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Real life in Paris ? Is it paying 2200€ for a 50m2 appartment real life in Paris ? I doubt, the very large majority of parisians pay about half of that for this size (and i don't consider city social housing for poor people). Is the mean salary 44 887€ ? It is not. It is 31560€ (src INSEE 2022).
As someone who grew up in a big city (not Paris) and now lives in a small town: I LOVE being surrounded by people and not having a ton of personal space. There’s some magic in seeing people bustling about, sneak peaking in other people’s lives, and feel like I’m a part of something bigger than myself. Maybe I’m just weird!
@@briseboy oops, I didn’t mean to say that Paris wasn’t a big city (it definitely is!). I meant that I didn’t grow up in Paris, just another city instead.
My husband and I took our then 8-year-old out of school for a month in 2007 and went on a 30-day visit to France and Spain. We spent 16 of those days in Paris (St Germain and Montmartre), 7 in Dordogne, and 7 in Spain. Paris was, for us, the most wonderful surprise. We loved the St Germaine arondissement, and spent hours wandering around and finding old churches and cute boutiques. My son and I fell in love with croque monsieur (husband love croque madame), and crepes with Nutella and banana. One culture shock for us, however, was not the language, we had studied French for a year prior to going, and were quite conversational. Rather, it was how the French go to the park! Americans go to the park and sit on the grass. The French go to the park and sit on a bench, in the walkway, and look at the grass and flowers. And I can see why - the parks are literally works of art in themselves! We did find a grassy area in the rear of the park where we had a picnic. 17 years later and we still view it as the highlight of our lives!!!
French people do sit on the grass and pique-nique! Maybe not when the grass is wet. BTW we did the same thing when our son was 7, only it was Portugal and Spain. It’s been 14 years, he’s about to turn 21, and we live in France now. :)
My wife and I have lived in Lille, France for over a year. Living in France is much more complicated that just visiting here, let me tell you. Lots of different experiences that we have had here
We travel to Europe every year (we're from Sydney Australia) but haven't been to Paris since 2007. It's a city I love but there are so many other places that need to be seen at least once in a lifetime which makes it hard to return to fabulous places such as Paris. Anyway, we are returning, just for 4 days at the very end of July. I was browsing You Tube for some ideas rather than using apps like whatsinport & visitacity and found your site. What an absolute delight your insightful and very personal approach is to introducing and discussing local Parisian topics. I'm now working back through your Paris vlog archive and have found half a dozen places or things we must do. Thank you Lucile, you're a joy!!
I am literally GASPING at the translator earbuds. Back in the 1980's Douglas Adams imagined the translating "Babel Fish" , a fish that you put in your ear and it "eats" the language you're hearing and "excretes" your mother language into your ear. (This was in "The HItchhikers Guide To The Galaxy" - which is an electronic book that tells you the answer to everything you want to know - and everyone on the planet carries one around every day now.) Yes, I am old, and the new world amazes me. What a time to be alive!
I like the guy at 0:54 running in the back. When I was in Paris over 20 years ago, people looked at me weird because I would go running every morning. They told me people around here dont run. 😂
It's funny, I'm French, lived in Paris for 4 years, and have a totally different perception of how much people talk about their work. I literally left Paris because I thought it was too much of a career-centred culture! Everybody seem burnt out, work extrahours, and in my perspective conversations are centre around work a lot, and the value people give you depend a lot on your career. I guess all of this must be even more true for New-York, so I understand how in contrast Paris might seem to have a better work/personal life balance.
Salut Lucille. Je suis américain et je viens de découvrir votre chaîne sur RUclips. J’ai 66 ans. J’ai étudié le français pendant 4 ans au lycée en l’état de New Jersey où je vis à l’heure actuelle. J’ai étudié votre belle langue aussi pendant 4 ans en université en l’état de Pennsylvanie, avec un semestre ma troisième année à Angers. Vous parlez très, très bien l’anglais et avec un ami américain, vous avez pleine d’opportunité de le pratiquer. Cette vidéo est géniale. J’ai passé une semaine à Paris l’été dernier, dans un hôtel entre l’Arc de Triomphe de l’Etoile, et l’Arche de La Défense, près de la Rue de la Grande Armée. On s’est promené un matin à la Marrée où on a goûté des bouffes variées. J’adore Paris, et j’espère retourner là pour une autre semaine de vacances l’été prochain (2025). J’attends avec impatience les Jeux Olympiques ce juillet. Ça me plaît d’utiliser le français afin de ne pas l’oublier graduellement. Je n’ai guère parlé ni entendu le français pendant 40 ans après l’université, mais je l’ai redécouvert au début de la pandémie, grâce à RUclips et des Françaises comme vous. Veuillez, s’il vous plaît, dire (dites?) à votre ami américain que les Cubs de Chicago jouent très bien cette saison de baseball. (Je ne sais pas s’il est d’origine de Chicago ou Illinois). À la prochaine. Vive la France, notre allié depuis la naissance de notre patrie.
The dessert with meringue, cream and fruit is called an Eton Mess and its an English dish. Its not panna cotta, panna cotta is cream set with gelatine, basically a cream jelly.
That amount of money for that size of apartment in NYC would be a dream come true. When I moved to NY in the ‘90s I could not find a smaller 1 bedroom apt for less than $2700 and a tiny studio for less than $2225.
It's funny how Hollywood always represents London as snowy or rainy, and Paris as golden sunsoaked streets, when both cities have practically identical weather give or take a degree.
We're so used to pre-packaged food, all over the world- even if we can get some fruit & veggies at the local farmer's market, or what-have-you. It felt like a revelation the first time I ate at a cafe that used home-made mayo -- it really is something else...
My wife and I visited your district today, including the park and Rue de Levis. It was exactly as promised, though we were sad not to have bumped into you at the park. Thanks for your insights. We have found EVERY French person we encountered to be warm, friendly, and helpful. The old stereotypes are outdated.
Good for you and interesting. I lived in France when I was younger and while they were most of the time helpful and friendly to me. I can speak French. I've noticed that they are not always so helpful or service minded in restaurants and/or hotels towards tourists that do not speak French. But of course it depends on people.
Thank you for this! I stayed in Batignolles for a month during the killer heat wave of 2019 and found refreshment at the Square des Batignolles every evening!
I feel like women who learn from their old school moms and grandparents cut tomatoes and everything that way all over the world😂 ❤ do it how you want 🎉
Metro, boulot, dodo....My parents lived in Banlieu Sud (Le Plessis Robinson) and it was such a pain to get to the RER and another 20 minutes to get to Denfert R. Living in the centre of Paris (There are many centre) around Les Halles, was really noisy.....so I lived on the outskirts and there's a lot to do and see there too. I enjoy you channel Lucile.
Wow, I've never heard of these translating earbuds before. That would be useful, maybe not for French and English because a lot of people are bilingual, but say harder languages like Japanese or Korean! (though I do want to try to learn them too!!) I just discovered your channel so I don't know if you made a video about it already but I'd be interested in learning how you met your American boyfriend LOL. I'm French-Canadian from Québec City/Vancouver (I share my time between the 2 cities, and also travel a lot) and I was married to an American guy for 11 years. In my case though he was the wrong person and I am now free 💖
It's so funny to read all the comments about the cutting 😂 I too was taught by my family how to cut things in my hands haha and it looks yummy thx for sharing ☺️
The very first time my wife and I went to Paris was like this. My wife marveled at the architecture, the ambiance…the wonderful things of Paris. I took pictures of the immense amount of garbage that gets piled in the street and me having to walk around the homeless because they like to sit in the middle of the sidewalk and not against buildings like back home.
Tomato mushroom and pesto is so delicious I’ve had that combo in different ways before but the flavors together are so delicious, I’m personally averse to mustard so of course yours looks so delicious
Holy moly, your tomato dish with the pesto looks fabulous! Also, getting some insight into what visiting the city might look like in reality is helpful! Nice video. :) (Side note, but I think your friend Will is cuuute! Is he in a relationship with your other visiting friend, or is he single?? Hey, can't blame a gal for asking! Ha.)
Lol yeah I got a bit scared when I saw her cutting towards herself everytime ^^ Lol j'avoue qu'elle m'a fait un peu peur en coupant vers elle à chaque fois ^^
Good to see an English dish on the menu there 🙂 The Meringue, cream and raspberries (even better with strawberries, imho) is called Eton Mess, delicious.
Awww! I stayed in the 17th in April and I walked down rue de Lévis every day. Loved it so much. So I’m not sure if your video was effective cos I’d absolutely enjoy your life 😅
Square des Batignolles is maybe the nicest small park in Paris. That desert looked like Panna Cotta, it seems to be trendy right now in French restaurants.
OMG that tomato slicing is insane. I instantly shifted gears from watching a nice video about Paris to watching a horror movie and waiting for the gross bloody scene.
The Bouillon looked quite good and the leeks looked particularly good. Checking out the prices, not that expensive for a dinner. If you have an entrée + plat just over 20€ and a bottle of wine not too expensive in sharing the liter(one doesn't see that often).
I agree, pastries and even bread are so much cheaper at the bakeries in France versus buying them in the US. I've been here in Paris for about 3 weeks and was so surprised period same thing for groceries. Plus better quality ingredients and fresher!
Not only is the bread and pastries less expensive but 100 times more delicious. Ps. I would never wait in a long line at a bakery in Paris. There is really no need, they are all wonderful!
Oh you could go on about the ducks for at least a couple more minutes :-) especially the ducklings. I was just looking at your video about teeny tiny apartments and then at the end the video link stayed up not long enough to get here because there were two choices and I had to choose one of them and I didn't have time. I don't know if it would take too much time to leave them up just slightly longer? There's something going on today with the length of things. My microphone won't even stay on very long that's unusual. I don't know if that's a thing with this new device but you would think that would not be a feature I don't think there's anything where you can adjust how long the microphone stays on . Oh awesome now I have to go and remove polish from my installed languages because apparently this thing is quick and it will try to do polish thinking that I am speaking it and by the way Google voice to text, polish is spelled with a capital p
Lucille, I was tempted to lick the screen when I saw those cakes! 😋😋The price is incredible! What a lucky girl you are! 🤩🤩Do you like the German "Black Forest" cake? Have a nice day!
I am curious Lucile do you find Paris to be a small or a city where you run into people you know often? I come from Toronto and always find New York city feels so large. A friend of mine from NYC says it is very small. He is always running into people he knows. I have heard the same about Paris that it is smaller than it seems.
Hello, I wanted to say thank you for the information about translation ear buds. I am going to study in French and I don’t completely understand the language. However the earbuds will be good for me to listen for my lecture in university.
Also,every language one needs to study vocabulary grammar prosody (rhythm, stress, intonation) contexts (high context- more implicit, less spoken or written, etc. ( le context--more explicit, more spoken or written, etc.)
I just found you! Fabulous video. Naturally I subscribed. I was in Paris many, many years ago. But, I loved it. Now travel is not so easy as we have 9 Caique parrots! See you soon.❤️
I actually have those ear buds, but I’m going to tell the truth, every video I see of them being used, people keep editing the lag time, making people think it’s so fluid. Nooo, you will be waiting about 4-5 seconds between each person. If anyone say I’m lying, have them show you a video of a natural, unedited conversation. I will say they do work well in a controlled less noisy area. I’m still waiting to try them in a non controlled area.
Thanks for all your videos. Love your content. Coming to Paris soon and looking forward to checking out your recommendations. BTW, what weather website do you find the most reliable for Paris and the rest of France? Thanks.
I'm also not big on sweets in the morning, preferring some kind of cheese, hard, soft or spreadable, on fresh or toasted bread. It's not just the taste that I don't care for that early in the day, but the sugar rush of sweet pastries. I prefer the more slow-burning energy output of the complex carbos, fats and proteins in bread and cheese. I don't even like fruit in the morning! Although, a little not too sweet jam now and then is ok. And, yes, although I've been to Paris many times, I didn't have to go there even once to understand that the Paris of movies and TV shows is not at all like the Paris of real Parisians. Sure, there are certain things that are accurate, like the monuments, sights, street life, cafes, shops, architecture, etc. How could they not be? And Parisians tend to be better-dressed, slimmer and more formal than in some other places. But it's not all berets, croissants, ooh la las and beautiful smiling people in super-stylish clothes strolling about to see and be scene--unless you're passing by a movie or TV series set or fashion shoot, or a gallery show opening. The one thing that fictionalized and hyper-glamorized versions of Paris usually miss is the incessant sirens that you hear all over the city. I've never been in a city that has so many, and I've lived in Manhattan. But day to day Paris is really just like any other major city, different in its particulars but overall just people going to and from work, out eating, drinking or relaxing with friends and family, passing the time, getting stuck in traffic, taking the train, shopping for food and other essentials, taking the kids to school, etc., and just living their lives without being or trying to be hyper-beautiful (even though some succeed at this without trying too hard! 😊).
At last, some reality. The fashion influencers are especially misleading. The people shown in this video would fit right into any casual American venue. They aren’t dressed and accessorized as through they’re walking the runway.
I’m sorry you had bread and butter for breakfast? That’s all?! Is bread in Paris more filling? In America if you had bread and butter for breakfast you’d be hungry an hr later.
Discovering Real Life in Paris with Lucille: A True Gem** Bonjour à tous, I recently stumbled upon a this channel that has completely captivated my heart-Real Life in Paris, hosted by the wonderful Lucille. As a French native myself, having grown up in Dijon and having lived all over the world, I must say, Lucille's portrayal of Parisian life is both authentic and enchanting. From the moment I watched my first video, I was hooked. The presentation, cinematography, and storytelling are simply magnifique. Lucille's verbiage brings the essence of Paris to life, making you feel as if you are right there with her, strolling through the charming streets and savoring every moment. Currently, I'm watching her latest video about what it's like to live in Paris and her experiences in Batignolles. The patisserie where she bought those delectable pastries? C'est incroyable! I've had those exact pastries and they are, without a doubt, some of the best. Lucille, your content is a beautiful blend of culture and daily life that resonates deeply with me. As someone who has lived in multiple countries, I can attest to the truth in what Lucille shares. Many tourists only see the surface of Paris-the iconic landmarks and tourist spots. But through Lucille's lens, we get to experience the real Paris, the one that is lived by its residents. Yes, Paris is a big city and can be as expensive as any other major metropolis. But the true joy of Paris lies in its vibrant culture, the friendships, family dinners with multiple courses, and exquisite wines. Watching Lucille's videos brings back so many memories and makes me incredibly homesick. I miss the bakeries, the lively streets, and the genuine warmth of Parisian life. To Lucille, I say: continue your fantastic work. Je vous soutiendrai à 100%. Your channel is a treasure, and I will be cheering you on every step of the way. And who knows, maybe one day I will return to France and we can meet in person. Until then, I will keep enjoying your videos and dreaming of the real Paris. Merci beaucoup, Lucille, for bringing a piece of home to us all. À bientôt, Nicolas
Id have to be careful eating french food i might mess around and bite the ends of my fingers off. Gots to use a fork 🍴 that lemon cake and the coconut straight 🔥 fire!!!
One thing I can't stand about North America is that as soon as someone meets you they need to to know what your occupation is (especially men). I had a service technician come to my apartment to fix my internet service. We were waiting for 5 minutes max and and he asked twice about my job. People ask about your job because that is how they get to know you (aka pigeon hole you). I find this so shallow. Why don't they ask about how you are or about you as a person. Lucile I find it so refreshing how you said some of you and your friends don't know each others' occupations. I guess in France your job does not define you.
O"h Lucille it's so beautiful there in Paris,I'm just a bit jealous.and the food it looks so delicious.all I had was pizza well I'm watching because I always get hungry when viewing you and Bobby's videos.have a great day all the way from florida.see ya in the next video.be safe and stay warm.
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Real life in Paris ?
Is it paying 2200€ for a 50m2 appartment real life in Paris ?
I doubt, the very large majority of parisians pay about half of that for this size (and i don't consider city social housing for poor people).
Is the mean salary 44 887€ ?
It is not. It is 31560€ (src INSEE 2022).
Paris is a gorgeous city to visit as a tourist. But to actually live there is another thing.
As someone who grew up in a big city (not Paris) and now lives in a small town: I LOVE being surrounded by people and not having a ton of personal space. There’s some magic in seeing people bustling about, sneak peaking in other people’s lives, and feel like I’m a part of something bigger than myself. Maybe I’m just weird!
I grew up in a tiny town and now live in Paris, but I share the same feeling, it just gives me energy :)
Used 😊
Quelle doit être la taille d’une ville pour être plus grande que vous ?
The same!!! It revitalizes me to be surrounded by people . Not during Christmas though… that’s my limit because it is crazy.
@@briseboy oops, I didn’t mean to say that Paris wasn’t a big city (it definitely is!). I meant that I didn’t grow up in Paris, just another city instead.
My husband and I took our then 8-year-old out of school for a month in 2007 and went on a 30-day visit to France and Spain. We spent 16 of those days in Paris (St Germain and Montmartre), 7 in Dordogne, and 7 in Spain.
Paris was, for us, the most wonderful surprise. We loved the St Germaine arondissement, and spent hours wandering around and finding old churches and cute boutiques. My son and I fell in love with croque monsieur (husband love croque madame), and crepes with Nutella and banana.
One culture shock for us, however, was not the language, we had studied French for a year prior to going, and were quite conversational. Rather, it was how the French go to the park! Americans go to the park and sit on the grass. The French go to the park and sit on a bench, in the walkway, and look at the grass and flowers. And I can see why - the parks are literally works of art in themselves! We did find a grassy area in the rear of the park where we had a picnic.
17 years later and we still view it as the highlight of our lives!!!
French people do sit on the grass and pique-nique! Maybe not when the grass is wet. BTW we did the same thing when our son was 7, only it was Portugal and Spain. It’s been 14 years, he’s about to turn 21, and we live in France now. :)
Thank you for sharing your experience -- it was so fun to read!
Lucile in Paris >>>> Emily in Paris
Haven't seen Emily in Paris... I mainly watch anime and the game, but Lucile is pretty genuine and giving us a glimpse of life which I can appreciate.
My wife and I have lived in Lille, France for over a year. Living in France is much more complicated that just visiting here, let me tell you. Lots of different experiences that we have had here
How is it complicated?
We travel to Europe every year (we're from Sydney Australia) but haven't been to Paris since 2007. It's a city I love but there are so many other places that need to be seen at least once in a lifetime which makes it hard to return to fabulous places such as Paris. Anyway, we are returning, just for 4 days at the very end of July. I was browsing You Tube for some ideas rather than using apps like whatsinport & visitacity and found your site. What an absolute delight your insightful and very personal approach is to introducing and discussing local Parisian topics. I'm now working back through your Paris vlog archive and have found half a dozen places or things we must do. Thank you Lucile, you're a joy!!
I am literally GASPING at the translator earbuds. Back in the 1980's Douglas Adams imagined the translating "Babel Fish" , a fish that you put in your ear and it "eats" the language you're hearing and "excretes" your mother language into your ear. (This was in "The HItchhikers Guide To The Galaxy" - which is an electronic book that tells you the answer to everything you want to know - and everyone on the planet carries one around every day now.) Yes, I am old, and the new world amazes me. What a time to be alive!
Your excitement is contagious! 🥰
I like the guy at 0:54 running in the back. When I was in Paris over 20 years ago, people looked at me weird because I would go running every morning. They told me people around here dont run. 😂
It's funny, I'm French, lived in Paris for 4 years, and have a totally different perception of how much people talk about their work. I literally left Paris because I thought it was too much of a career-centred culture! Everybody seem burnt out, work extrahours, and in my perspective conversations are centre around work a lot, and the value people give you depend a lot on your career. I guess all of this must be even more true for New-York, so I understand how in contrast Paris might seem to have a better work/personal life balance.
Omg those translator earbuds are insane, like the universal translators in Star Trek!
That's just what I was thinking! 😂
I know I was pretty impressed by them!
I thought the same, my husband kept asking for these earbuds (international marriage as well) but that’ll stop him from learning my language 😂
I recognize the struggles of being in an international relationship here haha :)
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Salut Lucille. Je suis américain et je viens de découvrir votre chaîne sur RUclips. J’ai 66 ans. J’ai étudié le français pendant 4 ans au lycée en l’état de New Jersey où je vis à l’heure actuelle. J’ai étudié votre belle langue aussi pendant 4 ans en université en l’état de Pennsylvanie, avec un semestre ma troisième année à Angers. Vous parlez très, très bien l’anglais et avec un ami américain, vous avez pleine d’opportunité de le pratiquer. Cette vidéo est géniale. J’ai passé une semaine à Paris l’été dernier, dans un hôtel entre l’Arc de Triomphe de l’Etoile, et l’Arche de La Défense, près de la Rue de la Grande Armée. On s’est promené un matin à la Marrée où on a goûté des bouffes variées. J’adore Paris, et j’espère retourner là pour une autre semaine de vacances l’été prochain (2025). J’attends avec impatience les Jeux Olympiques ce juillet. Ça me plaît d’utiliser le français afin de ne pas l’oublier graduellement. Je n’ai guère parlé ni entendu le français pendant 40 ans après l’université, mais je l’ai redécouvert au début de la pandémie, grâce à RUclips et des Françaises comme vous. Veuillez, s’il vous plaît, dire (dites?) à votre ami américain que les Cubs de Chicago jouent très bien cette saison de baseball. (Je ne sais pas s’il est d’origine de Chicago ou Illinois). À la prochaine. Vive la France, notre allié depuis la naissance de notre patrie.
Oh girl! Having universal healthcare is not a sufficient reason to risk losing your hands with that tomato slicing 😅
right?!
🤣😂🤣😂🤣 I’m thinking is it her first time at slicing a tomato…ever? 😬😬
The dessert with meringue, cream and fruit is called an Eton Mess and its an English dish. Its not panna cotta, panna cotta is cream set with gelatine, basically a cream jelly.
As soon as I saw that it was the first thing I thought of and I am not even English.
"people from all ages, from kids to REAL people, just enjoying the park" ... LOL, MDR, So cute! 🤗
That amount of money for that size of apartment in NYC would be a dream come true. When I moved to NY in the ‘90s I could not find a smaller 1 bedroom apt for less than $2700 and a tiny studio for less than $2225.
It's funny how Hollywood always represents London as snowy or rainy, and Paris as golden sunsoaked streets, when both cities have practically identical weather give or take a degree.
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We're so used to pre-packaged food, all over the world- even if we can get some fruit & veggies at the local farmer's market, or what-have-you.
It felt like a revelation the first time I ate at a cafe that used home-made mayo -- it really is something else...
Totally. You can make mayo at home in about 3 minutes, so that one is totally manageable!
Hey Lucile, hello ! As a french parisian, I really appreciated how you speak about being french and parisian. It is real. :)
My wife and I visited your district today, including the park and Rue de Levis. It was exactly as promised, though we were sad not to have bumped into you at the park. Thanks for your insights. We have found EVERY French person we encountered to be warm, friendly, and helpful. The old stereotypes are outdated.
Agreed, I spent a few weeks before this summer in Paris, and yes I found the French, very helpful, friendly and kind.
Good for you and interesting. I lived in France when I was younger and while they were most of the time helpful and friendly to me. I can speak French. I've noticed that they are not always so helpful or service minded in restaurants and/or hotels towards tourists that do not speak French. But of course it depends on people.
I lived in a small town in Québec called Lévis 😆
Thank you for this! I stayed in Batignolles for a month during the killer heat wave of 2019 and found refreshment at the Square des Batignolles every evening!
I feel like women who learn from their old school moms and grandparents cut tomatoes and everything that way all over the world😂 ❤ do it how you want 🎉
Finally someone gets it haha I thought everyone’s grandma taught them to cut like this!!
I think that the crean, merengue and raspberry dessert was a version of Eton mess.
Lovely video, im looking forward to seeing more from you!
Metro, boulot, dodo....My parents lived in Banlieu Sud (Le Plessis Robinson) and it was such a pain to get to the RER and another 20 minutes to get to Denfert R. Living in the centre of Paris (There are many centre) around Les Halles, was really noisy.....so I lived on the outskirts and there's a lot to do and see there too. I enjoy you channel Lucile.
Wow, I've never heard of these translating earbuds before. That would be useful, maybe not for French and English because a lot of people are bilingual, but say harder languages like Japanese or Korean! (though I do want to try to learn them too!!) I just discovered your channel so I don't know if you made a video about it already but I'd be interested in learning how you met your American boyfriend LOL. I'm French-Canadian from Québec City/Vancouver (I share my time between the 2 cities, and also travel a lot) and I was married to an American guy for 11 years. In my case though he was the wrong person and I am now free 💖
It's so funny to read all the comments about the cutting 😂 I too was taught by my family how to cut things in my hands haha and it looks yummy thx for sharing ☺️
Terrific video! Very much appreciated! Love visiting Paris from Vancouver! 🙂
Great video... thank you for sharing
The very first time my wife and I went to Paris was like this.
My wife marveled at the architecture, the ambiance…the wonderful things of Paris.
I took pictures of the immense amount of garbage that gets piled in the street and me having to walk around the homeless because they like to sit in the middle of the sidewalk and not against buildings like back home.
I just randomly found you here in RUclips, looove your videos. Liked and subscribed!
This is so useful and eye opening thank you
Tomato mushroom and pesto is so delicious I’ve had that combo in different ways before but the flavors together are so delicious, I’m personally averse to mustard so of course yours looks so delicious
i was binge watching emily in paris .
from india.
this vdo popped up on you tube,opening eyes of reality
losing your hands with that tomato slicing
Lucile, I can't judge you by what you eat. You eat what you want. Blessings to you beautiful lady and your family!!!!
Holy moly, your tomato dish with the pesto looks fabulous! Also, getting some insight into what visiting the city might look like in reality is helpful! Nice video. :) (Side note, but I think your friend Will is cuuute! Is he in a relationship with your other visiting friend, or is he single?? Hey, can't blame a gal for asking! Ha.)
I remember stopping off for an express at 6:00 near Bastille in a bar and other guys were pounding down vin ordinaire for breakfast. Salut!
Ah, ces influenceurs! Ils doivent contracter un Grippe!
LE BOUILLON DES VIGNES - 45, rue des Moines 75017 - the rose wallpaper gave it away.
Thank you! Wish she would have been generous and just shared the name with us :)
Bonnour Lucille! Please be careful when slicing tomatoes... Merci...
Lol yeah I got a bit scared when I saw her cutting towards herself everytime ^^
Lol j'avoue qu'elle m'a fait un peu peur en coupant vers elle à chaque fois ^^
looool thanks for being worried, I promise I'm using my thumb to stop the knife just like I was taught as a kid
Good to see an English dish on the menu there 🙂 The Meringue, cream and raspberries (even better with strawberries, imho) is called Eton Mess, delicious.
Once while in paris, my family and i came across a fountin where you could rent and sail little mini sailboats
Awww! I stayed in the 17th in April and I walked down rue de Lévis every day. Loved it so much. So I’m not sure if your video was effective cos I’d absolutely enjoy your life 😅
Thank you!
Square des Batignolles is maybe the nicest small park in Paris.
That desert looked like Panna Cotta, it seems to be trendy right now in French restaurants.
It's was so yummy and a bit different than pana cotta, so the mystery remains haha
A version of Eton Mess, n’est pas?
A episode of you makes a week great
Well, thank you for giving us a different spin on living in Paris.
Hello from New York ❤
OMG I need those headphones for RER announcements! Never can quite catch everything they are saying.
Thank you for this video! I just cannot get into French Food, besides a few meals and pastries. 😂.
Nothing wrong with some cake for breakfast 🥰
I love it when you walk down the rue de Levis in all your vids: great area!
Yes, it's in my opinion the cutest street in Batignolles :)
Here in Houston Texas probably are main staple food is beef. Cattle. BBQ is number one here. Then Mexican food being a border state mexico.
OMG that tomato slicing is insane. I instantly shifted gears from watching a nice video about Paris to watching a horror movie and waiting for the gross bloody scene.
J’adore Paris!!!
The Bouillon looked quite good and the leeks looked particularly good. Checking out the prices, not that expensive for a dinner. If you have an entrée + plat just over 20€ and a bottle of wine not too expensive in sharing the liter(one doesn't see that often).
I agree, pastries and even bread are so much cheaper at the bakeries in France versus buying them in the US. I've been here in Paris for about 3 weeks and was so surprised period same thing for groceries. Plus better quality ingredients and fresher!
Not only is the bread and pastries less expensive but 100 times more delicious. Ps. I would never wait in a long line at a bakery in Paris. There is really no need, they are all wonderful!
Oh you could go on about the ducks for at least a couple more minutes :-) especially the ducklings.
I was just looking at your video about teeny tiny apartments and then at the end the video link stayed up not long enough to get here because there were two choices and I had to choose one of them and I didn't have time. I don't know if it would take too much time to leave them up just slightly longer? There's something going on today with the length of things. My microphone won't even stay on very long that's unusual. I don't know if that's a thing with this new device but you would think that would not be a feature I don't think there's anything where you can adjust how long the microphone stays on . Oh awesome now I have to go and remove polish from my installed languages because apparently this thing is quick and it will try to do polish thinking that I am speaking it and by the way Google voice to text, polish is spelled with a capital p
The exotic looks like Peeps.
P.s. really appreciate your point of view. Its great to see many different lifestyles.
That park is either Park Monceau or Square Batignolles - both are so charming. Square Batignolles has a lot of little kids.
That tomato pie looks amazing. I am most looking forward to eating tomatoes on my upcoming trip to Paris and Italy. 😋
Lucille, I was tempted to lick the screen when I saw those cakes! 😋😋The price is incredible! What a lucky girl you are! 🤩🤩Do you like the German "Black Forest" cake? Have a nice day!
When you have a pad in Paris, you're never short of friends. ;D
Hello! What is the name of the restaurant? I’ll be in Paris next week and want to try that place. Thank you
Bouillon des vignes !! :)
9:40 that looks like a snow queen dessert.
"before you judge me I dont eat cake for breakfast" none of us were judging sis. We've all had cake for breakfast before
I am curious Lucile do you find Paris to be a small or a city where you run into people you know often? I come from Toronto and always find New York city feels so large. A friend of mine from NYC says it is very small. He is always running into people he knows. I have heard the same about Paris that it is smaller than it seems.
Hello,
I wanted to say thank you for the information about translation ear buds. I am going to study in French and I don’t completely understand the language.
However the earbuds will be good for me to listen for my lecture in university.
Also,every language one needs to study
vocabulary
grammar
prosody (rhythm, stress, intonation)
contexts
(high context- more implicit,
less spoken or written, etc.
( le context--more explicit,
more spoken or written, etc.)
For high/ low contexts, see book & videos by ir about Erin Meyer &
her book & theory Culture Maps.
I wanna see a spinoff - Emily in the Banlieue.
The way you cut your tomatoes is beyond scary! 🍅🔪 🩹
I really would like to know the details of your tart. I'm literally drooling 🤤
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I just found you! Fabulous video. Naturally I subscribed. I was in Paris many, many years ago. But, I loved it. Now travel is not so easy as we have 9 Caique parrots! See you soon.❤️
2200 € de loyer, à deux, c'est complètement dingue. Peut-être mentionner dans tes vidéos que tu as un train de vie extrêmement privilégié.
That colorful street had 6 tourists when I took my photo in July.
Lemon Curd ( Tarte au Citron)
I actually have those ear buds, but I’m going to tell the truth, every video I see of them being used, people keep editing the lag time, making people think it’s so fluid. Nooo, you will be waiting about 4-5 seconds between each person. If anyone say I’m lying, have them show you a video of a natural, unedited conversation. I will say they do work well in a controlled less noisy area. I’m still waiting to try them in a non controlled area.
Who slices tomatoes like that??! Kids, don’t try it at home!
❤beautiful pastries
Thank you for this video🥰 I would like to know what your job is😘
Les Batignolles, mon quartier pendant quelques années!
Thanks for all your videos. Love your content. Coming to Paris soon and looking forward to checking out your recommendations. BTW, what weather website do you find the most reliable for Paris and the rest of France? Thanks.
I just type weather Paris in google but my dad told me to always go to Météo France which is the official French weather institute
I'm also not big on sweets in the morning, preferring some kind of cheese, hard, soft or spreadable, on fresh or toasted bread. It's not just the taste that I don't care for that early in the day, but the sugar rush of sweet pastries. I prefer the more slow-burning energy output of the complex carbos, fats and proteins in bread and cheese. I don't even like fruit in the morning! Although, a little not too sweet jam now and then is ok.
And, yes, although I've been to Paris many times, I didn't have to go there even once to understand that the Paris of movies and TV shows is not at all like the Paris of real Parisians. Sure, there are certain things that are accurate, like the monuments, sights, street life, cafes, shops, architecture, etc. How could they not be? And Parisians tend to be better-dressed, slimmer and more formal than in some other places. But it's not all berets, croissants, ooh la las and beautiful smiling people in super-stylish clothes strolling about to see and be scene--unless you're passing by a movie or TV series set or fashion shoot, or a gallery show opening.
The one thing that fictionalized and hyper-glamorized versions of Paris usually miss is the incessant sirens that you hear all over the city. I've never been in a city that has so many, and I've lived in Manhattan. But day to day Paris is really just like any other major city, different in its particulars but overall just people going to and from work, out eating, drinking or relaxing with friends and family, passing the time, getting stuck in traffic, taking the train, shopping for food and other essentials, taking the kids to school, etc., and just living their lives without being or trying to be hyper-beautiful (even though some succeed at this without trying too hard! 😊).
Love this and totally agree with you :)
Honestly, I was several times in París and i regretted it every time
Laura Todd have the best Milk chocolate chip cookies i've ever had!
At last, some reality. The fashion influencers are especially misleading. The people shown in this video would fit right into any casual American venue. They aren’t dressed and accessorized as through they’re walking the runway.
I’m sorry you had bread and butter for breakfast? That’s all?! Is bread in Paris more filling? In America if you had bread and butter for breakfast you’d be hungry an hr later.
Another great video Lucile!
Can you do a video with speaking only french? I'm learning French, I'd love to listen to Parisian french.
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Or maybe just the essential french that helps your everyday life.
Discovering Real Life in Paris with Lucille: A True Gem**
Bonjour à tous,
I recently stumbled upon a this channel that has completely captivated my heart-Real Life in Paris, hosted by the wonderful Lucille. As a French native myself, having grown up in Dijon and having lived all over the world, I must say, Lucille's portrayal of Parisian life is both authentic and enchanting.
From the moment I watched my first video, I was hooked. The presentation, cinematography, and storytelling are simply magnifique. Lucille's verbiage brings the essence of Paris to life, making you feel as if you are right there with her, strolling through the charming streets and savoring every moment.
Currently, I'm watching her latest video about what it's like to live in Paris and her experiences in Batignolles. The patisserie where she bought those delectable pastries? C'est incroyable! I've had those exact pastries and they are, without a doubt, some of the best. Lucille, your content is a beautiful blend of culture and daily life that resonates deeply with me.
As someone who has lived in multiple countries, I can attest to the truth in what Lucille shares. Many tourists only see the surface of Paris-the iconic landmarks and tourist spots. But through Lucille's lens, we get to experience the real Paris, the one that is lived by its residents. Yes, Paris is a big city and can be as expensive as any other major metropolis. But the true joy of Paris lies in its vibrant culture, the friendships, family dinners with multiple courses, and exquisite wines. Watching Lucille's videos brings back so many memories and makes me incredibly homesick. I miss the bakeries, the lively streets, and the genuine warmth of Parisian life.
To Lucille, I say: continue your fantastic work. Je vous soutiendrai à 100%. Your channel is a treasure, and I will be cheering you on every step of the way. And who knows, maybe one day I will return to France and we can meet in person. Until then, I will keep enjoying your videos and dreaming of the real Paris.
Merci beaucoup, Lucille, for bringing a piece of home to us all.
À bientôt,
Nicolas
Just beautiful!!!
I know your healthcare is free by the way you cut your tomatoes! 😅
People always romanticize paris, but your first thought off the plane is always wow, it looks dirty & old 😂😂😂
Awesome job Lucia drop a like
Thanks for watching Adam :)
What is the name of the restaurant?❤
Id have to be careful eating french food i might mess around and bite the ends of my fingers off. Gots to use a fork 🍴 that lemon cake and the coconut straight 🔥 fire!!!
One thing I can't stand about North America is that as soon as someone meets you they need to to know what your occupation is (especially men). I had a service technician come to my apartment to fix my internet service. We were waiting for 5 minutes max and and he asked twice about my job. People ask about your job because that is how they get to know you (aka pigeon hole you). I find this so shallow. Why don't they ask about how you are or about you as a person. Lucile I find it so refreshing how you said some of you and your friends don't know each others' occupations. I guess in France your job does not define you.
Nice video 👍
O"h Lucille it's so beautiful there in Paris,I'm just a bit jealous.and the food it looks so delicious.all I had was pizza well I'm watching because I always get hungry when viewing you and Bobby's videos.have a great day all the way from florida.see ya in the next video.be safe and stay warm.
Thank you for watching Sabrina :)
Hi! Could you share the name of the restaurant please? Thank you :)
Yesss it's bouillon des vignes, let me add that to the description too :)
The rent is HOW MUCH ?! Is it possible for a single person to live in the centre of Paris ?
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Awesome video again Lucile. Oh and it is OK to have cakes for breakfast, perfectly acceptable, especially when the cakes look that good.