The gothic cathedrals are so high with lot of windows, they needed flying butresses to support the walls by transfering the weight and lateral forces from the roof to external supports.
Yes exactly, and at 26:51 it's the cathedral of le Mans which is known for this pillars (don't know the english word). They had to build them cause there is some massive and beautiful windows inside, rich of colors and patterns.
your reactions are so cool cause you really get an interest on what you're watching and you are also knowledgable of Europe history, it really makes these types of videos great to watch. you just look like a cool dude, keep going on mate, love your stuff!
10:13 This boat is "l' Hermione" built in Rochefort, it's the replica of the frigate that brought Lafayette to the USA during the American War of Independence .
Now I think you understand why people say that Paris is not France and how it's difficult to explain the diversity of the country. I appreciate your curiosity.
Connor I’m a French teacher and I lead tours all over France all the time and I just want you to come on one of our trips because you would just DIE!! You would learn so much and love all of it! Watching your reactions just makes me want to grab you and take you with us. You’re going to love all of these places. France really is one of the most incredible places in the world.
In France in every town you have an office tourisme.you can find free map of the town and what to visit in this city but also in the same département and région.Every time we visit a town we go first to the office of tourisme to know what to watch .they speak english and informations can be found in english. For the best restaurants ask to city people.
"Fumage" (dans des fumoirs, pour la création massive de la demande et/ou, suspendus dans les cheminées, bien haut, au dessus des fumées de feux de cheminées chez les particuliers) et "salaison" (saumure) pour la viande, les jambons, les poissons ect, sont des processus ancestraux pour concerver les aliments. N'ayant pas de "frigidaire" à l'époque pour la concervation. 😊 À savoir, que ce n'est pas salé à l'excès. Ces méthodes donnent des goûts tout à fait délicieux et parfumés.
I'm from Luxembourg. The man is standing near the entrance of the Louvre, next to the glass pyramid. I remember, when I was a kid, watching on TV how people protested against the project of building a glass pyramid in front of the Louvre. They thought it would look too modern and create too much of a contrast with the museum. By the way, I've watched quite a few of your videos and you seem to be a cool guy. If you come back to Europe and decide to come over here, let me know. I'd love to have a drink or a coffee and talk with you!
18:15 yes during the last glaciation sea levels were lower and there was a stretch of dry land to the British Isles. Some traces of settlements have been found. The dramatic cliffs aren't due to some big tectonic event though, that's just the erosion from the sea eating at the soft chalk stone
Ricard is from the south of France and it's a brand. Pastis is made with water, alcohol, sugar, natural extracts of licorice, anise 2 per thousand, caramelized sugar, a mixture of aromatic plants. Absinthe is an herb-infused alcohol derived from fennel, anise, and the leaves and flowers of a small shrub called wormwood (otherwise known as Artemisia absinthium). Absinthe is rare in France, and by the way, the taste is absolutely wonderful !
Yes Gustave Eiffel is the creator of the Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty internal structure and many others creations like the central post office in Saigon (former name of Hô Chi Minh-Ville) and also the Maria Pia bridge in Porto.
Indeed, there's the Leon region in Spain... Spelled differently. I'm not too far from Lyon, i know this region really well, and it's one of the most beautiful region in France, specially if you go to Annecy and the Alps. Annecy's lake is a beauty, and you can also go to Thonon, on the coast of the Leman lake, right next to Switzerland.
There is indeed a confusion; Ricard is a brand of pastis (the French generic name for alcoholic drinks based on anise, liquorice and other herbs, equivalent to Greek ouzo or Turkish raki) and it is a Marseille brand. Burgundy is known for its anise candies, "anis de Flavigny".
Flying buttresses are one of the most emblematic features of Gothic architecture, especially visible in medieval cathedrals such as Notre-Dame de Paris or Chartres Cathedral. These external structures, often ornate, allow the weight of the walls to be redistributed to buttresses, thus allowing for thinner walls and larger windows. Thanks to flying buttresses, cathedrals could reach impressive heights and accommodate large stained glass windows that flooded interiors with colored light. It's a beautiful fusion of function and form, where engineering and aesthetics meet in a spectacular way.
There are many rules established by each city to preserve their historic city center. In theses areas, the contruction projects will be stricly review, and most of the times you have rules like : forbidden to build anything over 4 stories, for example.
Le collisé à Nimes est une salle de concerts. Je pense que tu peux trouver facilement d'un concert de Metallica qui a été incroyable. Ca donne une idée de l'ambiance qu'il pouvait y avoir y a 2000 ans dans les arènes.
When it came to cathedral sculptures, stonemasons cut the stone blocks to the necessary dimensions and prepared them for sculpture. Sculptors created detailed figures, narrative scenes, and ornamental motifs.Each stone was worked individually before being assembled on site. The sculpted pieces were then transported to the construction site and assembled like a giant puzzle.Sculptors often worked at height, on scaffolding. Once the stones were in place, final details were added, including adjustments and polishing to ensure consistency throughout the whole. Some carvings were even painted and gilded to add color and contrast.
7:35 Ricard is a brand founded by Paul Ricard (the same guy from the famous race track). When Absinthe was ban in France around 1900 Ricard invented the Pastis a less stronger but "similar" anise taste liquor. Pastis is very popular in France particularly in the south and is associate with Marseille (because it was made here originaly and also the famous pastis 51 brand ) but Ricard was not born in Marseille but in Avignon.
24:50 that's because the Nîmes' arena is the world's best preserve Roman colosseum and is still actively used to this day for various shows, concerts, corridas and medieval fairs!
Yes, the amphitheatre of Nîmes was built on the model of the Colosseum of Rome because its construction began in 79 AD at the time when the Colosseum was inaugurated by the Roman emperor Titus and it will be inaugurated in 121 AD by the emperor Adrien who was staying in Nîmes.better preserved than the Roman amphitheatres, especially in that it has retained many of its original stands and floors intact so that you can make a complete tour and visit it as in Roman times.The exceptional preservation of the Roman amphitheatre of Nîmes means that its image was used a few years ago by the city council of Rome for a tourist advertising campaign, because the Colosseum of Rome is much larger initially (50,000 spectators against 24,000 in Nîmes) is dilapidated , which caused a scandal in Italy. The history of the amphitheatre of Nîmes is quite exceptional because after being used as a place of spectacle by the Romans who made there fight gladiators or men against animals,it will be converted into a fortress by the Visigoths who succeeded the Romans in the 5th century AD and will remain so until 1391. In this capacity the amphitheatre of Nîmes reconverted into a castle will support many seats and become a royal castle from 1229 after the annexation of the city of Nîmes to the kingdom of France he thus hosted the kings of France visiting Nîmes as Saint Louis IX before his embarkation for the crusades in Egypt in the neighboring port of Aigues Mortes in 1248 and 1270 where he will find death as well as his successors Philippe IV, Philipe VI and Jean II when they visited the pope who stayed in the 14th century in the nearby city of Avignon to escape the civil war that was raging in the city of Rome.The Château des Arènes, as it was called at the time the Roman amphitheatre of Nîmes, housed the Vicomte de Nimes and his family, as well as his knights called Chevaliers des Arènes who moved in 1391 to a new fortress recently built, so that the amphitheater will be occupied by the population of Nîmes who will install houses there becoming a district of the city from which the inhabitants will be expelled under the reign of Napoleon who returned to the building in 1813 its destination as an ancient spectacle.It is dedicated since that date to the bullfights which take place during the feasts of the Pentecost every year which are with another taurine festival in France that of Bayonne, the biggest popular festivals in France attracting more than a million people to see the best toreros of the moment.The amphitheatre also had a variety of uses, so it hosted the Buffalo Bill show at the beginning of the 20th century political meetings such as that of the socialist leader Jean Jaurès in 1913 or Gaston Doumergue born next to Nîmes became president of the French Republic from 1924 to 1931.During the 2nd world war , the Germans who occupied Nîmes from 1942 to 1944 transformed the amphitheatre into an air shelter and this was miraculously spared during the American bombing of Nîmes on May 27, 1944, American aircraft flying too high to avoid German artillery fire, missing their targets.During the liberation of Nîmes in August 1944 by the French partisans, several collaborators with the Germans, including the prefect of the department, were shot against the walls of the amphitheatre.Since the end of World War II, if the amphitheatre continues to host bullfights, it also hosts theater plays and concerts because many French and international artists want to perform in this prestigious site. But also tennis matches including the Davis Cup , of the operas in particular the most famous French opera Carmen de Bizet where at the end a bull is really fought by a real torero who replaces the singer who plays the role of matador Escamillo whose air of the Toreador opens the parade of the toreros at the beginning of Every bullfight in Nîmes.For about ten years, in early May, in the amphitheatre are reconstructed the gladiator’s fights according to various themes as did the Romans. Nîmes is called the French Rome because of its many perfectly preserved Roman monuments such as the amphitheatre, the temple of the Maison Carrée, the gates and the main tower of its immense enclosure offered by the emperor Augustus , the water tower that distributed in the city the waters coming from the spectacular aqueduct of the Pont du Gard, another preserved Roman monument that crosses the river Gardon, its Roman sanctuary. Nîmes is also the cradle of the Roman imperial family of the Antonines who ruled over the Roman empire in the second century AD, symbolizing the Pax Romana. You can see in Nîmes the statues of the Roman emperors Antonin and Augustus the benefactor of the city . Augustus had indeed offered as a reward to his legionaries who had fought victoriously against Mark Antony and the queen of Egypt Cleopatra. in the region of Nîmes des terres, a tax exemption and the right to be represented and sit in the Senate in Rome for the inhabitants of Nîmes. The emblem of the city of Nîmes recalls this origin in that it represents an Egyptian crocodile chained as a symbol of submission to a Roman palm tree, symbol of victory.
Are you sure it's not the Canal Latéral in that case ? Not sure there are many aqueducts, at least, not this large, on the Canal du Midi (from Toulouse to Sète on the Mediterranean coast), it doesn't encounter any major river, contrary to the Canal latéral à la Garonne (from Toulouse to almost Bordeaux), which... well follows the Garonne River as is in its name
According to a study published on Tuesday, April 4, 2017, in the journal Nature Communications, geologists say that a gigantic waterfall tens of kilometers wide broke a rocky ridge that connected England to the European continent nearly 500,000 years ago, triggering a catastrophic flood that carved out the English Channel and created the island of Great Britain.Sandy beaches line steep cliffs on either side of the Channel Strait, offering similar scenery. The two coasts share a common geological history, with chalk formations dating back to the same Cretaceous period. Erosion, caused by waves, wind, and rain, sculpted these cliffs, giving them the dramatic shapes we know today.
Love being French and living in France! I live in the Alsace region. The Cathedral of Strasbourg has one of the craziest stories. It's foundations are over 1000 years old. It's technically a Gothic church but it also has Romanesque architecture. It was the highest building in the world from 1647 to 1874. There's a documentary on it if you're interested!
30:20 plu is the city code and yes it is very strict but it is also that people want to go with the local know-how to get the best result. In that picture is toulouse the pink city, it is known for local clay used for bricks and rooftiles and is perfect for the weather, it stores heat during the day and reject it inside during the night There is good videos about the no skyscrapers in Europe because of bruxelisation but the short version is that the city code has a right to light, the street is as large as the building are tall, so towers would mean a lot of empty space around it like the very hated montparnasse tower in paris
At 10:10 it's the Hermione, a replica of the ship which take La fayette to America in 1780 to help in the American revolutionary war, she was made with traditional construction methods in about 20 years.
You are right, the cliffs of Picardie may recall the cliffs of Dover. It must have communicated long ago (and gave passage for the great stones), in fact the Channel Tunnel ends are near Sandgate in England and Sangatte in France. (The province in Spain is Leon, different from Lyon).
Specifically because walls in Gothic architecture are very thin (to allow a lot of windows and light), thus you have to support them. Yet with time, it became an aesthetical feature, and later some buildings featured flying butresses without really needing it strictly speaking. They just thought it was pretty.
"Contrefort", or buttress in English, are the massive ones stuck to the thick walls that made older Romanesque churches look almost like fortresses. The ones in the video are "arc-boutant", or flying buttresses, because they're thinner and afar from the wall; as said by @xenotypos, they allow for thinner walls with a lot of stained-glass windows in Gothic churches.
18:17 Quite close! If you ever heard of Doggerland, you know that a large chunk of the North Sea used to be land that got flooded around ~6,000 years ago. Doggerland actually extended through the English Channel, with it being hypothesized that the Channel was also a lowland with several rivers that were extensions of the great rivers of Europe, like the Seine and the Rhine flowing through it. It doesn't have much to do with plate tectonics, but still it's clear that the rock makeup between northern France and southern England is very similar.
To answer your question about the cliffs French side/English side : you're right, it's the same geological formation on both. During last ice age the Rhine flowed there and England was not an island. This area, under water nowadays, is called by geologists Doggerland - you can find very interresting infos about it. Fishermen, in the past centuries, in the Channel or in the North sea, sometimes found things that they didn't understand in their nets... We now know that it was mammoth (or wooly rhino etc.) teeth or defenses 😉! And we study how the pre-historical human communities had to deal with the upcoming sea, thanks to submarine archeology and other scientists.
At 12:4813:00 and 13:06 the town is Polignano a Mare, in Bari, in Puglia, in... Italy... Not a corsican city at all... If you want a corsican city built on a cliff, look online at Bonifacio
Yes paris has Austerlitz train station, London has Waterloo train station. One century or so ago, Austerlitz Station was just known as Orleans station because of the Paris-Orleans Railway (PO) which, after reaching Orleans extended further South to Tours, Limoges, Bourges, Toulouse and the Spanish border. Yes, at some point, very far back before modern times, France and British Isles were connected by a land bridge. There was erosion but most of all, the water level augmented considerably. I'm not religious either but Gothic cathedrals to me represent the finest architecture ever designed. Pierrefonds is what Violet le Duc (who restored most of medieval monuments during the 19th Century) imagined what the Middles Ages looked like, it's not really authentic (and has Renaissance parts to it too).Violet le Duc was that crazy guy who thought that Notre Dame towers should be augmented by spires, doubling their height, or even thought that the Mont Blanc mountain should be heightened because he found it too flat ! It's that crazy guy. Mount St Michel is fabulous, although, I'd avoid tourist season at all costs !!! Prefer March or April or October and November to go there, wheather is less good but there are much less people there. Yes, that's what's called a Canal Bridge ! A canal on a bridge, literally ! Nimes Arena is much smaller (but in better shape) than the Rome Coloseum because it remained in use after the Romans and still today, although it's still partially in ruins. If you go to Sicily, go to Agrigente Temple. That temple is in much better shape than the others because it was turned into a Church after the Roman era, but was abandoned later. This is Le Mans cathedral. Flying butresses are what keeps cathedral standing because the large windows essentially make the walls disappear... So to reprise loads from the vault and the roof, the butresses fly over the lower levels and go into the ground.
the delicatessen in corsica and in other regions, are smocked or baked or roasred or dryed. pork is one of the meat with the bigger kind of way to be cooked ! in frnace , we love pork
Absinth as Pastis/Ricard (Ricard is a company producing "Pastis", it is quite known in France so we call Pastis on both names, but its origin is from marseille) is based on anise. Indeed, Asbinth is quite known from the 19s and early twenies as a drug but in fact it was because many counterfeits were made from it (Absinth isn't cheap) and also some people liked to mix it with laudanum (based on Opium). But, as shown on the video, one of the main reasons why we (as french) can unite on: wherever you go in the country, there always be something awesome to drink and to eat (they mentioned Lyon as the main place for that but there's always something nice to try in each region/town, also it depends on your tastes but Toulouse/Occitanie is also well knwo for its cusine, especially if you like duck and pork meat: cassoulet is a must!!)
i am 20 min from Clermont-ferrant in Auvergne. the cathedral is made of volcanic stone so it's all black and look like an evil castle lol. ouside this town it's all rural aera all the rest is natural pack, that are, for some reason, super loved by people from belgium and the netherland. (and cured meat is not smoked it's just dryed meat)
I don’t agree, they have a specific taste, rather different of mussels with garlic butter or cuisses de grenouille. Of course the best snails you will find in the worldwide famous « maison de l’escargot » in Paris 15th arrondissement.
"Fumage" (dans des fumoirs, pour la création massive de la demande et/ou, suspendus dans les cheminées, bien haut, au dessus des fumées de feux de cheminées chez les particuliers) et "salaison" (saumure) pour la viande, les jambons, les poissons ect, sont des processus ancestraux pour concerver les aliments. N'ayant pas de "frigidaire" à l'époque pour la concervation. 😊 À savoir, que ce n'est pas salé à l'excès. Ces méthodes donnent des goûts tout à fait délicieux et parfumés.
At the 9th minute, when we see the image with hundreds of boats accompanying the beautiful ship in the background, it is i think the replica of the frigate Hermione : known for having transported the Marquis de Lafayette to the United States on his second voyage in 1780, allowing him to join the American insurgents fighting for their independence.
It is forbidden to collect pebbles or sand on french beaches : "L'usage des plages est libre et gratuit selon le Code de l'environnement. Cependant, y ramasser du sable, des galets ou des coquillages comme souvenirs de vacances est une pratique fragilisant les littoraux qui est encadrée par la loi avec des amendes pour les contrevenants."
Merci j'allais écrire la même chose. Beaucoup de personnes ne se rendent pas compte que cela participe à l'érosion des plages et donc leur disparition progressive, parce que tout le monde veut faire la même chose. Thanks I was going to write the same thing. Many people do not realize that this contributes to the erosion of beaches and therefore their gradual disappearance, because everyone wants to do the same thing.
It is interresting to see the point of view of the people who describe France here. Being from Aquitaine, I would have ("of course", from my point of view) spoken of Bordeaux as the capital of wine (while they were speaking about the Bourgogne region wines more), of Fois Gras, or Truffles, or duck based food. Instead of that, they briefly spoke of wine and then went with sea food, which is not a south west specialty, unless you are specifically speaking about oisters from Arcachon for example.
sea food is not a south west speciality ?? 😱 please ! 😉that is the richness of Aquitaine !! both my friend ! sea food .. TOO even prepared with ... belly ( or bacon?) rhmmmm :)
@@antoinev9733 i am not saying there are no seafood in aquitaine, but I fail to see how this would be unique to Aquitaine, compared to the other products I talked about.
@@MN-vz8qm for sure ! as i said ... both .. even mixed in some recipes ;) that is what make France that rich , rich in diversity , Aquitaine is perfect example of it ;)
Bourgogne and Bordeaux wines have always competed for 1st place in the heart of the French, so it makes sense you prefer Bordeaux, but being myself neutral, Bourgogne is generally more consistent, as Bordeaux sometimes produces very bad bottles to export, just because of its reputation it sells. Also, some white Bourgognes are just another world. Of course the best Bordeaux are unmatched, or only by the best Bourgogne ??😅
Léon in Spain has nothing to do with Lyons in France. Lyon, in the Center-East of France, owes its name to the old Gaulish placename Lugdun(um), meaning the city of Lug (the Celtic light god). The French town of Loudun (in the West of France) shares the same etymology, with a spelling closer to the orignal town name Lugdun(o).
Thank you for this, interesting. By the way, you are most handsome Conor. " Smoking could be considered a form of curing, though much of the time smoking is done in conjunction with another cure (especially salt and nitrate)". Smoking mostly adds flavour.
Bretagne (Brittany) is located, not on the east coast (there isn’t one), but on the north-west coast. Nobody is ever 'coronated’ in English; s/he is crowned (see also ‘obligate/oblige’). You are right about the Channel coasts of England and France. The viaduct (not aqueduct) at 24:14 is part of a very extensive canal system, repurposed for tourism.
More than one way to cure meat to preserve it for longer. Salt, smoke and cold off the top of my head, sometimes a combination of methods. Personally, smoked with herbs is my favourite by far.
The Romans built 230 colysea in all countries of the roman empire. They all looked like their "big brother" located in Rome, in various sizes. The arena in Nimes - France is very well preserved, like the arena in Pula - Croatia.
Absinthe, historically believed to cause madness due to the thujone(neurotoxic) content, has been shown to have too low levels to induce such effects. The drink’s notorious reputation was fueled by associations with artists like Van Gogh. Réautorised since 2001 in europe. This had an excelent taste for my opinion but Moderation is needed with this alcohol cause it's more 70% of pure alcool.
That's funny you took one of the beach pebbles, this is actually strictly forbidden to do now since people used to do it all the time in the past and it started slowly harming the beaches over time. Good thing you went unnoticed with it haha. Treasure it
The "Frenchies" are not the best reference to present France! As I've often recommended to you, Connor, the very best travel videos are those of Rick Steves. He's produced amazing, KNOWLEDGEABLE, vividly commented videos here (on YT): "Rick Steves France Full Episodes"
You got mixed up with "Duc of Burgundy " (middle age when Burgundy was'nt part of French kingdom) and "Bartholdi" (end of 19th century ) who sculpted Liberty and the Belfort lion.
This is not entirely accurate, there were two Burgundies, the duchy which was the appanage of the brothers of the king of France and Burgundy land of empire which was under the domination of the holy Germanic empire. It took long wars for both parts to be French
I like your videos and comments. I am a French teacher (for adults and corporate's) leaving in the USA. Among other things, I help companies \ people in preparing their trip to France. Let me post some comments on my side: Lyon has nothing to do with Spain; it is located on the east side of France, not far from Switzerland. It became the administrative capital of Gaul during the Roman period, around 50 BC, under the name of Lugdunum. You are right, Gustave Eiffel, born in my native region, Burgundy, designed the Skeleton of the Statue of Liberty then built the Eiffel Tower. The lady is WRONG about Ricard: this liquorish "aperitif" was born in Marseille, not in Burgundy region - which by the way has the best wines in the world! The pastis Ricard was created by the Marseille native Paul Ricard, based on Anice. The "hard liquor" Absinthe originated in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. I could go on with my comments but that would become annoying to everyone :)
"New" Normandy has now only 1 capital : Rouen (located in the former region of "high normandy"). Caen was the capital of former region of "low normandy", where the D-day landings took place. Now there's only 1 Normandy region left, it's a union of high and low normandies, and the capital is Rouen. But Caen is also worth a visit, and has a nice cathedral too, like Rouen... Mont St Michel is located in the former region of "low" Normandy, close to Brittany regional border.
@@Searover749 Sorry but i'm Norman with a graduation (from Caen University) in norman history. Normandy has 2 capitals Caen and Rouen because Rouen has de Normandy Parliament (ancient Court of Justice in French royal law) since ever. Caen has the Castle of Willam the Conqueror, city founded by him to be the cultural heart and the second capital of the Duchy of Normandy, where it will receive all the barony with the aim of political balancing within the Duchy (close to Cherbourg and its Argentan vassals).
@@Searover749 And "New Normandy" has 2 capitals too, Caen is the siege of the Parliament (Abbaye aux Dames) and Rouen is the Prefecture in an objective to balancing powers between two historical capitals.
I'd recommend Chartreuse over any form of absinthe... The first is a mix of dozens ingredients to 'masque' the utter abundance of alcohol. Never fancied Absinthe though, too much anice to me... And yes thats the stuff that'll get you hallucinating in case you wish to. Dude, I've been following you for quite some time... probably since the pandemic... and you've become so much more knowledgeable. You've changed from an American to a world citizen! Kudos
Wrong about absinthe, though it has a chemical from wormwood which is banned in the US, it is not hallucinogenic. It got a bad reputation just because it was served with a high rate of alcohol. It was banned for 100 or so years because the French wine industry was recovering from a vine disease that had nearly destroyed it and the government wanted to promote it.
That's because the point of the video is to make you go outside of Paris to discover the rest of France in case you're coming to to Paris. Going to overseas territories requires you to take a plane for much longer than it takes to go from Paris to Marseille by train.
it's more like a TGV ad : in fact, you can reach all regions by TGV, in 2 to 6 hours max. from Paris stations, and it's great ! Sure that french overseas regions deserve an entire video, and are as various as mainland regions are, as they are located in all oceans of the world.
León, an old kingdom of northern Spain, is not the same as Lyon, the city in the video; the first derives from the Latin word _legionis_ (‘of the army’), the second from the Latinised Celtic _Lugdunum_ (‘fortress of Lugh’).
@@Searover749 Indeed. To be precise, Lyon was the capital of _Gallia Lugdunensis_ , one of the six provinces covering the Celtic lands of what is today France, Belgium, Switzerland and the Rhineland.
As a south-westerner, I feel a bit frustrated by the description of Aquitaine (which completely omitted Poitou and Charente plus the inland villages in Dordogne valley or even along the Lot and Garonne valleys). For Occitanie, it feels like they have never been there even if they try to do it justice. The description is really surface-level. Once more, the countryside villages like Cordes-sur-Ciel or Saint-Cirq-la-Popie were not mentionned, neither was the Catalan coast (Collioure !! What a place !!!), Rocamadour was barely mentioned... To me, those regions being among the largest in size (I don't kbow how the compare with Grand-Est), they could have a longer description, especially Aquitaine which is so diverse !
The creators of the original video wanted to present 12 very diverse regions in under 30 minutes, with things to visit, food and wine, and how to get there. Of course everything is surface-level and a lot of places are missing, it would take several hours otherwise ! It's still way better than presenting only Paris...
@@_asphobelle6887 Yeah yeah of course. But I think these regions were underrepresented even compared to the others. Especially when they are already not as well known internationally as the south-east.
The gothic cathedrals are so high with lot of windows, they needed flying butresses to support the walls by transfering the weight and lateral forces from the roof to external supports.
That is correct.
Yes exactly, and at 26:51 it's the cathedral of le Mans which is known for this pillars (don't know the english word). They had to build them cause there is some massive and beautiful windows inside, rich of colors and patterns.
your reactions are so cool cause you really get an interest on what you're watching and you are also knowledgable of Europe history, it really makes these types of videos great to watch. you just look like a cool dude, keep going on mate, love your stuff!
10:13 This boat is "l' Hermione" built in Rochefort, it's the replica of the frigate that brought Lafayette to the USA during the American War of Independence .
Now I think you understand why people say that Paris is not France and how it's difficult to explain the diversity of the country.
I appreciate your curiosity.
And even the tourist Paris is 20 percent of Paris
5:00 Gustave Eiffell built the Eiffel Tower and the skeleton of the Statue of Liberty, designed by Bartholdi
Et le viaduc de Garrabit et d'autres choses...
Connor I’m a French teacher and I lead tours all over France all the time and I just want you to come on one of our trips because you would just DIE!! You would learn so much and love all of it! Watching your reactions just makes me want to grab you and take you with us. You’re going to love all of these places. France really is one of the most incredible places in the world.
In France in every town you have an office tourisme.you can find free map of the town and what to visit in this city but also in the same département and région.Every time we visit a town we go first to the office of tourisme to know what to watch .they speak english and informations can be found in english.
For the best restaurants ask to city people.
For a restaurant, it is more prudent to check the quality of the restaurant on a guide or on the internet
"Fumage" (dans des fumoirs, pour la création massive de la demande et/ou, suspendus dans les cheminées, bien haut, au dessus des fumées de feux de cheminées chez les particuliers) et "salaison" (saumure) pour la viande, les jambons, les poissons ect, sont des processus ancestraux pour concerver les aliments.
N'ayant pas de "frigidaire" à l'époque pour la concervation. 😊
À savoir, que ce n'est pas salé à l'excès. Ces méthodes donnent des goûts tout à fait délicieux et parfumés.
I'm from Luxembourg. The man is standing near the entrance of the Louvre, next to the glass pyramid. I remember, when I was a kid, watching on TV how people protested against the project of building a glass pyramid in front of the Louvre. They thought it would look too modern and create too much of a contrast with the museum.
By the way, I've watched quite a few of your videos and you seem to be a cool guy. If you come back to Europe and decide to come over here, let me know. I'd love to have a drink or a coffee and talk with you!
18:15 yes during the last glaciation sea levels were lower and there was a stretch of dry land to the British Isles. Some traces of settlements have been found. The dramatic cliffs aren't due to some big tectonic event though, that's just the erosion from the sea eating at the soft chalk stone
Ricard is from the south of France and it's a brand. Pastis is made with water, alcohol, sugar, natural extracts of licorice, anise 2 per thousand, caramelized sugar, a mixture of aromatic plants.
Absinthe is an herb-infused alcohol derived from fennel, anise, and the leaves and flowers of a small shrub called wormwood (otherwise known as Artemisia absinthium).
Absinthe is rare in France, and by the way, the taste is absolutely wonderful !
Yes Gustave Eiffel is the creator of the Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty internal structure and many others creations like the central post office in Saigon (former name of Hô Chi Minh-Ville) and also the Maria Pia bridge in Porto.
And the Garabit Viaduct, which I think is in Auvergne
Indeed, there's the Leon region in Spain... Spelled differently. I'm not too far from Lyon, i know this region really well, and it's one of the most beautiful region in France, specially if you go to Annecy and the Alps. Annecy's lake is a beauty, and you can also go to Thonon, on the coast of the Leman lake, right next to Switzerland.
7:30 The drink "Ricard" is from Marseille.
There is indeed a confusion; Ricard is a brand of pastis (the French generic name for alcoholic drinks based on anise, liquorice and other herbs, equivalent to Greek ouzo or Turkish raki) and it is a Marseille brand. Burgundy is known for its anise candies, "anis de Flavigny".
It's really fun to see your reactions on geographical and historical stuff it's great keep it up
Flying buttresses are one of the most emblematic features of Gothic architecture, especially visible in medieval cathedrals such as Notre-Dame de Paris or Chartres Cathedral. These external structures, often ornate, allow the weight of the walls to be redistributed to buttresses, thus allowing for thinner walls and larger windows.
Thanks to flying buttresses, cathedrals could reach impressive heights and accommodate large stained glass windows that flooded interiors with colored light. It's a beautiful fusion of function and form, where engineering and aesthetics meet in a spectacular way.
There are many rules established by each city to preserve their historic city center. In theses areas, the contruction projects will be stricly review, and most of the times you have rules like : forbidden to build anything over 4 stories, for example.
26:52 it's actually to support the structure
Le collisé à Nimes est une salle de concerts. Je pense que tu peux trouver facilement d'un concert de Metallica qui a été incroyable. Ca donne une idée de l'ambiance qu'il pouvait y avoir y a 2000 ans dans les arènes.
Y a des spectacles de glatiateurs en été des fois.
12:20 there’s quite a few metro and train stations named after Napoleon’s victories.
I enjoyed watching that video so much Francis such a beautiful country
When it came to cathedral sculptures, stonemasons cut the stone blocks to the necessary dimensions and prepared them for sculpture. Sculptors created detailed figures, narrative scenes, and ornamental motifs.Each stone was worked individually before being assembled on site. The sculpted pieces were then transported to the construction site and assembled like a giant puzzle.Sculptors often worked at height, on scaffolding. Once the stones were in place, final details were added, including adjustments and polishing to ensure consistency throughout the whole. Some carvings were even painted and gilded to add color and contrast.
7:35 Ricard is a brand founded by Paul Ricard (the same guy from the famous race track). When Absinthe was ban in France around 1900 Ricard invented the Pastis a less stronger but "similar" anise taste liquor. Pastis is very popular in France particularly in the south and is associate with Marseille (because it was made here originaly and also the famous pastis 51 brand ) but Ricard was not born in Marseille but in Avignon.
24:50 that's because the Nîmes' arena is the world's best preserve Roman colosseum and is still actively used to this day for various shows, concerts, corridas and medieval fairs!
Yes, the amphitheatre of Nîmes was built on the model of the Colosseum of Rome because its construction began in 79 AD at the time when the Colosseum was inaugurated by the Roman emperor Titus and it will be inaugurated in 121 AD by the emperor Adrien who was staying in Nîmes.better preserved than the Roman amphitheatres, especially in that it has retained many of its original stands and floors intact so that you can make a complete tour and visit it as in Roman times.The exceptional preservation of the Roman amphitheatre of Nîmes means that its image was used a few years ago by the city council of Rome for a tourist advertising campaign, because the Colosseum of Rome is much larger initially (50,000 spectators against 24,000 in Nîmes) is dilapidated , which caused a scandal in Italy.
The history of the amphitheatre of Nîmes is quite exceptional because after being used as a place of spectacle by the Romans who made there fight gladiators or men against animals,it will be converted into a fortress by the Visigoths who succeeded the Romans in the 5th century AD and will remain so until 1391. In this capacity the amphitheatre of Nîmes reconverted into a castle will support many seats and become a royal castle from 1229 after the annexation of the city of Nîmes to the kingdom of France he thus hosted the kings of France visiting Nîmes as Saint Louis IX before his embarkation for the crusades in Egypt in the neighboring port of Aigues Mortes in 1248 and 1270 where he will find death as well as his successors Philippe IV, Philipe VI and Jean II when they visited the pope who stayed in the 14th century in the nearby city of Avignon to escape the civil war that was raging in the city of Rome.The Château des Arènes, as it was called at the time the Roman amphitheatre of Nîmes, housed the Vicomte de Nimes and his family, as well as his knights called Chevaliers des Arènes who moved in 1391 to a new fortress recently built, so that the amphitheater will be occupied by the population of Nîmes who will install houses there becoming a district of the city from which the inhabitants will be expelled under the reign of Napoleon who returned to the building in 1813 its destination as an ancient spectacle.It is dedicated since that date to the bullfights which take place during the feasts of the Pentecost every year which are with another taurine festival in France that of Bayonne, the biggest popular festivals in France attracting more than a million people to see the best toreros of the moment.The amphitheatre also had a variety of uses, so it hosted the Buffalo Bill show at the beginning of the 20th century political meetings such as that of the socialist leader Jean Jaurès in 1913 or Gaston Doumergue born next to Nîmes became president of the French Republic from 1924 to 1931.During the 2nd world war , the Germans who occupied Nîmes from 1942 to 1944 transformed the amphitheatre into an air shelter and this was miraculously spared during the American bombing of Nîmes on May 27, 1944, American aircraft flying too high to avoid German artillery fire, missing their targets.During the liberation of Nîmes in August 1944 by the French partisans, several collaborators with the Germans, including the prefect of the department, were shot against the walls of the amphitheatre.Since the end of World War II, if the amphitheatre continues to host bullfights, it also hosts theater plays and concerts because many French and international artists want to perform in this prestigious site. But also tennis matches including the Davis Cup , of the operas in particular the most famous French opera Carmen de Bizet where at the end a bull is really fought by a real torero who replaces the singer who plays the role of matador Escamillo whose air of the Toreador opens the parade of the toreros at the beginning of Every bullfight in Nîmes.For about ten years, in early May, in the amphitheatre are reconstructed the gladiator’s fights according to various themes as did the Romans.
Nîmes is called the French Rome because of its many perfectly preserved Roman monuments such as the amphitheatre, the temple of the Maison Carrée, the gates and the main tower of its immense enclosure offered by the emperor Augustus , the water tower that distributed in the city the waters coming from the spectacular aqueduct of the Pont du Gard, another preserved Roman monument that crosses the river Gardon, its Roman sanctuary. Nîmes is also the cradle of the Roman imperial family of the Antonines who ruled over the Roman empire in the second century AD, symbolizing the Pax Romana. You can see in Nîmes the statues of the Roman emperors Antonin and Augustus the benefactor of the city .
Augustus had indeed offered as a reward to his legionaries who had fought victoriously against Mark Antony and the queen of Egypt Cleopatra. in the region of Nîmes des terres, a tax exemption and the right to be represented and sit in the Senate in Rome for the inhabitants of Nîmes. The emblem of the city of Nîmes recalls this origin in that it represents an Egyptian crocodile chained as a symbol of submission to a Roman palm tree, symbol of victory.
The canal was the Canal du Midi which is 240 km(150 miles)long and was built in the 17th century.
Are you sure it's not the Canal Latéral in that case ? Not sure there are many aqueducts, at least, not this large, on the Canal du Midi (from Toulouse to Sète on the Mediterranean coast), it doesn't encounter any major river, contrary to the Canal latéral à la Garonne (from Toulouse to almost Bordeaux), which... well follows the Garonne River as is in its name
@@noefillon1749 Yes it is. It's the Canal de Garonne.
Welcome to France Connor. Thank you for your kindness !🥰
According to a study published on Tuesday, April 4, 2017, in the journal Nature Communications, geologists say that a gigantic waterfall tens of kilometers wide broke a rocky ridge that connected England to the European continent nearly 500,000 years ago, triggering a catastrophic flood that carved out the English Channel and created the island of Great Britain.Sandy beaches line steep cliffs on either side of the Channel Strait, offering similar scenery. The two coasts share a common geological history, with chalk formations dating back to the same Cretaceous period. Erosion, caused by waves, wind, and rain, sculpted these cliffs, giving them the dramatic shapes we know today.
Love being French and living in France! I live in the Alsace region.
The Cathedral of Strasbourg has one of the craziest stories. It's foundations are over 1000 years old. It's technically a Gothic church but it also has Romanesque architecture. It was the highest building in the world from 1647 to 1874.
There's a documentary on it if you're interested!
bro 7:06 you got it! Escargots are underrated. A clam/moule swimming in garlic persil butter
Absolutely NOT. WHY and HOW can you compare escargots with seafood? Allô? Escargots don't live in sea neither water!
30:20 plu is the city code and yes it is very strict but it is also that people want to go with the local know-how to get the best result. In that picture is toulouse the pink city, it is known for local clay used for bricks and rooftiles and is perfect for the weather, it stores heat during the day and reject it inside during the night
There is good videos about the no skyscrapers in Europe because of bruxelisation but the short version is that the city code has a right to light, the street is as large as the building are tall, so towers would mean a lot of empty space around it like the very hated montparnasse tower in paris
There's the equivalent of Mont St. Michel, in Cornwall, UK..
It's called (can you imagine) Saint Michael's Mount...
It's a mirror image!
The English always like to copy us. Jealousy.
At 10:10 it's the Hermione, a replica of the ship which take La fayette to America in 1780 to help in the American revolutionary war, she was made with traditional construction methods in about 20 years.
You are right, the cliffs of Picardie may recall the cliffs of Dover. It must have communicated long ago (and gave passage for the great stones), in fact the Channel Tunnel ends are near Sandgate in England and Sangatte in France.
(The province in Spain is Leon, different from Lyon).
26:50 they're called "Contre-fort" and are designed to sustain the building weight and avoid it crumbles under its weight
Specifically because walls in Gothic architecture are very thin (to allow a lot of windows and light), thus you have to support them. Yet with time, it became an aesthetical feature, and later some buildings featured flying butresses without really needing it strictly speaking. They just thought it was pretty.
I think they are also called "arc-boutant", from which comes the verb "s'arc-bouter" (to brace oneself, sort of).
"Contrefort", or buttress in English, are the massive ones stuck to the thick walls that made older Romanesque churches look almost like fortresses.
The ones in the video are "arc-boutant", or flying buttresses, because they're thinner and afar from the wall; as said by @xenotypos, they allow for thinner walls with a lot of stained-glass windows in Gothic churches.
A little sad that this only included metropolitain france. But still a good react video. Overseas territories have great places to visit aswell
18:17 Quite close! If you ever heard of Doggerland, you know that a large chunk of the North Sea used to be land that got flooded around ~6,000 years ago. Doggerland actually extended through the English Channel, with it being hypothesized that the Channel was also a lowland with several rivers that were extensions of the great rivers of Europe, like the Seine and the Rhine flowing through it. It doesn't have much to do with plate tectonics, but still it's clear that the rock makeup between northern France and southern England is very similar.
To answer your question about the cliffs French side/English side : you're right, it's the same geological formation on both. During last ice age the Rhine flowed there and England was not an island. This area, under water nowadays, is called by geologists Doggerland - you can find very interresting infos about it. Fishermen, in the past centuries, in the Channel or in the North sea, sometimes found things that they didn't understand in their nets... We now know that it was mammoth (or wooly rhino etc.) teeth or defenses 😉! And we study how the pre-historical human communities had to deal with the upcoming sea, thanks to submarine archeology and other scientists.
Just so you know, snails tastes like the spices and aromatic herb that you put in rather than seafood
The breton name of Bretagne is Breizh. La langue bretonne est celtique.
At 12:48 13:00 and 13:06 the town is Polignano a Mare, in Bari, in Puglia, in... Italy...
Not a corsican city at all...
If you want a corsican city built on a cliff, look online at Bonifacio
I am french, and would be glad to show you around someday if you come over!
Yes paris has Austerlitz train station, London has Waterloo train station.
One century or so ago, Austerlitz Station was just known as Orleans station because of the Paris-Orleans Railway (PO) which, after reaching Orleans extended further South to Tours, Limoges, Bourges, Toulouse and the Spanish border.
Yes, at some point, very far back before modern times, France and British Isles were connected by a land bridge. There was erosion but most of all, the water level augmented considerably.
I'm not religious either but Gothic cathedrals to me represent the finest architecture ever designed.
Pierrefonds is what Violet le Duc (who restored most of medieval monuments during the 19th Century) imagined what the Middles Ages looked like, it's not really authentic (and has Renaissance parts to it too).Violet le Duc was that crazy guy who thought that Notre Dame towers should be augmented by spires, doubling their height, or even thought that the Mont Blanc mountain should be heightened because he found it too flat ! It's that crazy guy.
Mount St Michel is fabulous, although, I'd avoid tourist season at all costs !!! Prefer March or April or October and November to go there, wheather is less good but there are much less people there.
Yes, that's what's called a Canal Bridge ! A canal on a bridge, literally !
Nimes Arena is much smaller (but in better shape) than the Rome Coloseum because it remained in use after the Romans and still today, although it's still partially in ruins.
If you go to Sicily, go to Agrigente Temple. That temple is in much better shape than the others because it was turned into a Church after the Roman era, but was abandoned later.
This is Le Mans cathedral. Flying butresses are what keeps cathedral standing because the large windows essentially make the walls disappear... So to reprise loads from the vault and the roof, the butresses fly over the lower levels and go into the ground.
merci d aimer mon pays cordialement fabrice a paris
the delicatessen in corsica and in other regions, are smocked or baked or roasred or dryed. pork is one of the meat with the bigger kind of way to be cooked ! in frnace , we love pork
Absinth as Pastis/Ricard (Ricard is a company producing "Pastis", it is quite known in France so we call Pastis on both names, but its origin is from marseille) is based on anise. Indeed, Asbinth is quite known from the 19s and early twenies as a drug but in fact it was because many counterfeits were made from it (Absinth isn't cheap) and also some people liked to mix it with laudanum (based on Opium). But, as shown on the video, one of the main reasons why we (as french) can unite on: wherever you go in the country, there always be something awesome to drink and to eat (they mentioned Lyon as the main place for that but there's always something nice to try in each region/town, also it depends on your tastes but Toulouse/Occitanie is also well knwo for its cusine, especially if you like duck and pork meat: cassoulet is a must!!)
i am 20 min from Clermont-ferrant in Auvergne. the cathedral is made of volcanic stone so it's all black and look like an evil castle lol. ouside this town it's all rural aera all the rest is natural pack, that are, for some reason, super loved by people from belgium and the netherland. (and cured meat is not smoked it's just dryed meat)
Austerlitz is a Paris railway station (named from the Napoleon's victory in the town of Austerlitz).
Snails taste nothing. The garlic, parsley, butter is giving the goodness
That's the purpose...
I don’t agree, they have a specific taste, rather different of mussels with garlic butter or cuisses de grenouille. Of course the best snails you will find in the worldwide famous « maison de l’escargot » in Paris 15th arrondissement.
12:24 Austerlitz is one of Paris train stations 🙂
other Paris main train stations : gare Montparnasse, gare St Lazare, gare du Nord, gare de l'Est, gare de Lyon.
Escargots are quite tasty, mostly butter, garlic and parsley. The texture is a bit chewy. Nothing to be afraid of.
It is Fantastic ❤ 🇫🇷
10:15 you need to look for vende globe
"Fumage" (dans des fumoirs, pour la création massive de la demande et/ou, suspendus dans les cheminées, bien haut, au dessus des fumées de feux de cheminées chez les particuliers) et "salaison" (saumure) pour la viande, les jambons, les poissons ect, sont des processus ancestraux pour concerver les aliments.
N'ayant pas de "frigidaire" à l'époque pour la concervation. 😊
À savoir, que ce n'est pas salé à l'excès. Ces méthodes donnent des goûts tout à fait délicieux et parfumés.
At the 9th minute, when we see the image with hundreds of boats accompanying the beautiful ship in the background, it is i think the replica of the frigate Hermione : known for having transported the Marquis de Lafayette to the United States on his second voyage in 1780, allowing him to join the American insurgents fighting for their independence.
The city mentioned in the first region is LYON 🥰
26:45 It's Flying buttresses
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_buttress
It is forbidden to collect pebbles or sand on french beaches : "L'usage des plages est libre et gratuit selon le Code de l'environnement. Cependant, y ramasser du sable, des galets ou des coquillages comme souvenirs de vacances est une pratique fragilisant les littoraux qui est encadrée par la loi avec des amendes pour les contrevenants."
Merci j'allais écrire la même chose. Beaucoup de personnes ne se rendent pas compte que cela participe à l'érosion des plages et donc leur disparition progressive, parce que tout le monde veut faire la même chose.
Thanks I was going to write the same thing. Many people do not realize that this contributes to the erosion of beaches and therefore their gradual disappearance, because everyone wants to do the same thing.
Thank you for loving France
It is interresting to see the point of view of the people who describe France here. Being from Aquitaine, I would have ("of course", from my point of view) spoken of Bordeaux as the capital of wine (while they were speaking about the Bourgogne region wines more), of Fois Gras, or Truffles, or duck based food.
Instead of that, they briefly spoke of wine and then went with sea food, which is not a south west specialty, unless you are specifically speaking about oisters from Arcachon for example.
sea food is not a south west speciality ?? 😱
please ! 😉that is the richness of Aquitaine !!
both my friend ! sea food .. TOO even prepared with ... belly ( or bacon?) rhmmmm :)
@@antoinev9733 i am not saying there are no seafood in aquitaine, but I fail to see how this would be unique to Aquitaine, compared to the other products I talked about.
@@MN-vz8qm for sure ! as i said ... both .. even mixed in some recipes ;)
that is what make France that rich , rich in diversity , Aquitaine is perfect example of it ;)
... mais ça serait dommage de passer à côté d'une belle côte de boeuf aux sarments : beurre/échalottes 😉
Bourgogne and Bordeaux wines have always competed for 1st place in the heart of the French, so it makes sense you prefer Bordeaux, but being myself neutral, Bourgogne is generally more consistent, as Bordeaux sometimes produces very bad bottles to export, just because of its reputation it sells. Also, some white Bourgognes are just another world. Of course the best Bordeaux are unmatched, or only by the best Bourgogne ??😅
Léon in Spain has nothing to do with Lyons in France. Lyon, in the Center-East of France, owes its name to the old Gaulish placename Lugdun(um), meaning the city of Lug (the Celtic light god). The French town of Loudun (in the West of France) shares the same etymology, with a spelling closer to the orignal town name Lugdun(o).
Se sont les contres fort des cathédrales, pour résister à la poussé extérieurs que les murs et arcade font subir a l'édifice.
Thank you for this, interesting. By the way, you are most handsome Conor. " Smoking could be considered a form of curing, though much of the time smoking is done in conjunction with another cure (especially salt and nitrate)". Smoking mostly adds flavour.
le fameux sarment du jeu de paume 🤡
8:15 _"Brethagna..."_ Almost there, at least you tried. 😉
Statue of Liberty was designed by Bartholdi, at 05:10 the woman was talking about Ducs of Burgundy, the Englsh name for Bourgogne.
Bartholdi was the creator, but Eiffel (and his team) designed and built its internal structure.
That German castle you mentioned was supposedly an inspiration war the Disney castle not the stories like Sleeping beauty etc.
neuschwanstein castle is the one you can see in disneyland, and it's also the logo on disney movies credits.
There's also a Leon "pays" in France in north Finistère, Brittany.
London has waterloo, paris has Austerlitz...
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Bretagne (Brittany) is located, not on the east coast (there isn’t one), but on the north-west coast. Nobody is ever 'coronated’ in English; s/he is crowned (see also ‘obligate/oblige’). You are right about the Channel coasts of England and France. The viaduct (not aqueduct) at 24:14 is part of a very extensive canal system, repurposed for tourism.
More than one way to cure meat to preserve it for longer. Salt, smoke and cold off the top of my head, sometimes a combination of methods. Personally, smoked with herbs is my favourite by far.
The Romans built 230 colysea in all countries of the roman empire.
They all looked like their "big brother" located in Rome, in various sizes.
The arena in Nimes - France is very well preserved, like the arena in Pula - Croatia.
Train, why not but once you reach the main city, without a car you won't see much....
Snails just taste like the garlic butter.
9:44 AFTER Normandy is right ! ;)
Absinthe, historically believed to cause madness due to the thujone(neurotoxic) content, has been shown to have too low levels to induce such effects. The drink’s notorious reputation was fueled by associations with artists like Van Gogh. Réautorised since 2001 in europe. This had an excelent taste for my opinion but Moderation is needed with this alcohol cause it's more 70% of pure alcool.
Bonjour, la ville se dit et s'écrit "Lyon" comme "Richard Cœur de Lyon" 😊 voili voilou😉
RICARD : Avec de l'eau glacée, pas pur ! (51 % d'alcool)
Rafraichissant : quand il fait chaud ! 😁
Ricard anisette is 45% alcohol, Pastis 51 (51 is for the rear 1951) is also 45% alcohol.
j ai rate un truc ? le ricard fait en bourgogne?
@@Jerome-pr5jz Ils ont confondu avec Pontarlier (Doubs, Franche-Comté), le lieu de création de la maison Pernod, moitié de Pernod-Ricard.
...Dans un verre à ballon et sans paille😄.
Bien jaune le Ricard, on ne se refuse rien :)
That's funny you took one of the beach pebbles, this is actually strictly forbidden to do now since people used to do it all the time in the past and it started slowly harming the beaches over time. Good thing you went unnoticed with it haha. Treasure it
The "Frenchies" are not the best reference to present France! As I've often recommended to you, Connor, the very best travel videos are those of Rick Steves. He's produced amazing, KNOWLEDGEABLE, vividly commented videos here (on YT): "Rick Steves France Full Episodes"
stupid ! would you ask chinese people to talk about germany ?!
rick steves spends some days in a country : it's not enough time to know it at all !!
You got mixed up with "Duc of Burgundy " (middle age when Burgundy was'nt part of French kingdom) and "Bartholdi" (end of 19th century ) who sculpted Liberty and the Belfort lion.
This is not entirely accurate, there were two Burgundies, the duchy which was the appanage of the brothers of the king of France and Burgundy land of empire which was under the domination of the holy Germanic empire. It took long wars for both parts to be French
Austerlitz is in Austria, Connor.
Czech Republic today.
The train station in Paris (for trains who go the south-eastern France) is still called Austerlitz, in honor of the famous battle.
@@xenotypos The English have Trafalgar Square station and the French have Austerlitz station.😁
I like your videos and comments. I am a French teacher (for adults and corporate's) leaving in the USA. Among other things, I help companies \ people in preparing their trip to France. Let me post some comments on my side: Lyon has nothing to do with Spain; it is located on the east side of France, not far from Switzerland. It became the administrative capital of Gaul during the Roman period, around 50 BC, under the name of Lugdunum. You are right, Gustave Eiffel, born in my native region, Burgundy, designed the Skeleton of the Statue of Liberty then built the Eiffel Tower. The lady is WRONG about Ricard: this liquorish "aperitif" was born in Marseille, not in Burgundy region - which by the way has the best wines in the world! The pastis Ricard was created by the Marseille native Paul Ricard, based on Anice. The "hard liquor" Absinthe originated in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. I could go on with my comments but that would become annoying to everyone :)
23:46 Caen is the Capital of Normandy with Rouen.
"New" Normandy has now only 1 capital : Rouen (located in the former region of "high normandy").
Caen was the capital of former region of "low normandy", where the D-day landings took place.
Now there's only 1 Normandy region left, it's a union of high and low normandies, and the capital is Rouen.
But Caen is also worth a visit, and has a nice cathedral too, like Rouen...
Mont St Michel is located in the former region of "low" Normandy, close to Brittany regional border.
@@Searover749 Sorry but i'm Norman with a graduation (from Caen University) in norman history. Normandy has 2 capitals Caen and Rouen because Rouen has de Normandy Parliament (ancient Court of Justice in French royal law) since ever. Caen has the Castle of Willam the Conqueror, city founded by him to be the cultural heart and the second capital of the Duchy of Normandy, where it will receive all the barony with the aim of political balancing within the Duchy (close to Cherbourg and its Argentan vassals).
@@Searover749 And "New Normandy" has 2 capitals too, Caen is the siege of the Parliament (Abbaye aux Dames) and Rouen is the Prefecture in an objective to balancing powers between two historical capitals.
@@Kevin3154 i talk about today official status, not about the past history.
@@Searover749 And I talk about reality too, "New Normandy" is the actual Normandy in France with 2 capitals
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26.50 those are flying buttresses
I'd recommend Chartreuse over any form of absinthe...
The first is a mix of dozens ingredients to 'masque' the utter abundance of alcohol.
Never fancied Absinthe though, too much anice to me...
And yes thats the stuff that'll get you hallucinating in case you wish to.
Dude, I've been following you for quite some time... probably since the pandemic... and you've become so much more knowledgeable.
You've changed from an American to a world citizen!
Kudos
Wrong about absinthe, though it has a chemical from wormwood which is banned in the US, it is not hallucinogenic. It got a bad reputation just because it was served with a high rate of alcohol. It was banned for 100 or so years because the French wine industry was recovering from a vine disease that had nearly destroyed it and the government wanted to promote it.
And they are not talking about the overseas territory of France around the world
That's because the point of the video is to make you go outside of Paris to discover the rest of France in case you're coming to to Paris.
Going to overseas territories requires you to take a plane for much longer than it takes to go from Paris to Marseille by train.
it's more like a TGV ad : in fact, you can reach all regions by TGV, in 2 to 6 hours max. from Paris stations,
and it's great !
Sure that french overseas regions deserve an entire video, and are as various as mainland regions are,
as they are located in all oceans of the world.
I live 200 meters from the Nîmes Arena. 😘
Marseille is called "The Phocaean City" due to it's Greek origin.
they got some regional specialties wrong but overall pretty good publicity for france
León, an old kingdom of northern Spain, is not the same as Lyon, the city in the video; the first derives from the Latin word _legionis_ (‘of the army’), the second from the Latinised Celtic _Lugdunum_ (‘fortress of Lugh’).
Lyon was the french capital city, before Paris, 2.000 years ago.
@@Searover749 Indeed. To be precise, Lyon was the capital of _Gallia Lugdunensis_ , one of the six provinces covering the Celtic lands of what is today France, Belgium, Switzerland and the Rhineland.
Toute la France est belle. Je le sais j’y habite. Venez voir par vous même.
I was faster saying "nice grass"!
I would never eat an octopus, they're extremely intelligent
pigs are, too...
@Searover749 exactly
As a south-westerner, I feel a bit frustrated by the description of Aquitaine (which completely omitted Poitou and Charente plus the inland villages in Dordogne valley or even along the Lot and Garonne valleys). For Occitanie, it feels like they have never been there even if they try to do it justice. The description is really surface-level. Once more, the countryside villages like Cordes-sur-Ciel or Saint-Cirq-la-Popie were not mentionned, neither was the Catalan coast (Collioure !! What a place !!!), Rocamadour was barely mentioned...
To me, those regions being among the largest in size (I don't kbow how the compare with Grand-Est), they could have a longer description, especially Aquitaine which is so diverse !
I'm from Occitania and I think they know nothing about this region ! Very diverse too.
The creators of the original video wanted to present 12 very diverse regions in under 30 minutes, with things to visit, food and wine, and how to get there. Of course everything is surface-level and a lot of places are missing, it would take several hours otherwise ! It's still way better than presenting only Paris...
@@_asphobelle6887 Yeah yeah of course. But I think these regions were underrepresented even compared to the others. Especially when they are already not as well known internationally as the south-east.
they know better France than I do !
Go to Paris: Paristan!
In Rhone Alpes he didn't talk about the French alps which is in my opinion the best in this region by FAR
3:48 "and to the East are the Alps [...] the best ski slopes [...] reblochon, tomme de Savoie [...] Chartreuse liquor"😉
France is more like that ! Come here!
My friend, excuse my french . the Texas isain't 4X more biggest of the France.
Well real Marseille is another thing