Hey Sam! I've been following you since the beginning! great seeing your French glow up :-) figuratively and literally- what highlighter are you using? You're glowing!!!
When i visited Spain ( barcelona ) in 2002 for 3 months, the cultural shock to me was the eating late. I'm so used to having dinner at around 6-7pm but in spain everyone eats dinner like at 10pm. which was crazy to me. Also when going out to a bar or club on the weekends everyone arrived to the club like at 12-1 am in the morning and the clubs stayed opened till 7am. I wasn't used to that. Oh and everything being closed on Sunday really confused me. It was so hard to do anything but sightsee on sundays. LOL
Sam, leaving everything you know to be with your husband is so romantic! So sad what he was put through in the U.S. with the visa situation. Sorry you guys had to go through that ordeal, I'm sure it has helped to make you closer. That's what trials usually do for us when we trust God with our future. My husband and I are close to 70 years old and we are planning to live in Aix en Provence or perhaps Toulon. Not sure yet because we have not visited yet. We need to find an expat community that is accepting of people in our cohort. Also, although we appreciate the history and the art of the cathedrals there, we are not Catholic. We are Baptist. Any ideas that might help us find our niche there? Thanks in advance! All the best to you and your husband for a happy future.
Thank you Margo! I love my life here in France and feel so blessed that I ended up in Aix-en-Provence. The whole move has definitely strengthened our relationship. There is a big expat community here in Aix, you may want to check out the Facebook group English speakers in Aix-En-Provence😊
Bonjour tout le monde….(this is one of the French phrases my son has taught me 🥰🥰) ….Hi Sam….loved the Q&A and thank you for answering my question….side note: you and I have the exact color iPhone 🙂… I hope in time you are able to think of Kingston and not cry…have a great week friend!
About the vegan question... I'm not vegan but I do eat a lot of plant based foods and we (wife and I) do go to vegan restaurants when we can. Due to France's strong food traditions the take up of being vegan is still very low here. However, more French people do seem to eat vegan food now. As a rule of thumb, you'll find more vegan restaurants and options in big cities or popular tourists places and very little to nothing in rural towns and villages. You might get lucky at the grocery store... Paris is the best place to be a vegan if you like to go out to eat. Quite a large selection of places now for all budgets. The app Sam suggested is a good go to but it's not always up to date with the latest places.
You guys are so positive and this will help you go forward! I know you follow Positano Diaries maybe you would like Chateau diaries Stephanie, Kylie Flavell is very inspiring like you guys! Keep doing what you do it will be fruitfull.
Thank you so much, we try to be but it’s definitely a work in progress. I absolutely love Nicki’s work and I would have to say Kylie is my biggest inspiration on this platform, her work is beautiful and poetic, it’s like she transport’s me to a complete dream. I’ll have to check out chateau diaries as I’m not familiar with her. Thanks for sharing, I love watching fellow creators on this platform❤️ I also thank you for all your lovely comments and your support on my channel, I really appreciate you. Hope you have a blessed week.
Good job Sam! Are there any direct flights from US to Marseille or any towns in Provence or we still have to fly into Paris or Barcelona….if possible can you take up this question later. I checked and didn’t see any.
Once everything re opens the closest you'll get is getting to Lyon then take the train to whatever city in the South East you wanna go to. For South West Pau is slowly getting to International travel level with its airport too but for now it's still very much a local airport.
@@dipankarchatterjee9416 It's not us who decides what destinations are picked up by the airline companies, all we do is tthe same other countries do everywhere. Which is to make the distinction between been able to receive internatonal visitors or not in their facilites. So we DO have other international airports but U.S airlines companies don't seem to want to land your ass anywhere but in Paris ...
Regarding weird French habits and not knowing which cheek to kiss first when greeting someone... I think in southeastern and eastern France, you kiss the left cheek first. Everywhere else, you kiss the right. 😉
Cool video Sam 1) Of course Paul missed the food when he was in the U.S but hey you guys were in Cali , not exactly the worst place for food variety to make up for the lack of legit French food :P 2)Hey you know one of the things I would do to also immerse yourself in French even more would be to look at the tv channel Gulli with subtitles on :) Yes sure most of those shows are kids shows and a lot of them are french made but that's the thing it's kids levels of French , so with the subtitles on it would help you take notes to learn some vocabulary. And then some other days look at the same show but with subtitles off, don't try to understand what your watching just take it all in , hell do some cooking while the shows are on giong and just listen to the story from afar. You may think I'm weird about this but for real that's what helped me with Japanese give yourself windows of immerision where you're NOT TRYING to understand you just let the language enter your ears and let your brain do whatever with it. You'd be amazed how quickly it unlocks everything in your head to have moments you're just not even trying to understand you just let it flow into you. It makes the moments where you do try becuase you scheduled them to be moments you try matters more to your brain , so basically your head is more cooperative . I know it sounds weird and counter intuitive as fuck but trust me I'm not the only one for whom it worked . Hell let me give you a video of that couple of two ladies (A canadian gal , and an American gal) that video is tips about how to get the French language to sink in and like I said the only thing I disagree with is that SOMETIMES do NOT TRY to understand just let the french sounds flow into you : ua-cam.com/video/YrgfANjHIzU/v-deo.html Also maybe give Emma and Hannah a follow they're vids are super sweet to watch.
I look forward to Sundays when you post your videos. I am so sorry about your beloved Kingston. You made me cry too. Please keep posting You Tube videos. I also enjoy your Instagram posts. You looked so beautiful in the lavender fields.
Awww, So sorry about Kingston. You just made me tear up when you cried. He knows how much you loved him and he loved you. XOXOXO
Thanks Rocco, today would’ve been his 12th Birthday❤️
@@SamFournier Happy Birthday Kingston!!
Great to hear more about you, thanks for the video, RIP Kingston. Losing a much loved pet is so hard ❤
Thank you Hannah❤️ it’s so painful but I’m so grateful for all the memories they left me.
Well done. I cried when you talked about King. Happy heavenly birthday Popops. Two legged babies would be lovely 😁
I always get emotional when I talk about my boy, miss him everyday. We’ll have chickens, they have two legs!
@@SamFournier OK, I'll take chickens as grandbabies
Hey Sam! I've been following you since the beginning! great seeing your French glow up :-) figuratively and literally- what highlighter are you using? You're glowing!!!
Aww, thank you so much! So nice of you. It’s SAIE Glowy Super Gel.
When i visited Spain ( barcelona ) in 2002 for 3 months, the cultural shock to me was the eating late. I'm so used to having dinner at around 6-7pm but in spain everyone eats dinner like at 10pm. which was crazy to me. Also when going out to a bar or club on the weekends everyone arrived to the club like at 12-1 am in the morning and the clubs stayed opened till 7am. I wasn't used to that. Oh and everything being closed on Sunday really confused me. It was so hard to do anything but sightsee on sundays. LOL
Haha, it’s funny to look back at my culture shocks since I’ve gotten used to them. Now I have reverse culture shocks when I go back to the US 🤣
@@SamFournier lol
Sam, leaving everything you know to be with your husband is so romantic! So sad what he was put through in the U.S. with the visa situation. Sorry you guys had to go through that ordeal, I'm sure it has helped to make you closer. That's what trials usually do for us when we trust God with our future. My husband and I are close to 70 years old and we are planning to live in Aix en Provence or perhaps Toulon. Not sure yet because we have not visited yet. We need to find an expat community that is accepting of people in our cohort. Also, although we appreciate the history and the art of the cathedrals there, we are not Catholic. We are Baptist. Any ideas that might help us find our niche there? Thanks in advance! All the best to you and your husband for a happy future.
Thank you Margo! I love my life here in France and feel so blessed that I ended up in Aix-en-Provence. The whole move has definitely strengthened our relationship. There is a big expat community here in Aix, you may want to check out the Facebook group English speakers in Aix-En-Provence😊
Bonjour tout le monde….(this is one of the French phrases my son has taught me 🥰🥰) ….Hi Sam….loved the Q&A and thank you for answering my question….side note: you and I have the exact color iPhone 🙂… I hope in time you are able to think of Kingston and not cry…have a great week friend!
Hi Sheila! Thanks for your questions🙂 I love this iPhone, can’t wait to see what they come out with next. One day the tears won’t flow as much.
About the vegan question...
I'm not vegan but I do eat a lot of plant based foods and we (wife and I) do go to vegan restaurants when we can.
Due to France's strong food traditions the take up of being vegan is still very low here. However, more French people do seem to eat vegan food now.
As a rule of thumb, you'll find more vegan restaurants and options in big cities or popular tourists places and very little to nothing in rural towns and villages. You might get lucky at the grocery store...
Paris is the best place to be a vegan if you like to go out to eat. Quite a large selection of places now for all budgets.
The app Sam suggested is a good go to but it's not always up to date with the latest places.
Totally agree. I can’t wait to go back to Paris to eat at the delicious restaurants 😋
Rest Easy Pop Pop 🙏🏼🥺
Miss him every day
Happy July 4th!
Merci Beaucoup😊
Drinking a cup of ginger tea in Kingston Jamaica and watching. Your videos are so relaxing... ❤ kingston
This is so amazing, all the way from Jamaica😍 I love ginger tea!
@@SamFournier Yessss! Your journey has been such an inspiration. To more relaxing content and ginger tea☕😊
@@Sami-davis You’re so kind! I’m so glad you are enjoying the content 🥰
You guys are so positive and this will help you go forward! I know you follow Positano Diaries maybe you would like Chateau diaries Stephanie, Kylie Flavell is very inspiring like you guys! Keep doing what you do it will be fruitfull.
Thank you so much, we try to be but it’s definitely a work in progress. I absolutely love Nicki’s work and I would have to say Kylie is my biggest inspiration on this platform, her work is beautiful and poetic, it’s like she transport’s me to a complete dream. I’ll have to check out chateau diaries as I’m not familiar with her. Thanks for sharing, I love watching fellow creators on this platform❤️ I also thank you for all your lovely comments and your support on my channel, I really appreciate you. Hope you have a blessed week.
Good job Sam!
Are there any direct flights from US to Marseille or any towns in Provence or we still have to fly into Paris or Barcelona….if possible can you take up this question later. I checked and didn’t see any.
Unfortunately you would have to fly into Paris😿 Thanks for watching.
Once everything re opens the closest you'll get is getting to Lyon then take the train to whatever city in the South East you wanna go to.
For South West Pau is slowly getting to International travel level with its airport too but for now it's still very much a local airport.
@@sig4311 it’s so strange; Germany allows three direct flights from US. Berlin, Frankfurt & Munich. Only Paris in France.
@@dipankarchatterjee9416 It's not us who decides what destinations are picked up by the airline companies, all we do is tthe same other countries do everywhere.
Which is to make the distinction between been able to receive internatonal visitors or not in their facilites.
So we DO have other international airports but U.S airlines companies don't seem to want to land your ass anywhere but in Paris ...
Regarding weird French habits and not knowing which cheek to kiss first when greeting someone... I think in southeastern and eastern France, you kiss the left cheek first. Everywhere else, you kiss the right. 😉
Ahhhh, Merci!
@@SamFournier | To be fair, I could be wrong! You should check with Paul's family in case I'm accidentally spreading misinformation. 😛
@@vdayucla 😂😂😂 Thanks for the heads up!
Mallorca and Lisbon were my favorite places!
We definitely need to make our way to Spain 😍
Cool video Sam
1) Of course Paul missed the food when he was in the U.S but hey you guys were in Cali , not exactly the worst place for food variety to make up for the lack of legit French food :P
2)Hey you know one of the things I would do to also immerse yourself in French even more would be to look at the tv channel Gulli with subtitles on :) Yes sure most of those shows are kids shows and a lot of them are french made but that's the thing it's kids levels of French , so with the subtitles on it would help you take notes to learn some vocabulary.
And then some other days look at the same show but with subtitles off, don't try to understand what your watching just take it all in , hell do some cooking while the shows are on giong and just listen to the story from afar.
You may think I'm weird about this but for real that's what helped me with Japanese give yourself windows of immerision where you're NOT TRYING to understand you just let the language enter your ears and let your brain do whatever with it. You'd be amazed how quickly it unlocks everything in your head to have moments you're just not even trying to understand you just let it flow into you. It makes the moments where you do try becuase you scheduled them to be moments you try matters more to your brain , so basically your head is more cooperative .
I know it sounds weird and counter intuitive as fuck but trust me I'm not the only one for whom it worked .
Hell let me give you a video of that couple of two ladies (A canadian gal , and an American gal) that video is tips about how to get the French language to sink in and like I said the only thing I disagree with is that SOMETIMES do NOT TRY to understand just let the french sounds flow into you :
ua-cam.com/video/YrgfANjHIzU/v-deo.html
Also maybe give Emma and Hannah a follow they're vids are super sweet to watch.
Thank you so much for the recommendations on helping me learn French. I’ll check out those videos. So cool that you know Japanese!
You should do best spots a full day of eating style.
I would love to do that😋😋😋
Sam and Paul, thanks for being so open and transparent about your lives and move to France. A very insightful and informative video !
Thanks Pops! Miss you❤️
I look forward to Sundays when you post your videos. I am so sorry about your beloved Kingston. You made me cry too.
Please keep posting You Tube videos. I also enjoy your Instagram posts. You looked so beautiful in the lavender fields.
Wow, thank you so much Sherry! He is missed daily, today would’ve been his 12th Birthday💜 We’ll be uploading the lavender field video next week😊
Absolutely love Damon's channel. Bought his French course as well. It's great !
Moi aussi! I have to be more consistent with his course, but I do enjoy it as well.
It's great to see you're finding your way. I can't wait to see what you guys do in the future. I hope to be able to visit in 2022
We can’t wait for you to visit, we hope you’re doing well ❤️
so fun getting to know you more lovely! excited to see where life takes you xx
Thank you so much Aliza💕
@@SamFournier 🥰