Very interesting video, I was hoping you would ask one of the supermarket staff where the frogs legs were, those kind of jobs can be very monotonous, they would probably appreciate an odd Scotsman asking a few questions!
Row 13: I once booked it on purpose, Finnair flight 666 to HEL on Friday 13, in 13F (the 6th seat in row 13), and just to really thumb my nose at Fate, I bought a Lego airport fire engine in CPH departures and built it on board. Still alive.
Hey Scott, next time you are in Germany try and find a Kaufland supermarket, you'll be able to get sausages made from horse meat there. In Hamburg on the Landungsbruecken is a stall selling all sorts of sausages including horse meat. Something I noticed which i can not understand. At the moment there were 1,162 views of this video but only 173 thumbs up, Either people didn't like it, couldn't be arsed to give a thumbs up or don't know how to give a thumbs up. Folks, please support Scott by giving him a thumbs up he deserves them despite him eating McDonalds.
Thank you for what is for me, a nostalgic video. I remember flying into Beauvais in 1960 and 1961 on my first trips abroad to Paris when I was 16, (I believe it was DanAir). I liked the town then, and am grateful for your comments about it. Now, to quote the usual cliché, we have watched each and every one of you video's, and thoroughly enjoy the content, and humour and always look forward to the next. Oh, and I managed to source a T shirt with "What can possibly go wrong". From one old fogie to another - my very best wishes. Bernard
I remember visiting the cathedral around 5 years ago and there was a chubby cat that kept lying on his back wanting belly rubs, worth going there for the cat really 😀
I've always found Hotel F1s to be quite affordable compared to other hotel brands out there! You just gotta go in with no high expectations of what your experience will be like, and prepare to be social when going to the shared toilets!
I like Accord hotels generally, but I would draw the line at F1. From what I've seen on the publicité they're just broom cupboards with a bed. I gravitate towards Ibis / Mercure hotels, which are very good generally, but nuthin fancy. I've stayed at Novotel once, outside Stevenage, which was OK but not great. The breakfast lounge area got very packed in the morning because it seemed to be a hang out for local business types, many of whom were non resident. Sofitel is way outside my affordability zone.
I stayed at Hotel Les Alpes at Beauvais in 1981 after driving from the UK and taking the Hovercraft crossing to Boulogne. It was the first stopover on a tour of northern France including the Loire Valley and Paris. I believe that hotel is long gone but if anyone knows it would be good to hear.
I remember staying in an F1 in The Cross in Sydney back in the 90s. The bed frames were steel pipe and the meagre furniture and hand basin were all metal and cemented into the walls. Even the TV was chained to the wall. Closest i've ever been to spending a night in jail. But hey, it was cheap and did the job.
The first baguette you picked up is called a PAIN or bread, the smallest is called a FICELLE as it is a string shape, the medium one is called a BAGUETTE but it is not ring shaped! Did you know the French like to tear this bread, they dont generally cut it with a knife, they then empty the soft bit out called LA MIE and eat the crust only. They have a special name for the ends (that some consider the best bits) and that is the QUIGNON. This seldom makes it home as you eat it on the way. The bread is stale within hours as it is made without preservatives. Dont get that word muddled up in France either.
I love it here in the USA when I get fresh hot baked bagulett bread. Yes, I tear the end off and eat it sometimes before I leave the store/bakery. Pure heaven in your mouth.
We were in France for a week and I eat several baguettes...and after a few days my mouth was full of painful stinging mouth ulcers..the inside of French mouths must be like leather.
Love the supermarket bit. Amazing that they have an actual champagne section. Like everywhere is supposedly a luxury product but here its stacked like any sort of wine. My local one in The Netherlands probably only has two or three different kinds, all expensive, like at least 25 euro per bottle so only ment as gifts or special occasions. Oh and I did find snails once in a French supermarket, in the frozen foods section with the garlic butter, which is a must of course, already added so ready to put in the oven straight from the bag. Pretty good with a piece of baguette to mop up the leftover butter and some red wine of course.
Grew up in Idaho - we had a cabin in the Sun Valley, Idaho area. There was a "fancy" store that had canned snails, even had the shells in a plastic lid on the top - we would always go and gross ourselves out looking at the snails, tripe, beef tongue, beef heart and caviar. Of those "delicacies, I have only tried snails on a cruise ship and I thought they tasted like garlic and butter and they had the consistency of a pencil eraser.
Beauvais is a nice little town and it’s great to see it again. I’m from Cheshire and worked there for about 3 years after uni, so about 25 years ago. Stayed in that hotel but I think it was called Formule 1 back then. Funny to hear the 10 second water rule still applies in the shower and it still has the same 80s style too! The Courtepaille across the road from the hotel (the round building with the chimney) is a pretty good chain restaurant in France btw. Just looked and it’s still there. Great video as always!
Yes Scott, whenever I am forced into using Beauvais Airport, I always try to choose a flight which can leave me with time to relax in the town itself. I also avoid the Shuttle / Navette from / to Porte Maillot in Paris. I found myself in such a situation in January of this year. I had to return to Edinburgh using Beauvais Airport. I have for many years used the train service from Gare du Nord and this time on booking my single fare a few days ahead, I discovered that there was a promotion and the fare was 5€. I arrived in Beauvais in time for lunch. So much more civilised than the Shuttle / Navette. After a leisurely lunch on Place Jeanne Hachette, I wandered about the town. I too found the La Cathédrale Saint-Pierre closed and had to return a little later. You missed the amazing astronomical clock inside - a truly wondrous creation. After a wee drink in a friendly little bar, it was time for the Coralis Ligne 6 bus for the airport. The bus leaves from beside the Mairie, or town hall, and it was 1€ single to the airport. That was the end of my relaxing journey home I am afraid. Beauvais Airport (I need to watch what I am saying) is an absolutely terrible airport !!! As someone who has tried the alternative to the Shuttle / Navette for many years, I would thoroughly recommend (if the flight schedule allows) to take time and visit Beauvais.
Great cathedral and central square. I stayed at the The Originals City, City Hôtel, which is only 20 minutes walk from the airport. There is now an Ibis Budget near the airport, but not a lot to do in the vicinity. Glad you enjoyed Beauvais. It is an undiscovered gem
We flew into Beauvais in 20014. Airport Enquiries staff were very unhelpful when we asked about onward travel to Paris. However we eventually found a taxi rank and asked to be taken to the train station. Taxi driver advised us to take the bus and directed us to the bus stop. The views from the bus showed a very pretty town and it also has a univertsity/college. Plenty of green spaces too.
Loved seeing the medieval half-timbered buildings. Good to see that there are things that weren't destroyed during the war. Great video, Scott. Also, loved the out take! Andy.
Gatwick to Beauvais before the relaxtion of flight rules / low cost it used to be the cheapest flight option to France on Dan air often less than £50 with onward teavel by coach...to Paris...
That took me back to the 1970s. We used to go to Paris via Skyways Coach Air (name?). Coach from Victoria London to Lympne Airport former RAF. Then channel hop in a Avro 748, take off on the not so smooth grass runway with the wings flapping. The back up aircraft was a DC3. Then by coach from Beauvais to a street in Paris. The game was to find the street to come back . Beauvais is also know for a Airship crash.
I like your videos Scott. I find them calm and relaxing. Thank you! I flew LGW-BVA-LGW on British Airtours B737-236B G-BGJJ on a Student Travel ticket in 1987. Bus laid on to Paris.
I like it when you and your fellow traveler Steve Marsh go to non-tourist towns cities with interesting features, parks, history. Most of us will never see them and in my own travels sometimes luck out with similar interesting places. In my travels around the USA, Europe, Australia and NZ, I have often gone into grocery stores, supermarkets, farmers and food markets to see the differences and similarity to ours in the USA as well as compare prices of common goods like milk, meat, etc.. I do try to use local place for meals, but sometimes McD's or other chains are necessary to use where limited choices.
You really must head to Carrefour’s boulangerie section and check out fougasse. That with a bit of brie, smoked sausage and washed down with a glass of local red wine….. excellent.
Hey Scott, back in the 50's growing up in Bondi, Choko's had another name. Dunny Apples, They were growing rampant over the old back yard toilet roofs and yard fences . Still enjoy them today
Next time, as your challenage, Beauvais is on the Avenue Verte, the London to Paris cyle route via the Newhaven - Dieppe ferry. Should take you four or five cycling days from London!
You have done Beauvais and Charleoi. Treviso is apparently a pleasant medieval city - Hahn, Torp? The Formule chain are great value and always spotless
Frogs legs and snails are normally in the frozen section. Sometimes there are tinned snails with the shells in the plastic lid, these are found close to the tinned cassoulet, lentils and sausages, confit du canard etc.
😂😂 The out take, what could go wrong! Back in my green younger days I flew to France to visit the Somme area. D'oh it was Beauvais airport. 🫣 Glad you shown me what I missed. I'll have to go back 😊👍
For a budget airport, Beauvais sure has a lot of beautiful medieval buildings 😉. On a more serious note, I have never understood the point of flying to that airport, unless you live there. It feels quicker to walk to Paris. I know the flights are cheap, but there are still plenty of cheap flights to CDG and Orly, cheap coaches (assuming they show up), cheap ferries to Dieppe and Le Havre, and OK-ish Eurostar fares (if you book within 3 secs of them going on sale obvs). Great idea and great watch, cheers!
Thank you for showing us this pretty town! Such towns are usually being ignored, even though some of them are really beautiful (e.g. Erding next to the Munich airport). But with all that said, I must admit that I'm guilty of ignoring such towns myself. Before Brexit, I used to drive to the UK a lot and always took the ferry from Hoek van Holland to Harwich. I used to know Harwich port (and the nearby Morrison's) quite well, but I have never been to Harwich. That's quite embarrassing, really!
Great to hear that there's more to Beauvais than just being a Ryanair destination. Am putting it on my list. Never flew to Paris via Beauvais as it's so far from Paris itself. Will be interesting to check out the sights!!! Thanks for this video. 😊
@@andrewcoogans471 Maybe it's a ploy to keep folk watching his videos to see if he goes to a chatoo or quotes Boo Brummel. My sister lived in mauvais Beauvais for 8 years and she found it hilarious.
Scott, a 1* hotel is above and beyond the call of duty but I understand why you did it given the differential to another chain. We had a similar situation with Travelodge in Chester recently, we use them as we have a four-legged friend with us, Monday and Tuesday £40 per night, Wednesday £110!
Another great stream Scott, thoroughly enjoyed it , like I enjoy all the streams you make, interesting little place Beauvais, I would definately go there, worth a visit for sure 👍
F1…and here we thought you’d be sleeping in a race car bed. Beautiful town and, call us nerdy, we find seeing other countries’ grocery shops interesting. Great video as always.
Years ago there used to be a shuttle bus that linked Beauvais Airport with Porte Maillot in Paris (near La Défense). There you could link up with the RER A straight through to Euro Disney. It was very popular with American visitors, so much so I was asked by an American site based in France, to do the trip and take some photos for their website. Nice supermarket visit, after 27 years here a lot of the products there are very familiar. La rouille is a sort of tangy garlic mayonnaise (rouille in English is "rust" due to the reddy colour), which is spread on toasts and floated on top of fish soup. You can then sprinke grated cheese on top. I love fish soup, my late French MIL made an excellent one. Really enjoying the videos. Am on holiday in SW France. Last week I wasn't feeling too good, so it was nice to visit the various places in Europe via your channel. In particular Madrid, Costa del Sol and Gibraltar. Went to those in 1990 & 1991, you actually walked past my hotel in the Madrid video!
@@alandargie9358 That's good to hear. When I went up there to take some photos for an American webmaster around 20 years ago, it appeared very popular. I've not been that way since.
That was a Ryanair UK aircraft (note the G- registration). I don't know where the "Skyview" comes from but it does seem to be a marketing name that comes up on some websites. The company's radio callsign is "Bluemax" and it was set up to enable certain Ryanair routes from and within the UK to continue post-Brexit.
I have been to Beauvais a couple of times but never been to the airport. The first time by the local train from Paris and left by bus to Amiens (very depressing place) the other time by bicycle.
This is brilliant I am flying to Beavais ( sorry for spelling) in 2 weeks on way to Romania via Belgium ( you read my mind). Thank you for everything you do.
Nice vlog Scott, thanks for showcasing Beauvais! Would like to go myself, but ironically Ryanair does not currently fly from London STN to Paris BVA... which is ironic as they're two of the biggest Ryanair bases in Europe! Your budget hotel looks a lot nicer than the Ibis Budget I stayed at just off Paris CDG, that place was dreadful!
Scott. Great video for what is basically an ordinary non-descript town! Looking for the striped shirt onion seller. I’m from South Wales at the foot of the Rhondda Valley. I can remember the occasional Breton onion seller on his bike. We always knew them as Siony Onion men, Sion is the closest translation from Welsh for John, there’s no J in the Welsh alphabet.
OK dearheart I'm probably close to your age and I remember the horse fleshers on Pollowshaws Road well into the late 70's and I do mean the 1970's not the 1870's. The meat is lovely, esp air dried or made into salami. Loving this wander. Thankyou.
Merci Scott, love your stuff. I live in the South Paris suburbs and it's quicker for me to get to London by Eurostar than to Beauvais airport. It’s great for youngsters who have time on their hands. I’ve never flown Ryanair because it’s so far from me, why would I when Transavia and Vuelling fly from Orly 10 mins away from me. I know Beauvais from before the motorway from Calais to Paris was built, it was on the route then 😂
Our annual ESC Conference rotates and was in Paris. Happy go lucky from Amsterdam, but not for our Collegues from Romania. They thought their roundtrip ticket Beauvais was in Paris. The poor Cardiologists had to travel another 3 hours to the porte Versailles Convention Centre. During our Conference we teased them with their prospective return trip. I've never been to Beauvais, but this little Ryanair town will be in my memory
Beauvais is worth it. Hard to imagine now but backpacking around years ago we were in Paris and there was a gap when our cheap rental ended. We stayed in this same Formula One (as it was then) for an entire week before our flight back to America. The highlight besides the interesting town, was that my husband was able to watch the Super Bowl on tv in the middle of the night.
Looks quite a bit like the south of belgium, unsurprisingly. But the half timbered houses are amazing! I think you probably would have found horse meat in the sliced meat section
Hah that's funny. Just a while ago I was looking at flights to BVA and somehow got into reading about the town itself and made a decision to stay there at some point. Glad someone else came to the same conclusion! Very interesting.
What a fascinating place Scott. My research found a football team in the fourth level of French football, AS Beauvais Oise. I wonder if you spotted the stadium (10K capacity) on your visit?
I believe there used to be an F1 hotel in Stockton on Tees in the UK a few years back. Not sure if it still exists or not or whether the F1 brand had any other properties in the UK in times gone by.
As far as Beauvais' reputation goes I'd say it's the airport first, second, and third, and then the somewhat rank odor that periodically emanates from the Spontex sponge factory on the west end of town in a distant fourth place. But I suppose the Beauvasiens don't mind; I'd bet that to them it smells like money! Anyway, I had no idea that there was a rather charming little town behind it! Might have to take a visit and see for myself. Great video, thanks!
Formule1 hotels seem to have improved a little since I last stayed in one. Premiere Classe are much better - you don't have to queue up to have a shower and they ususally have a tie up with a nearby restaurant so you can get a discounted dinner.
I stayed in a Premiere Classe "hotel" last year, would describe it more as a motel though. The room was smaller with 3 beds although it did have a toilet and shower. There was a fridge and microwave so you could prepare fast food as it was out in an industrial area with few resturants around. The major problem was that there was no air conditioning and the temperature was high with the only cooling being leaving the small window and door open, not feasible over night. Definitely the bottom of the classe , seemed to be more for the white van man, most leaving very early in the morning.
We used to have a F1 Motel in our town and it was that cheap ladies of the night used it as a base. It closed quite a few years ago. I won’t name our town for obvious reasons.
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Top notch mate, fantastic! And as surprising as Beauvais is, it's your outtake that wins 'moment of the video' :D
I wasn't sure if Surfshark would approve, but they were fine about it.
It was brilliant. Steve, you should do some out takes as well ❤❤❤
Why don’t the two of you do a pub crawl round Beauvais. Ala Dundee 😉 Asking for a friend 😂
Very interesting video, I was hoping you would ask one of the supermarket staff where the frogs legs were, those kind of jobs can be very monotonous, they would probably appreciate an odd Scotsman asking a few questions!
The Carrefour in Calais at the shopping centre is so big that the staff go about on roller skates.
'It pulls a plough, then you eat it' - classic Scott humour.
Row 13: I once booked it on purpose, Finnair flight 666 to HEL on Friday 13, in 13F (the 6th seat in row 13), and just to really thumb my nose at Fate, I bought a Lego airport fire engine in CPH departures and built it on board. Still alive.
I have been a couple of times in Beauvais, it is indeed an amazing city, ❤it!
Hey Scott, next time you are in Germany try and find a Kaufland supermarket, you'll be able to get sausages made from horse meat there.
In Hamburg on the Landungsbruecken is a stall selling all sorts of sausages including horse meat.
Something I noticed which i can not understand. At the moment there were 1,162 views of this video but only 173 thumbs up, Either people didn't like it, couldn't be arsed to give a thumbs up or don't know how to give a thumbs up. Folks, please support Scott by giving him a thumbs up he deserves them despite him eating McDonalds.
Boh vais - not boo vais. Merci beaucoup.
Part of the charm!!
Thank you for what is for me, a nostalgic video. I remember flying into Beauvais in 1960 and 1961 on my first trips abroad to Paris when I was 16, (I believe it was DanAir). I liked the town then, and am grateful for your comments about it. Now, to quote the usual cliché, we have watched each and every one of you video's, and thoroughly enjoy the content, and humour and always look forward to the next. Oh, and I managed to source a T shirt with "What can possibly go wrong". From one old fogie to another - my very best wishes. Bernard
I remember visiting the cathedral around 5 years ago and there was a chubby cat that kept lying on his back wanting belly rubs, worth going there for the cat really 😀
Horse meat is usually sold in a specialist shop called Boucherie Chevaline.
My friend lived across from one in Paris.
I've always found Hotel F1s to be quite affordable compared to other hotel brands out there! You just gotta go in with no high expectations of what your experience will be like, and prepare to be social when going to the shared toilets!
I like Accord hotels generally, but I would draw the line at F1. From what I've seen on the publicité they're just broom cupboards with a bed.
I gravitate towards Ibis / Mercure hotels, which are very good generally, but nuthin fancy. I've stayed at Novotel once, outside Stevenage, which was OK but not great. The breakfast lounge area got very packed in the morning because it seemed to be a hang out for local business types, many of whom were non resident. Sofitel is way outside my affordability zone.
Best part of travel is going somewhere, not knowing what to expect , and being surprised. Always travel with an open mind Thanks for your work
I stayed at Hotel Les Alpes at Beauvais in 1981 after driving from the UK and taking the Hovercraft crossing to Boulogne. It was the first stopover on a tour of northern France including the Loire Valley and Paris. I believe that hotel is long gone but if anyone knows it would be good to hear.
Beauvais is a nice town, massive supermarket too. Great video, and luv the outtake too ! :)
Well. Its time to explore the delights and sounds of Luton next then!!!
I remember staying in an F1 in The Cross in Sydney back in the 90s. The bed frames were steel pipe and the meagre furniture and hand basin were all metal and cemented into the walls. Even the TV was chained to the wall. Closest i've ever been to spending a night in jail. But hey, it was cheap and did the job.
The first baguette you picked up is called a PAIN or bread, the smallest is called a FICELLE as it is a string shape, the medium one is called a BAGUETTE but it is not ring shaped! Did you know the French like to tear this bread, they dont generally cut it with a knife, they then empty the soft bit out called LA MIE and eat the crust only. They have a special name for the ends (that some consider the best bits) and that is the QUIGNON. This seldom makes it home as you eat it on the way. The bread is stale within hours as it is made without preservatives. Dont get that word muddled up in France either.
I love it here in the USA when I get fresh hot baked bagulett bread. Yes, I tear the end off and eat it sometimes before I leave the store/bakery. Pure heaven in your mouth.
We were in France for a week and I eat several baguettes...and after a few days my mouth was full of painful stinging mouth ulcers..the inside of French mouths must be like leather.
15:24 thought 💭 you said ☘️ leprechaun 🍀 colony 😂
haha same XD
Love the supermarket bit. Amazing that they have an actual champagne section. Like everywhere is supposedly a luxury product but here its stacked like any sort of wine. My local one in The Netherlands probably only has two or three different kinds, all expensive, like at least 25 euro per bottle so only ment as gifts or special occasions. Oh and I did find snails once in a French supermarket, in the frozen foods section with the garlic butter, which is a must of course, already added so ready to put in the oven straight from the bag. Pretty good with a piece of baguette to mop up the leftover butter and some red wine of course.
Grew up in Idaho - we had a cabin in the Sun Valley, Idaho area. There was a "fancy" store that had canned snails, even had the shells in a plastic lid on the top - we would always go and gross ourselves out looking at the snails, tripe, beef tongue, beef heart and caviar. Of those "delicacies, I have only tried snails on a cruise ship and I thought they tasted like garlic and butter and they had the consistency of a pencil eraser.
Beauvais is a nice little town and it’s great to see it again. I’m from Cheshire and worked there for about 3 years after uni, so about 25 years ago. Stayed in that hotel but I think it was called Formule 1 back then. Funny to hear the 10 second water rule still applies in the shower and it still has the same 80s style too! The Courtepaille across the road from the hotel (the round building with the chimney) is a pretty good chain restaurant in France btw. Just looked and it’s still there. Great video as always!
F1 Hotels brings back memories of old trips to France as a kid with the family
Yes, we're glad we subscribed to this channel... It really seems like travelling with a friend. Except for your food choices!
Yes Scott, whenever I am forced into using Beauvais Airport, I always try to choose a flight which can leave me with time to relax in the town itself. I also avoid the Shuttle / Navette from / to Porte Maillot in Paris. I found myself in such a situation in January of this year. I had to return to Edinburgh using Beauvais Airport. I have for many years used the train service from Gare du Nord and this time on booking my single fare a few days ahead, I discovered that there was a promotion and the fare was 5€. I arrived in Beauvais in time for lunch. So much more civilised than the Shuttle / Navette. After a leisurely lunch on Place Jeanne Hachette, I wandered about the town. I too found the La Cathédrale Saint-Pierre closed and had to return a little later. You missed the amazing astronomical clock inside - a truly wondrous creation. After a wee drink in a friendly little bar, it was time for the Coralis Ligne 6 bus for the airport. The bus leaves from beside the Mairie, or town hall, and it was 1€ single to the airport. That was the end of my relaxing journey home I am afraid. Beauvais Airport (I need to watch what I am saying) is an absolutely terrible airport !!! As someone who has tried the alternative to the Shuttle / Navette for many years, I would thoroughly recommend (if the flight schedule allows) to take time and visit Beauvais.
There was an F1 at grangemouth,stayed in them when on tour in South Africa,clean safe good value,
Great cathedral and central square. I stayed at the The Originals City, City Hôtel, which is only 20 minutes walk from the airport. There is now an Ibis Budget near the airport, but not a lot to do in the vicinity. Glad you enjoyed Beauvais. It is an undiscovered gem
We flew into Beauvais in 20014. Airport Enquiries staff were very unhelpful when we asked about onward travel to Paris. However we eventually found a taxi rank and asked to be taken to the train station. Taxi driver advised us to take the bus and directed us to the bus stop. The views from the bus showed a very pretty town and it also has a univertsity/college. Plenty of green spaces too.
Enjoyed your travels 😀 very Original and informative 👍 thank you
Loved seeing the medieval half-timbered buildings. Good to see that there are things that weren't destroyed during the war. Great video, Scott. Also, loved the out take! Andy.
Gatwick to Beauvais before the relaxtion of flight rules / low cost it used to be the cheapest flight option to France on Dan air often less than £50 with onward teavel by coach...to Paris...
That took me back to the 1970s. We used to go to Paris via Skyways Coach Air (name?). Coach from Victoria London to Lympne Airport former RAF. Then channel hop in a Avro 748, take off on the not so smooth grass runway with the wings flapping. The back up aircraft was a DC3. Then by coach from Beauvais to a street in Paris. The game was to find the street to come back . Beauvais is also know for a Airship crash.
I like your videos Scott. I find them calm and relaxing. Thank you!
I flew LGW-BVA-LGW on British Airtours B737-236B G-BGJJ on a Student Travel ticket in 1987. Bus laid on to Paris.
I like it when you and your fellow traveler Steve Marsh go to non-tourist towns cities with interesting features, parks, history. Most of us will never see them and in my own travels sometimes luck out with similar interesting places. In my travels around the USA, Europe, Australia and NZ, I have often gone into grocery stores, supermarkets, farmers and food markets to see the differences and similarity to ours in the USA as well as compare prices of common goods like milk, meat, etc.. I do try to use local place for meals, but sometimes McD's or other chains are necessary to use where limited choices.
Keeping you up to date with Albanian current affairs 😂😂👏
I noticed in the French supermarket, non of their fruit and vegetables were wrapped up in plastic wrapping like they are here in the UK..
They are well ahead of the UK in dispensing with the use of unnecessary packaging on their foodstuff.
@@carolgraham4537And the shelves are full unlike Waitrose and other British supermarkets.
Stayed in f1 hotel many times over the years , loved the self cleaning toilets !
You really must head to Carrefour’s boulangerie section and check out fougasse. That with a bit of brie, smoked sausage and washed down with a glass of local red wine….. excellent.
My daughter and I were able to bring jars/tins of paté home to Edinburgh from both Paris and Lourdes. Worth a try. 😊👍
Hey Scott, back in the 50's growing up in Bondi, Choko's had another name.
Dunny Apples, They were growing rampant over the old back yard toilet roofs and yard fences .
Still enjoy them today
Next time, as your challenage, Beauvais is on the Avenue Verte, the London to Paris cyle route via the Newhaven - Dieppe ferry. Should take you four or five cycling days from London!
You have done Beauvais and Charleoi. Treviso is apparently a pleasant medieval city - Hahn, Torp? The Formule chain are great value and always spotless
would love to see more of these there are some cities which are real gems and ryanair airports (Bergamo, Eindhoven, Brno)
What a lovely surprise! I always enjoy your videos, thanks for bringing us along.
26:20 no snails, no frog legs or horse meat, but Scott found a very French delicacy, Tête de veau
Frogs legs and snails are normally in the frozen section. Sometimes there are tinned snails with the shells in the plastic lid, these are found close to the tinned cassoulet, lentils and sausages, confit du canard etc.
I loved the outtake. Another great, informative video. Thank you, Scott.
French supermarkets knock spots off GB ones!
And German supermarkets!
Another great video Scott loved the cathedral not forgetting your quirky self😃
Now you've put Beauvais on the tourist map, expect o'leary to put his prices up
Very interesting town and worth a visit. Like many small towns in France they have managed to maintain their character and charm.
😂😂 The out take, what could go wrong! Back in my green younger days I flew to France to visit the Somme area. D'oh it was Beauvais airport. 🫣 Glad you shown me what I missed. I'll have to go back 😊👍
I remember my dad would pick up escargots from the frozen section, not jars ☺️ The shells were pre-filled with garlic butter.
For a budget airport, Beauvais sure has a lot of beautiful medieval buildings 😉. On a more serious note, I have never understood the point of flying to that airport, unless you live there. It feels quicker to walk to Paris. I know the flights are cheap, but there are still plenty of cheap flights to CDG and Orly, cheap coaches (assuming they show up), cheap ferries to Dieppe and Le Havre, and OK-ish Eurostar fares (if you book within 3 secs of them going on sale obvs). Great idea and great watch, cheers!
Not everyone wants to go to París from Beauvais. It's great if you want to visit Normandy, Picardy and Flanders.
Love watching your videos Scott always informative
Thank you for showing us this pretty town! Such towns are usually being ignored, even though some of them are really beautiful (e.g. Erding next to the Munich airport). But with all that said, I must admit that I'm guilty of ignoring such towns myself. Before Brexit, I used to drive to the UK a lot and always took the ferry from Hoek van Holland to Harwich. I used to know Harwich port (and the nearby Morrison's) quite well, but I have never been to Harwich. That's quite embarrassing, really!
The cathedral (with highest nave in the world) is indeed breathtaking. (stayed in the same F1 but had a room with private bathroom in 2022 )
Good video, thank you for sharing 😊
Great to hear that there's more to Beauvais than just being a Ryanair destination. Am putting it on my list. Never flew to Paris via Beauvais as it's so far from Paris itself. Will be interesting to check out the sights!!! Thanks for this video. 😊
Rouille is spread on slices of toasted baguette, grated cheese on top and melted. Then float them in a French Onion soup. Yum!
Two chickens... then "aren't you glad you subscribe to this channel". Classic, and yes that's one of the reasons I subscribe🙂
Thank you again.really enjoy your films any chance you doing one the south west Scotland .such as scotlands book town (Wigtown)
It's Boe-vay and the F stands for Formula. Also kwees de grawnwee for frog's thighs and Pizza Crolla in Glasgow used to do horse pizzas.
The mispronounced "Boe-vay" irritated me much more than it should have everytime Scott said it!
@@andrewcoogans471 Maybe it's a ploy to keep folk watching his videos to see if he goes to a chatoo or quotes Boo Brummel. My sister lived in mauvais Beauvais for 8 years and she found it hilarious.
Thanks for the great vid, I fly to and from Beauvais at least once a year, next trip I'm going to spend some tine in the town.
Thank you for the video. This will probably be a destination for a weekend this year.
Scott, a 1* hotel is above and beyond the call of duty but I understand why you did it given the differential to another chain. We had a similar situation with Travelodge in Chester recently, we use them as we have a four-legged friend with us, Monday and Tuesday £40 per night, Wednesday £110!
Another great stream Scott, thoroughly enjoyed it , like I enjoy all the streams you make, interesting little place Beauvais, I would definately go there, worth a visit for sure 👍
F1…and here we thought you’d be sleeping in a race car bed. Beautiful town and, call us nerdy, we find seeing other countries’ grocery shops interesting. Great video as always.
Great tip for a visit. Thanks.
Great review, what a smashing town to visit.
Indeed glad I subscribed ;-) Everytime I enjoy your videos immensely Scott, thanks for that!
Years ago there used to be a shuttle bus that linked Beauvais Airport with Porte Maillot in Paris (near La Défense). There you could link up with the RER A straight through to Euro Disney. It was very popular with American visitors, so much so I was asked by an American site based in France, to do the trip and take some photos for their website.
Nice supermarket visit, after 27 years here a lot of the products there are very familiar. La rouille is a sort of tangy garlic mayonnaise (rouille in English is "rust" due to the reddy colour), which is spread on toasts and floated on top of fish soup. You can then sprinke grated cheese on top. I love fish soup, my late French MIL made an excellent one.
Really enjoying the videos. Am on holiday in SW France. Last week I wasn't feeling too good, so it was nice to visit the various places in Europe via your channel. In particular Madrid, Costa del Sol and Gibraltar. Went to those in 1990 & 1991, you actually walked past my hotel in the Madrid video!
I think that Beauvais to Porte Maillot bus still runs. At least it did a couple of years ago, I used to stay often at a hotel near Porte Maillot.
@@alandargie9358 That's good to hear. When I went up there to take some photos for an American webmaster around 20 years ago, it appeared very popular. I've not been that way since.
That was a Ryanair UK aircraft (note the G- registration). I don't know where the "Skyview" comes from but it does seem to be a marketing name that comes up on some websites. The company's radio callsign is "Bluemax" and it was set up to enable certain Ryanair routes from and within the UK to continue post-Brexit.
I have been to Beauvais a couple of times but never been to the airport. The first time by the local train from Paris and left by bus to Amiens (very depressing place) the other time by bicycle.
This is brilliant I am flying to Beavais ( sorry for spelling) in 2 weeks on way to Romania via Belgium ( you read my mind). Thank you for everything you do.
Nice vlog Scott, thanks for showcasing Beauvais! Would like to go myself, but ironically Ryanair does not currently fly from London STN to Paris BVA... which is ironic as they're two of the biggest Ryanair bases in Europe! Your budget hotel looks a lot nicer than the Ibis Budget I stayed at just off Paris CDG, that place was dreadful!
Scott. Great video for what is basically an ordinary non-descript town! Looking for the striped shirt onion seller. I’m from South Wales at the foot of the Rhondda Valley. I can remember the occasional Breton onion seller on his bike. We always knew them as Siony Onion men, Sion is the closest translation from Welsh for John, there’s no J in the Welsh alphabet.
I love the idea of a French person coming over to Luton to do the same.
Another interesting video. I think I'll add Beavais to my list of places to visit
Parc Marcel Dassault - presumably named after the Dassault who founded Dassault aviation company that made planes for the French Air Force?
We've got an enormous Dassault factory/ offices in Bordeaux, not far from Merignac Airport.
Hi Scott it was nice meet you before went here at Edinburgh airport
What alovely town ,Supermarkets are great selling just about anything, good video 😊
I think the idea of not having a Row 13 is that the row would bring bad luck, not what would happen to the passengers sitting in it.
OK dearheart I'm probably close to your age and I remember the horse fleshers on Pollowshaws Road well into the late 70's and I do mean the 1970's not the 1870's. The meat is lovely, esp air dried or made into salami. Loving this wander. Thankyou.
Merci Scott, love your stuff. I live in the South Paris suburbs and it's quicker for me to get to London by Eurostar than to Beauvais airport. It’s great for youngsters who have time on their hands. I’ve never flown Ryanair because it’s so far from me, why would I when Transavia and Vuelling fly from Orly 10 mins away from me. I know Beauvais from before the motorway from Calais to Paris was built, it was on the route then 😂
Try B&B hotels next time. En suite facilities and still budget. My wife and I always use them when travelling in France
Our annual ESC Conference rotates and was in Paris. Happy go lucky from Amsterdam, but not for our Collegues from Romania.
They thought their roundtrip ticket Beauvais was in Paris.
The poor Cardiologists had to travel another 3 hours to the porte Versailles Convention Centre. During our Conference we teased them with their prospective return trip.
I've never been to Beauvais, but this little Ryanair town will be in my memory
Beauvais is worth it. Hard to imagine now but backpacking around years ago we were in Paris and there was a gap when our cheap rental ended. We stayed in this same Formula One (as it was then) for an entire week before our flight back to America. The highlight besides the interesting town, was that my husband was able to watch the Super Bowl on tv in the middle of the night.
I found Treviso to be a surprisingly nice place; I only went there because Ryanair called it Venice, but I'm glad I did.
Looks quite a bit like the south of belgium, unsurprisingly. But the half timbered houses are amazing! I think you probably would have found horse meat in the sliced meat section
great video Scott. I've avoided Beauvais.....but not no more👍
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Old Scottish Beavis goes to Beauvais 😂 looking forward to watching this later, have a nice Sunday!
Hah that's funny. Just a while ago I was looking at flights to BVA and somehow got into reading about the town itself and made a decision to stay there at some point. Glad someone else came to the same conclusion!
Very interesting.
What a fascinating place Scott. My research found a football team in the fourth level of French football, AS Beauvais Oise. I wonder if you spotted the stadium (10K capacity) on your visit?
Great Video Scott
love it when you go in the opposite direction to everyone else
I believe there used to be an F1 hotel in Stockton on Tees in the UK a few years back. Not sure if it still exists or not or whether the F1 brand had any other properties in the UK in times gone by.
As far as Beauvais' reputation goes I'd say it's the airport first, second, and third, and then the somewhat rank odor that periodically emanates from the Spontex sponge factory on the west end of town in a distant fourth place. But I suppose the Beauvasiens don't mind; I'd bet that to them it smells like money!
Anyway, I had no idea that there was a rather charming little town behind it! Might have to take a visit and see for myself. Great video, thanks!
Formule1 hotels seem to have improved a little since I last stayed in one. Premiere Classe are much better - you don't have to queue up to have a shower and they ususally have a tie up with a nearby restaurant so you can get a discounted dinner.
I stayed in a Premiere Classe "hotel" last year, would describe it more as a motel though. The room was smaller with 3 beds although it did have a toilet and shower. There was a fridge and microwave so you could prepare fast food as it was out in an industrial area with few resturants around. The major problem was that there was no air conditioning and the temperature was high with the only cooling being leaving the small window and door open, not feasible over night. Definitely the bottom of the classe , seemed to be more for the white van man, most leaving very early in the morning.
We used to have a few Formule 1 hotels in Australia but I think they have all been rebranded as Ibis Budget.
We used to have a F1 Motel in our town and it was that cheap ladies of the night used it as a base. It closed quite a few years ago. I won’t name our town for obvious reasons.