
| 2:16.8 | occur to you perhaps and will make the experience better. I did one just |
| 2:22.0 | yesterday and it was fun because this was a |
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