HOW AND WHY I MOVED TO FRANCE AT 22! (On The Cheap) I Part 1 of Spilling the Tea
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- ⭐If you are new to unintentionally Frenchified, I am an American living in Paris for the last 10 years! Ekkkkk. I’m now working for a large beauty company, married to my favourite grouchy Frenchie and have a 10 month old baby girl! Oh how life has changed when I was 22, got dumped by my first French boyfriend and decided to move to France and show him how wrong he was by thriving in France alone. Fast forward ten years and I’m bursting with life experiences that only living abroad can teach you!
In today’s video, I’m talking about why I moved to France and how I made it happen on a budget. I talk about the different options for coming to France, give you tips to help think in your particular situation what could work for you and tell you a bit about how I got prepared. We even chat about French fashion (gotta pack that suitcase) and cheap ways to get plane tickets!
If you like this video, please subscribe to the channel for more content in French and English!
Happy Watching! ⭐
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Salut! Hope you guys enjoyed the mix of my personal story getting to France and some tips for anyone thinking about making the big move. I didn't have a lot of money when I decided to move abroad, nor did i have a huge plan. But with a lot of determination and some planning, I made it happen and i know you guys can too! The benefits of living abroad are so worth struggle to make it happen! Keep dreaming big and subscribe to catch episode 2 of spilling the tea! Bisous
Love your energy! I’m here if you wanna exchange about our mutual experience:)
Yula Zooter you paid more taxes but you get way more in return
I so wish I could move to france
Great video , I just want to point out that as an American you could stay in France for 90 days in 6 months .
I am Canadian and 30 years ago following a break up l decided to go to France. I had 10,000 canadian dollars and no job waiting for me upon arrival. I had the benefit of knowing a few people which helped. I was already bilingual and took small babysitting jobs. I met someone, got married 4 months later and the marriage lasted 14 years. I am still here in Savoie on the ltalian border and never looked back.
OMG how epic! Thanks for sharing
Nice! It's been three years for me now.
I am an American educated hong konger, i met a french girl in china, i left my life behind got married, moved to France. The marriage lasted 5 years.
I just want to be somewhere i am treated best. France is not the place. I don't look back, but I look forward. I will move back to Asia.
@@rickyma5957 what did you face in France ?
Wow! How did you get a residence permit without a job? I believe you can only stay 3 months then you need to apply for a longer stay which requires like a employer paper or something?
I'm moving to Toulouse in November for a 2 year Masters degree. It was so necessary to hear your story! Congratulations! Very motivating.
Good luck for your studies! :)
Oh great I've been living there for 1 year, really pleasant city from my personal experience.
Wow, you're really lucky Leonardo, cause in the south of France the weather is much more pleasant (really, really more) than in Paris. In addition, Toulouse is a magnificent city (I live in Perpignan, which is 200 km south of Toulouse), very lively, with a gastronomy renowned throughout the world, a lot of animation, very cultural and with a lot of young people. The sea (Mediterranean), the mountains (Pyrenees), the Spanish border (where I live) are 200 km (124 miles) away. Which makes it the ideal city to discover France. People here in the south are much quieter than in Paris, much less stressed. It's therefore the ideal city to discover the "French way of life".
I think if you don't know France at all but you're very curious and a little "adventurous", you'll be really out of place (in the good sense of the word) and will make fascinating discoveries.
In any case, I wish you a very pleasant stay with us. You're welcome here. :)
Thank you so much you all. I'm very pleased already with your kind replies
@@lemasa77 Tout le plaisir est pour moi - All the pleasure is for me - it's a common polite phrase used in France when you helped someone and he or her thank you for it. You can also say, "je t'en prie" ou" je vous en prie" following the person at who you adress. ...de rien" (anyway) is the most usited but it's more familiar language.
I am not planning to move to France and yet I watched this entire video! Loved it!
I would say the hardest thing for me when moving to France was how exhausted my brain felt trying to learn French and all I heard was French(obviously) and my mind is trying to grasp it and understand it. Living in Montpellier I never really heard ppl speaking English. It’s hard to not feel frustrated when trying to learn a language so you can fit into to the world you choose to live in. I will say that 95% of the ppl I had to interact with were very kind and understood that French does not come easy as a second language. Especially when your an adult trying to learn.
Love your videos 👍🏼
how is living in montpellier? i may be moving there in april
I absolutely love it!!! The city is small. Well for me it is as I am from Toronto Canada. I found that as long as you make the effort to speak French majority of the ppl are patient with you and if they know any English they will switch to it. The amount of Apologies I would hear for their poor English. Which always shocks me seeing that France is a French speaking country and they are helping me out by speaking English. No apologies needed. In the city centre it’s very lively as there are so many university students so it’s a great vibe. I found it to be quite a relaxed city. The flow is great. There are a few expat pubs and great meetups as well. I always felt really safe bday and night.
The tram system is great as well. You can really get everywhere in the city and outskirts with it. The temperature year round is perfect. The winters I found were not cold. I grew up with snow and ice for 5 months of the year. So 8 degree winter is great. Good luck with your move and hopefully you enjoy this beautiful city
How long have you been there? How would you say your French is progressing?
Heather Heaney aw great! Thanks for the response :)
Best video you’ve done! Well-edited, organized, great lighting, perfect talking speed, very natural, beautiful hair and outfit.....plus I learned a lot! Great job!
Agreed, love this new style too!
i was honestly thinking the same thing! stepping up the content level, Kate!!
Your timing is so great! I am leaving on Saturday for my TAPIF year in Toulouse, so next week's video about getting settled will be so helpful!
I lived in France for 25 years. My 3 kids were born there. I’m back in the US now, with my kids and French husband! Roles are reversed! I wish I had seen this video 25 years ago! You have great humor and insight!
I flew from Los Angeles to Paris on Norwegian Airlines in October for $159 one way.
What? That's less than I pay for LA to NY
@@ellax325 I'm amazed too, from the US fo Europe is quite expensive. In Europe however, most of the times you can get a plane ticket from a your country to a neighbour country for like $10, which is amazing.
This is such a great story! Coming from the mid-west myself I understand the struggle. Can't wait for part 2!
Being a jeune fille au pair, based off several experiences I have heard (and my own) is risky business likened to indentured servitude. I would not recommend it unless you have a financially solid plan B, it's so hard to make enough money to move out so you kinda are dependent on them and whatever home life stability (or not) they've created. Loving all the tea you spill !
I was an au pair for 18 months it was ok but I am now a language assistant and it is much better.
Just to rectify something: a bachelor degree costs €400/year for French citizens only...
hello mon ami!! I did a semester abroad while in college in the US but in London instead of in Paris. Therefore, I had only a little culture shock on arrival.
A TH-camr with real personality 😱 love your vids! Thanks😊
Lol ok I think I love , and this was amazing lol
Yay for French American babies!!! As one of those myself I can say life is pretty good 😎
I love these types of videos! Looking forward to hearing more. Keep them coming Kate 😘
Thanks Cindy! I totally plan on doing more :)
"Je sais que vous voyez des fraises mais on ne vend pas de fraises." My sweet and crazy country. I admire your motivation at such a young age. 😍 Love the series.
Hi Kate, I've just discovered your channel! I'm French from Pau which made me laugh hard to hear you say you've been living in Pau haha I studied my Bachelor's degree in languages at the UPPA from 2013 to 2016 so a few years after you came here. Funny thing as well: I am now living in Scotland so big coincidence again!! Cheers :)
Girrrrrl I love you already! I need to learn French and move to Paris. I just turned 30 and feel like is that too old to up my life and move to Paris? Should have done it at 22!!!!
Girl I was 42 when I moved 3 years ago .. to go to grad school from Toronto !! Do it but have an intention !
@@mdte5421 how amazing!! I love that!! Perhaps I will afterall ...
Watch out for special peak pricing during the height of the tourist season. That is why plane tickets are sky high in June and much cheaper in the second week of September.
You have the same book stand as my boyfriend! He got his on Leboncoin. When I visited in January I stuck post it love notes under the glass for him to find later
You are like Jean Seberg 2.0. You've left me 'Breathless' with anticipation!
Love the life stories, and do and do nots. About money, work, style and survival.
4:54 " KNOWING PEOPLE IS REALLY BIG " IT IS SO TRUE
I think networking is important everywhere, but in France i feel like it's double important!
love this!! Edited after watching the entire video, just wanted to thank you, Kate, for the motivation this video gave me. à la semaine prochaine!!
Thanks Rusandi! Glad you enjoyed it :)
Thanks for sharing your fun personal experiences & some valuable tips ! Well done. On our way to Montmartre ! Rick&Morgan
Amazing that you did that when you were so young! Then again, if you were older, there would be so many "good reasons" not to go. Thank you for all the tips.
Very courageous and charming was the first words which come to me when I saw your video :) (but don't tell to my wife or I am dead and I would deny that ! lol) Then came the passage where you said the first french guy "abandonned" you (or I missed a thing)... Didn't this "experience" (somewhat incredibly harsh if I may concede) with a Frenchy stopped you to keep going/moving to France even ? wow ... what a strength of will ! (Je voulais dire quelle force de caractère, mais comme je ne connais pas l'équivalent anglais pour cette expression française, j'ai essayé de l'inventer, si je me suis trompé, peux-tu me donner l'expression anglaise équivalente ? merci d'avance).
ok just watched your Emily in Paris video., loved that one. You are funny in this one too! So sorry about " Pierre" . I am glad you became the best version of you!
When I read "why I moved to France at 22" I automatically translated the "at 22" by 10 pm ;-))
:-D
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Great advice. This was very informative and the humor made it fun to watch.
I’m so excited for the little series ☺️
Ok im watching your videos because I'm preparing to move to the Netherlands in the spring, but I'm also a UIowa Alum (kinda knew you were before you said it because of the corn and smiles)
I am also an Uiowa alum! go hawks!
France is not for me, maybe some will say "go back to your country", Well, I am working on it.
This was so good
Omg i’m hooked! 🤍
Damn! That's motivation, right there haha Thanks!
Good video, thanks. Interested you moved to Vienne, I love Poitiers!
Where are you from in the midwest?! I am from Davenport, Iowa, and have been living in France for the past 3 years. I will be moving back to Paris at the end of December with my husband. Thank you so much for your great videos!
Thank you so much for this video. It was a fun AND informative video.
Thanks Aurora! Glad you liked it! :)
Thanks for sharing your story!! I moved to Paris from America last year for love ❤️. Lol
Loving the video😍You are too funny! 🤣 It’s funny a lot of times when I hear about French people’s view on life versus Americans view on life I feel as though I’m more French🤣(eventhough if I have any French DNA it is so small🤣) Can’t wait to visit France again 😍 I hope I can see more of France on my next trip 😍 Such a pretty and tasty country🤣❤️
Love your directness and style! You are fun!! See you next time! ❤️ Suzy
Thanks Suzy !
The Apprentisceship (Apprentissage) is the best thing you can apply for studying in France, period.
University will be paid by you employer, you get paid, up to 1 500 € in Paris, less in everywhere else" so you can afford accomodation and since you are a student you get access to Student discount for everything :
- you get APL - money per month to pay for accomodation,
- you get Prime d'Activité - money per month for young pple working,
- CROUS - cheap food and dorms for student,
- Museums are all free,
- Cinema is cheaper,
- and you can even take a student loan at 0,5% all cost included if the uni is partnering with a bank - very usual
I really want to visit Paris thanks to yep u guessed it emily in paris. I actually had a trip to Paris booked but corona cancelled that, we were going back in April but didn't get there but I will visit for sure. When I get more organised and start saving for a house I'm really interested in restarting my life in another country, I grew up with a great family but I just don't feel like I fit in here and if given the option I would move to out of the UK and I really want to visit Paris
“Suck it Pierre” 🤣 That was so funny! Felt like watching Anne Hathaway talking about her life as Andrea on The Devil Wears Prada! Love you vids. I’m currently learning French in France hoping to find a job in June! Guess which city 😂
❤️❤️ Recently watching EMILY IN PARIS
I can't wait to watch this! Heard it just came out!
@@UnintentionallyFrenchified Please let us know what you think of it! As a Canadian who did an internship in Paris, I could relate to some of her struggles. However, the French/Parisian stereotypes were majorly blown out of proportion! But I did watch the whole show in one day haha
Me too!
@@UnintentionallyFrenchified You never talk about the difference to drive a car in France, or about French cinema, french music, French tv, and all of this kind of cultural things about France. I think it could be a good subject for an upcoming video. :)
This intro has me dying of laughter. LOVE IT.
Thanks Dorian!! 😍
Xptdrrrrrrr i cant i almost choked on my couscous. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
1:22 into the video and she resumed my whole life in France : "nan c est pas possible" "vous voyez des fraises derrière moi, mais on en vend pas" xptdrrrrr
I lived in the US, when i came back in France, it was slap on the face.
I’m from Los Angeles but grew up in Germany with the Army!
I miss Europe and I love Paris!
Any tips for families doing an extended stay (6 mo) in Paris?
I have 3 kids 15, 13, 2. Merci!
Can you do a video on your time in Scotland and why you loved it? In 11 years when my youngest step child is 18 and we are free to move abroad, we want to move to the UK. I’m a dual citizen of the UK and US (grew up in the US my whole life and never left the country until last year when I was 28). We were initially thinking England, but because my husband and I have a blended family with 6 kids and want to get a huge house where our kids and grandkids can all come visit us, and we also want land, we’ll most likely need to buy in Scotland instead of England. We went to England and 8 other countries last year, and plan to go to Scotland and England next year when we no longer need to quarantine for 2 weeks before traveling.
ouah ! quel parcourt, quelle détermination et pas rancunière envers les français (l'un te quitte et tu te marie à un français) . Chapeau bas
hahha merci! :)
Hi Kaaate !
Ive been watching your videos and i looove the spirit ! I am currently in Bordeaux and wanted to be able to find whatever job this year, im very flexible like if ill have to study, i will. I got a bachelor’s degree in Occupational Therapy in my home country. Im wondering if during your Master 2 , you had to do a master’s thesis ? And was it in english ?
You should have way more subscribers for your great content!!
Listening to stories of how people moved to another country is like hearing people tell how they fell in love. Always interesting. Never repeatable. And if you listen carefully you can catch some tips that will be helpful. Thanks for the spilled beans Kate. Poitiers is a pretty cool place. But I suspect you'll get into some difficultés there. I often think France and Texas are opposites. I find Texans to be a fairly cool bunch. But Texas itself? I can't stand the heat and the land. And it is often said that France is a great country, except for the presence of the French. And as you know the French can be charming and infuriating all at once. I can't wait to hear more. And it sounds like that jerque Pierre left a scar and an addiction for France itself. Strange how that goes. (Did you have much of French thing before meeting the French thing?)
Love it! I’m determined to move to France 😍🥰
I must have been really influenced by Americans when it comes to yoga pants. (sidenote, I don't do yoga, I don't do sports or workouts either.) I replaced tights with leggings and yoga pants, and sometimes I just wear them alone. Who cares. It's practical and comfortable, and if you decide it's stylish enough, it is. (sidenote 2, I don't have the figure to make yoga pants look good.) American people who want to come to France, pack your yoga pants if that's what you like to wear. Pack some jeans too, of course.
I feel ya, it's so comfortable to wear Yoga pants everywhere!
@@UnintentionallyFrenchified Yoga pants and leggings should be forbiden in France and girls wearing these horrors fined 10 000€. C'est une atteinte sérieuse au bon goût
That’s a amazing video ! Thank you :)
Glad you liked it!
Brand new to your bloggie, love your flavorful presentation and helpful tips, learned a lot, good to avoid newcomer **** with the neutrals and grays😄 I learned Spanish in Peru 1,000,000 years ago, but it's the same LATIN basis as French, so that's encouraging 🤔
Between French + Spanish, there are
general Latin origin forms + structures
especially verb tense+ ----- verb modes!!
But, French vocabulary has less Latin origin--- at 1st it was Celtic Gaulish, then
+ Latin + Frankish dialect of German, so
it lacks similarities between Spanish +
Portuguese both = Iberian + other Celtic+
Latin + Arabic, at least.
Pronunciation--- French +Portuguese both use nasal vowels.
Thrte are a grow You Tube videos which explain.French less typical history, especially 1 by NativLang called Why Is
French So...(? Title is difficult to remenber.)
Bonne, chance!!!
My goodness the "we don't sell strawberries here" part hit WAY too close to home. Paris is good like that hey...
Best intro ever 😂
Thank you!!
Hi! Weird question, but where are your jeans from? They're so cute 😍
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Une jolie blonde américaine... Je ne pense pas que ca a été terriblement difficile de trouver un autre frenchie!
Signé: un frenchie qui a trouvé sa propre jolie blonde américaine au Wisconsin (il y a déjà 20 ans)! 😉
spill the tea sis 😌🍵
That's the plan!! :)
Unintentionally Frenchified 😌😌😙😙
Why Am I relating to this? Hahahaha I’m in that saving moment right now! Like hell I’m not eating anything anymore saving all that penny! 😂😂😂😂
You are giving me LIFE
Love it
How large a role has dating played into your situation? Do you think it is important to have a romantic relationship to stay? I'm really nervous about dating in france o.o
Good question! I met my husband 5 years after I was in France and I was already super attached to living here. I think dating someone local always creates a stronger foundation because you have a good support system when thinks get rough and you tend to integrate faster. BUT, I have lots of friends who aren't married or dating anyone seriously and have been in France for 10 plus years too. I think everyone's situation is different. Don't put pressure on yourself to date someone local, but it's definitely fun if it happens ;)
I moved with 19 to Berlin . If it wasn't for University of Arts and my career would be truly hard. Shoking at first, now I even like the rude and direct German way of communication.
What was the name of that teaching program?
Hello Friend, I started watching you because of Emily in Paris. I have no plan of moving to France. I am disable and on Social Security. I am not going to learn France. I am 63 years old. That is too much work for me.
Hello ! I want to follow your steps too ! Where to find the English jobs in families that you explain ? Thank you !
I am looking to venture , here but maritime Alps
Is it hard to enroll for Americans at the Sorbonne?
Some of private and public universities have a quota for foreign students, but I think the rights has been multiply by 2 or 3 for some countries. The best is to seek informations on the website of universities.
J'aime écouter tes vidéos...moi j'ai pas l'intention ďaller vivre en france..jsuis content ici au Québec...mais tes vidéos sont intéressantes et informatif!!
Spécialement pour ceux et celles qui déménagent là bas ou qui prennent leurs vacances en france
This was soo interesting!! But when you say Frenchie, I think of a french bulldog 😂
Hi ! Any info on a "reverse tapif" ? I am a French speaker, native language, but i spent 2 years in Australia and almost 3 in New-Zealand so my English is pretty good. I would love to go to Ireland but quit Hospitality for a bit and maybe teach French
Hey! I know that in the US that have similar exchanges to teach French. I think you can find more information at aefe.fr/ and www.mlfmonde.org/recrutement/. I'm not sure if the requirements are the same as they are TAPIF, but hopefully that helps you!
@@UnintentionallyFrenchified Thank you very much for that
I am ready to go, but I want to find a job as an aupair. Is there a way to find a job before I leave? and you spoke about $2500, but if I don't yet have income, how much do you think I could get by on?
You seemed a little more "animated" in this video than you normally do. What did you mix into your tea? ;-)
😃😃
At 44, an I too old to emigrate to France? Or to be a student? I'm bilingual (spanish/english) I don't know if that would help a little bit
Maybe you could do some master program or even studies ...check if there are scholarships ... studing language is always a possibility
Its probably the best time to go - don't get me wrong, but at that age you will soon need to visit doctors more often and enjoy life at a slower pace, and as such you will love living in France: Peace of mind.
Are there any programs you’ve heard about for building trades exchange (fellow Iowan looking abroad). I am an experienced electrician.
BTW how can someone dump you ??!! Wtf
Bachelor degree in France is 400 euro a year, is that same for non EU resident like American?
Be careful of the fashion police in France :)
They can be quite harsh right!
Ok so she settled in Scotland to live with her french lover and got dumped a few months later (which is really sad actually) then she decided to settle in France for... humm... a reason. No, it still doesn't make any sense. It would have been just as easy to stay in Scotland (an honorable option, far better than going back to the U.S. and admit the failure)
She could have stayed in Scotland indeed. Maybe she just preferred France.
I thought she meant she had moved to France with him.
Of course it makes sense? It’s called living your life and she maybe wanted to learn French? Live in France? Any more silly assumptions Lol
You obviously haven't been to Scotland nor France ...
Hello I love your channel! I’m French and lived in LA and California for 20 years...I’m still a resident and I can’t still so many years ago make up my mind about staying in France please help I feel desperate :(
lol I moved to france at 22 too XD
How dangerous is it because I heard that they have a horrible refugee crisis and that is really really dangerous?
That's not true.
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We tend not to give value to what we got free/easy ;)
Wasn't a tea for me but a beer... Seems that my erasmus in Flanders got me more than I through
hahaha i think a beer was a good choice. I'm really inclusive when it comes to drinking but nothing hits the spot like a beer after a rough day!
Reminds me of Emily in Paris 🥰
6,000 people? Try 600 in Grostenquin 😂
Poitiers ? Cool, Google the battle of Tours and Poitiers.
Go hawks!
Fracking lol, love the hate💗
I wonder whats drawn on your husband's cup 😂
Girl, you've got some gusto! No cry baby snowflake in you.
Could you show me how have you learned English ?