I can relate to this video so much. I'm a french in Australia at the moment and I had all the same cultural shocks when I first arrived ! People are just so enthusiastic it's almost exhausting ! ahah but yes people are so relax and nice to each other, it's refreshing and really hope I'm going to be able to keep that when I get back ! Thanks girls
That's it Rosie, you're becoming French and will soon have to replace the "Not Even" with something else ;-) It was great to see you chatting to my close friend Celine and I 100% agree with her on all of her points.
That's good to hear! And what do you think of being asked for your drink order in a restaurant before you've even sat down and don't know yet what food you're going to order? This stresses me out, as my drink generally HAS TO match with my food so I tend to gently shoo the waitress off...
they want you to order the drink before , because they expect you to drink it before the meal is ready and order another drink while eating , it's a commercial trick ^^.
It can be dependent on what parts of Australia you are in and what places you visit. But I do agree that being rushed is not a great experience. There are many great little cafes in the northern inner suburbs of Melbourne that do not rush you.
It’s interesting how as a German I can relate to every single point she mentioned. Especially the one with the restaurant. In Europe it’s really common to still sit outside at your table after finishing with eating and drinking and just talk for hours, sometimes ordering another drink later in the evening.
IN France we love "debating" because of the art of lying , historically , being good at debating , was to show your high education and your mastering of words , to impress people , so being good at debating means that you come from high society , and in france we have this very deep and strong social class struggle tradition, so everybody want to show they are from an upper class than they sometimes really are . You can show that by your dress code (very important here to show you social class) and the way you speak , but most of people just like to listen themselves speaking to feel smart and brillant. Because when you are debating with people , most of the times people doesn't really ( or at all) listen at you to make ideas growing, they just are challenging each others by tricks and sophism to have the end word no mattering of the truth of what they say.
I do agree with the eloquence fight and the dress code as expressions of the undergoing strong social classes war. But don't you think it would be quite edgy to state that people don't debate to make ideas growing and rather just to ego-win over others ?
I totally agree with the last part. I don't know if it's for their ego but when they're debating people try to prove their point more than they look for the best solution. It often finish with deaf people repeating the same thing but with different words.
Yeah it's not always like this. I would say it depends of the topic. (and people of course) On sensitive topics like abortion, when people have their values or a precise position they will stand it to protect their idea because they trust in it. When both sides do that it's not a debate anymore, I see things like this happen often. When they don't have a fix opinion or when the topic is more casual, they are less in a defensive position and less stressed and it goes better
I lived in Australia for 7 years and never had not even once shop people said hello to me the way this video described. One very different experience. I definately agree with that people are generally easy going and very relaxed. I miss beautiful Australian beaches and the morning atmosphere in the city area with the smell of fresh coffee.
A lot of the things she mentioned can easily be applied to the U.S. I guess it part of the Anglosphere but I nearly died when she talked about the "Latin way of thinking" because that is true, so, so true.
OMG So true !!! I'm french and my wife is australian. Now I understand why my wife always about me being negative instead of being happy go lucky, challenging her all the time,etc... It's just the way we are raised xD I had same reaction as Celine first time I went to a supermarket and the lady at the register started to talk to me, ask about my day, etc.... AND STARTED TO PACK MY THINGS FOR ME !? !? Huh ? What is happening O_O ???? (In France you barely exchange a Bonjour, and it's up to you to pack your goods, and hurry up because we have customers waiting)
I'm a Belgian in Sydney and I quiet agree with all she said! Especially about the safe feeling and the general happier state of mind but she didn't talk about how expensive housing is heeeere, omg 😂
Service in australia is prompt in my experience. They don’t want you to stare at dirty plates. Smiling service is not a war crime. To be friendly is a positive win for equal humans. A checkout person may chat with you and not be a mute servant. And the food is asian fusion often, not reliant on butter and complex sauces.
Great video, as always! I spent a year in the UK and I'm coming back to France on the 4th of July. I can't wait to just walk around my city, Strasbourg, feeling the sun on my face and smelling bread in the streets. I'll also eat reblochon and saint-nectaire fermier for a week straight when I'm back.
This video is great! I loved Céline's description of the little moments of her daily life in Australia. It brought back a lot of memories of my stay in Brisbane. I loved Australia so much that I made it my job! 😅
J'adore Sydney, c est tellement multicultural comme ville. Les Australian sont tellement ouvert d'esprit que ca marche fort bien pr eux. Merci d avoir partager ton experience.
What a wonderful response. Such a lovely young lady. I’m glad you feel relaxed & positive. I’ve back packed through a lot of Europe and as beautiful as it is. There’s nothing like home 🇦🇺
Ok I'm Australian, we do not have fashion here (as a general rule) it hurts my eyes; my apologies about that-I sew my own clothes for a reason. It is not normal to get up at 5 for the average person not on the east coast. I hate when they leave my dirty plate in my way on the table but they must ask if I'm finished before taking anything (though I am not from busy sydney). Oh it's not safe to go leaving your stuff around on tables/seats especially in Sydney, you were lucky! ;-) Next time try Victoria; more European culture there I think (food/fashion) although there are also a lot of other nationalities there now. I have to say; the more I watch these videos by 'not even french' the more I think I was born in the wrong country EXCEPT I am very friendly and bubbly.
ACTIVE WEAR!!! I think we see it a bit more in Bordeaux than you probably do in Paris but I definitely know I'll get some looks when I pop down to the mini-marche in mine (not necessarily having done exercise)!
Very interesting video, as usual. I am surprised I came to experience ALL of the things she observed in Australia, and I'm a French expat in the UK. While there are some specificities in these observations that are so very French (food and service in restaurants for example!), I work in a very diverse environment and a lot these remarks are also held by people of many nationalities. I think it not only highlights the specificities of Australian or British culture, but also some generality with regard to the cultural divide between Latin/Romance countries versus what we call "anglo-saxon" countries. I have been in the UK for 7 years and I realised there really was a big gap in the way we live and the way we think. Anyway, it's always interesting for me to hear more input on the subject (and I feel less alone ha!).
Je suis aussi français résidant à Londres et j'ai pensé exactement la même chose! Here in the UK, like in Australia I reckon, people don't usually say what they mean but sugarcoat it a lot more, you have to read between the lines. Also I'm surprised she didn't mention the drinking culture... Brits are capable of chugging superhuman amounts of booze and I was under the impression that it's the same with Aussies...
Great I find a lot of similarities been french living in Ireland for the last 12 years. Well might be because a lot if Irish are actually living or have lived in Australia. 😀
Classic. I don't know how I happened on this vid but it was delightful! Céline est très sympa et vous aussi Rosie, bien sûr! If Céline wants late-light summer nights, she'll need to move to Mebourne, or Tasmania! Thank you so much!
French, Australians and food. When I first started work I had a 35/40 minute lunch break. In France you can get two hours. I always love the French attitude to food and restaurant culture. There are a lot of difference nuances in food and drink. I found that the salt and pepper shakers in France to be strange. In Australia the salt shaker has one big hole and the pepper shaker has a lot of small holes. On no - in France I always test my shaker before use. Drinking coffee in France was a surprise. Mini coffee cups with a mouthful of coffee. I order " American" coffee and still get a small cup of coffee, and the last French waiter I ordered coffee from, made a joke with me, saying that I was ordering "swimming pool" size cups of coffee!! (This Frenchman has spent a year in Ireland and picked up some Irish humour along the way...)
I love Fench meals, the lingering... and the drink before dinner, with converstaion. Civilized... like, you can feel yourself relaxing and feeling alove, no rush. Maybe my favorite thing shout the French, just wonderful, so much better than the he US rush-rush-rush, rushing right past life.
Strange as it may sound, I know of a woman from Madrid, Spain, who migrated to AUstralia, in 1968 - just after she married there. She would be in her 70's now -- what is amazing is that (Feli) when she was younger looked much as Céline does in this video -- Even the personality characteristics are much the same.
I love being able to have interesting debates & critical conversations & I thank my French ex for teaching me not to worry about being polite. Life is so much more interesting if you take an opposing argument, even just for the hell of it.
Agreed ! Questioning things makes us grow. You have to look for the why is it as it is and why wouldn't it be otherwise. That allows to not live clueless and, when needed, to stand up for causes.
I've been living in Aus for nearly 8 years and I can't still get used to this friend or acquaintance relationship. I mean they become friends so easily and too fast to my standard. I'm more like I need to get to know you before I call you 'my friend'.
Hello.Any body is here.i Wana chat with her or him because I Wana improve my English language..can anyone help me.if Amy you can then I'll be thankful to you
A couple of years ago I was married to a French woman from Toulouse and we lived together in Brisbane, Australia for nearly two years. The first thing that Katia found hard to get use to was the summer weather and how humid and hot it was here. But she also enjoyed that the winters that were so very mild here in Brisbane. Katia was very haute couture and had amazing dress sense and style. Which I so loved about her and about being French. I myself would always compliment her and and with having my own good dress sense as well. As far as culture in Australia she found it hard with the more than friendly 'Aussie" style at first. But she soon got use to that. I saw that Katia so loved the availability of fresh fruits and vegetables all year round here in Brisbane too. As far as eating French Foods. We would often venture to a popular French Cafeteria chain here in Brisbane called, "Le Bon Choix" which served all the popular French patisseries and delicacies. Which made Katia very happy. We would meet Staff who were expat French people there too and they would have a good chat as well. I think the biggest shock that Katia found was just the expensive prices for most things here like transport and registration, also with utilities with electricity and water etc. Even with alcohol and cigarettes that were so much more cheaper in France and Europe in general. Ironically after we got married. It was the expensive cost of getting residency for Katia to stay and live and work here in Australia (AUD$6000). Which was part of the reason that Katia ended up flying back to France in the end after 2 years together here in Brisbane, Australia.
The U.S. does it...a lot. The waiter / the restaurant wants to "turn the table" to make more money. I rarely eat out anymore, but not being rushed would be nice.
Where I live in Australia they ask if you are finished with you food or drinks before they take it away at any restaurant I've been too. So it might be a Sydney thing but never been there before so I can't say
My great-grandfather was from France and came to Quebec, and I am a 2nd-gen American who spent a lot of time in Quebec and with my Quebecois family. I find my personality often reflects that of what I hear about the French people in such videos, but I did grow up in America and that is certainly part of me. I've never felt at home in any one place. C'est ca, la vie. But, do you ever feel that way as an expat?
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I lived in the US for a year and have been in Canada for 10 years now. Every day that I spend in Canada, it seems that I am losing a little bit of my "frenchness" and gaining more and more "canadianness" but in the end, there are things that highly bother me in both countries, and others that I find essential in both as well. As an expat, I don't think we can ever feel completely "full" because of what we miss from our birth country, and what we like or dislike about our new country.
I'm a French living in Quebec for about 9 months now, and I already feel the same thing about loosing my "frenchness" and gaining "quebecness". At this point I don't know if I'll ever feel home somewhere, because I like and dislike things in both countries, and I obviously can't live in a perfect one with all the good sides. It sounds kinda awful said like that, but I'm actually happy to have discovered a new way to live and I know that when I'll be back in France, I'll see things differently, like rediscovering my own country :)
Commentaires As a French I obviously miss the food, good cheese, croissants, etc. And in France I live in the Alpes, so I miss the mountains too. Also, to live in Canada you gotta support the cold (I experienced -50 this winter). Personally I handle it pretty well, but the winter is waaaaaay too long for me ! After 6 months living in the snow, you start dreaming about seeing grass 😂 But since I got back in France I have to admit that there's some things that I miss from Canada. Firstly the people, they're so kind, full of happiness, it's a very positive atmosphere. The traffic is not stressful like in France, roads are large, and the Canadian are way less strict about the rules (and that, without mentioning the price of the gaz). And this is just some examples ^^
Very interesting and very great video ! So true for France being unsecured ! Despite the fact I'm living in a little town, I have to always keep an eye on my bag, my wallet, my money (even if it's not as much as in Paris^^). And for positivity, people are so negative around me, always complaining, they're always acting like "des enfants pourris gâtés" who screams everytime you ask them a few efforts... And despite the fact I'm French, I'm fed up with this ! BUT (you've got to remember there's always a but with the french !) I totally agree with her when she says it should be balanced, because we have always to think about every possible issue when we want to do something, especially if it implies big issues. And because we're not living in a perfect world where everything is fine and amazing : being rationally positive : OK ; not being realistic : Not Ok because it's stupid and sometimes dangerous. And because negativity and critics shouldn't be a taboo, they can be useful too (to avoid these big issues)...
The way girls dress up to go out must be the British influence. First time I saw it I was in Liverpool on a cold, rainy Saturday night. High heels, mini skirts, boobs out and not a coat in sight. I felt a bit out of place - but at least warm - in my jeans (I'm Dutch). :D
Even though the tipping culture is very similar in Australia and France, so there is little pressure to be over friendly to earn more tips, Australian waiting staff are much more friendly and cheerful. Having travelled to France many time since 1985 I have never had a problem with a waiter. They have always been efficient and courteous, even in a small rural setting. Basically, very professional. Some could think that an over friendly waiter was being unprofessional, but it is just a cultural/tradition issue. Both are fine in their correct setting.
Great video! Thanks! Les sous-titre en revanche sont incompréhensibles, ahahah, Google translate? Certains mot sont carrément échangés, "door" devient "chien". On a l'impression de lire de la poésie surréaliste par moment !
Mes sous-titres d'auto traduction de Google étaient bons et ne confondaient pas 'door' avec 'dog'. Peut être qu'il existe différentes versions de Google traduction pour différents pays. Je suis en Australie.
julosx tu fais un peu le malin là, non ;)! Moi non plus je n'en ai pas besoin ce qui ne m'empêche pas de trouver les sous titres poétiques tant ils sont absurdes parfois. La beauté cachée de la technologie limitée
C'est très intéressant pour moi car j'ai passé un an vivant en France (Paris), donc l'inverse a existé quand j'étais là-bas. Je préfère l'air de positiv en Australie, c'est pas faux je trouve. On est vraiment ouvert à les étrangers dans la rue, il n'existe pas un bon raison pour ne faire pas ça je crois. Gentillesse et cordialité et important pour nous, et il va toujours mettre un sourire sur ta visage :)
I love your videos. It's always interesting to me how you can so easily replace "France" with "Argentina" and "NZ/Australia" with "the US" and 95% of the cultural differences stay the same.
The more I watch these videos, the more I wonder if saying "well, it's just being French" it really is essentially critical or rude. How is something ok when you're french but if you do that in another country (or many other countries) it would be rude?
I dont like hook up culture myself. I am totally against it.
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Malheureusment, Sydney non, on dois habiter a Melbourne. Joking. I learny a lot in France. I think that france is the aunty of Australia and england is the Mother. I think Australia is so unlike England. The French and Australians have a sense of beach, then there is wine and food and fun. That is Australia. Glad you are here.
Ok sooo the French girl in point of view I believe she prefers to be attended by someone not sympathetic, and with a big smile to welcome you??????? Soooo you're saying is tooo much being polite and spread good vibes and a huge smile????? Omg
I thought this "Awesome thing" is an American thing.
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The "over the top" happy mood can be found in quite a few anglophone countries - Australia, NZ, Canada and the US for sure. From my experience in 3 of these countries, I'd say the US is #1 as for over the top stuff. I had to get used to being introduced as "a friend" by multiple, very *far* acquaintances. Also had to be used to getting hugged like they wanted to take the life out of me (that felt very invasive to me at first). In the end, the culture shock of going back to France after this is that it gives you the impression that French are generally negative and more distant (and actually, we are). As expats, we are lucky to have discovered this, and now we can make choices about what the right balance is for us.
Faut pas juger que les parisiens sur le façon de vivre il a plus de 40 millions autre habitants an France avec différents façon de vivre tu vas dans des petites ville les gens t'aideront plus qu'à Paris ou même à Lyon ou bordeaux PS faut pas juger que Paris qu'en on parle de la France à Paris y a beaucoup de vol, de viol, d'attentat donc tout le monde ce méfie de tout le monde
Honest and racist opinion please lol All colours have the good, the bad and the ugly. Elizabeth and Salisbury in Adelaide are notorious for crimes and these suburbs are predominantly white so does it also imply that all the white people are criminals? NO , a big fat no.
@@nsekma6780 That was a non answer. More of an emotional outburst really. You're also forgetting the role that culture has on people. "Predominantly" doesn't mean much. It's often a small number of people in an area that are causing most of the problems. You have to look at why that are attracts problem people to it. I've lived in dodgy areas and visited people in other dodgy areas, and I can tell you that it's not all the same skin colour causing the problems. But they usually have things in common.
The French are way less conservative than Australians - nudity, sex, fun, alcohol, and open-mindedness about lifestyles is totally normal in France, contrary to Aussies who are puritanical.
To me, the problem with autralian's over positive attitude is like their are faking. Too much "amaaaazing" seems like lies and hypocrisy, or just less honest. Of course it's also annoying to deal with waiters in France but I think the opposite is not necessary better
I find the Aussies more genuine, and warmer than the Brits, and way less OTT than the Americans (an English friend of mine is tired of this after just 1 year in the US - I think I'd have a nervous breakdown after just 1 month). I think they're the best you can get in the "Anglo-Saxon" world.
Anne-Marie V. Don’t you find Latin european countries like Portugal, Spain, and Italy more friendly and warmer than English speaking ones? I certainly do.
It's called the "Have a go" attitude. It comes from our self relient past where you'd have to travel 100km to go to school or work. You can't afford to be negative.
French ways are very nice, but not as nice as the movies would have you believe. Paris is not the city the movies pretend it it is. It's just a city like any other. After travelling throughout France, I've learnt to love the country and its people, but the notion that the French people, France and Paris are romantic and somehow above other cultures is frankly just silly and not founded in any form of truth. France is a country just like others. It has its good, bad and mythical features. If you want true romance and passion you really would go to places like Istanbul (before the current government anyway), the Caribbean and in my opinion, believe it or not ... Berlin. So saying I love the French, but I haven't forgotten or forgiven their detonation of nuclear weapons in the Pacific to test them, despite world condemnation and the prejudices they hold in their society based in old history - albeit this is the same as every European nation; they just can't get over the past.
Quite manichean overview. Safe cities: you can NOT compare without comparing density of population. All big cities are submitted to "unlawful" minorities. Aussies all nice? go on a rugby field, you will construe aussie fairplay a different way! Lo! In the other hand I used to work for an american flight company and everytime a "bunch" of people was coming in and said they've been robbed on Champs Elysées, it occurred they were Aussies. May be because they are too many "latin" people there...
je trouve dommage que ce ne soit que des gens qui vivent sur Paris car c'est la ville où il y a le plus d'insécurité et ce n'est pas représentatif du reste de la France. Si non la vidéo est sympathique
"How can i screw this person" is the latin way of thinking ? Wow...A lil harsh no ? About screwing people, should we talk about friendly australian apartheid ? Je comprends qu'il est impossible de généraliser sans être caricatural. Mais ce qui intéressant dans le monde, c'est justement ses nuances.
For what regards street harassment, in most cases, people who do harass are not from a french background and if they are, they're what we called "des cas soc'" or "des gros beaufs". So, it's not the average french dude who's going to harass you in the street...
@Eléonore That's absolutely true. When I was in Paris all the thieves, scammers, pickpockets and cutthroats were from a couple of cultures that I won't mention here. I found the Parisians to be helpful and perfectly civilized.
So glad someone's agree with me ! Here, when it comes to harassment, you're not supposed to say that most of the time, people who misbehave are not from a french background because if you say so, you'll get called racist/fascist etc. Whereas it's just the truth ! Of course, you do find french people who do that too, but they're not the majority.
Les "cas soc" et les "cas psy", sans oublier les prêcheurs mabouls qui viennent casser les pieds de tout le monde dans les trains de banlieue de temps en temps.
Hi, I find the French woman a little bit closed minded and rude about a different culture. Friendly service is a thing must international people miss when living in Paris , no matter where you are from.
Ok this comment is pre watching if I am wrong I will plas a sorry . But in my interactions with French people they love nothing but there own . "It's ok but ours is far better "
I disagree a lot, I think French people are skeptics and Australians are generally naive and sheltered. I find Australians are very apathetic (if it doesn’t affect them directly why should they care). Australians don’t like issues. I think these are the differences between cultured and cultureless societies. I totally agree however that sugar-coating here is a way of life. But as a result of never telling the god honest truth and the false sense of security, they are fundamentally insecure and sheltered and this delusion is contagious IMO 😕
"Australians don't like issues" - bit of a weird generalisation. In general it's a safe, successful and remote country. If it had the bloated & extortionate health care system of the US, the democratic paralysis of the UK or the financial woes of Greece they would probably "like issues" more. As it stands climate change, casualisation of labour & housing market imbalances are the most pressing to Australians.
I would agree they don't like to argue something personal between mates like religion or political party allegiance where it's going to just ruin a friendship rather than persuade
Not either of them is Australian as the second is a New Zealander . This is shocking. Lol . The French feel close to the aborigines and the science ( medicine). Spirituality .
Dommage qu'elle ne dise pas pourquoi Sydney est plus sûre que Paris, surtout pour une fille. Je me demande quelles populations sont à Paris et ne sont pas à Sydney 🤔
Exactement la même réflexion que je me suis fait... Disons qu'en Australie on renvoie les bateaux (illégaux) d'où ils viennent, au lieu de donner à leurs passagers l'AME, etc.
Miaina C'est quoi la logique foireuse derrière votre commentaire ? On a en effet déjà (et malheureusement) assez de tarés de souche, pas besoin d'en importer en plus !
Hmmmm did she not read the memo about domestic the abuse problem in Australia? She paints a false picture, look at the stats. On the surface it feels safer because there aren't as many people. But it happens.
I can relate to this video so much. I'm a french in Australia at the moment and I had all the same cultural shocks when I first arrived ! People are just so enthusiastic it's almost exhausting ! ahah but yes people are so relax and nice to each other, it's refreshing and really hope I'm going to be able to keep that when I get back ! Thanks girls
That's it Rosie, you're becoming French and will soon have to replace the "Not Even" with something else ;-) It was great to see you chatting to my close friend Celine and I 100% agree with her on all of her points.
Haha I was about to reply the same thing to Rosie... her Frenchness is starting to take over! 😂
French are boring
As an Australian even I find it uncomfortable about how quickly wait staff take our plates away.
That's good to hear! And what do you think of being asked for your drink order in a restaurant before you've even sat down and don't know yet what food you're going to order? This stresses me out, as my drink generally HAS TO match with my food so I tend to gently shoo the waitress off...
It's perfectly acceptable to ask for a water while you decide.
they want you to order the drink before , because they expect you to drink it before the meal is ready and order another drink while eating , it's a commercial trick ^^.
Which is why the water trick works so brilliantly.
It can be dependent on what parts of Australia you are in and what places you visit. But I do agree that being rushed is not a great experience. There are many great little cafes in the northern inner suburbs of Melbourne that do not rush you.
that restaurant clearing of tables before you're finished annoys Australians as well!
It’s interesting how as a German I can relate to every single point she mentioned. Especially the one with the restaurant. In Europe it’s really common to still sit outside at your table after finishing with eating and drinking and just talk for hours, sometimes ordering another drink later in the evening.
I am sydney born and bread and even I related to alot of what she said! :)
IN France we love "debating" because of the art of lying , historically , being good at debating , was to show your high education and your mastering of words , to impress people , so being good at debating means that you come from high society , and in france we have this very deep and strong social class struggle tradition, so everybody want to show they are from an upper class than they sometimes really are .
You can show that by your dress code (very important here to show you social class) and the way you speak , but most of people just like to listen themselves speaking to feel smart and brillant.
Because when you are debating with people , most of the times people doesn't really ( or at all) listen at you to make ideas growing, they just are challenging each others by tricks and sophism to have the end word no mattering of the truth of what they say.
I do agree with the eloquence fight and the dress code as expressions of the undergoing strong social classes war.
But don't you think it would be quite edgy to state that people don't debate to make ideas growing and rather just to ego-win over others ?
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It's only about ego ,showing your skills and trying to have the last word.
I totally agree with the last part. I don't know if it's for their ego but when they're debating people try to prove their point more than they look for the best solution. It often finish with deaf people repeating the same thing but with different words.
I can relate sometimes to what you're saying but it's not always like this.
This point of view sounds too pessimist to me.
Yeah it's not always like this. I would say it depends of the topic. (and people of course) On sensitive topics like abortion, when people have their values or a precise position they will stand it to protect their idea because they trust in it. When both sides do that it's not a debate anymore, I see things like this happen often.
When they don't have a fix opinion or when the topic is more casual, they are less in a defensive position and less stressed and it goes better
Oh, what a lovely guest :) she was so sweet.
Oh Thank you so much Carole 😊
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I lived in Australia for 7 years and never had not even once shop people said hello to me the way this video described. One very different experience. I definately agree with that people are generally easy going and very relaxed. I miss beautiful Australian beaches and the morning atmosphere in the city area with the smell of fresh coffee.
A lot of the things she mentioned can easily be applied to the U.S. I guess it part of the Anglosphere but I nearly died when she talked about the "Latin way of thinking" because that is true, so, so true.
OMG So true !!!
I'm french and my wife is australian.
Now I understand why my wife always about me being negative instead of being happy go lucky, challenging her all the time,etc...
It's just the way we are raised xD
I had same reaction as Celine first time I went to a supermarket and the lady at the register started to talk to me, ask about my day, etc....
AND STARTED TO PACK MY THINGS FOR ME !? !?
Huh ? What is happening O_O ????
(In France you barely exchange a Bonjour, and it's up to you to pack your goods, and hurry up because we have customers waiting)
I'm a Belgian in Sydney and I quiet agree with all she said! Especially about the safe feeling
and the general happier state of mind but she didn't talk about how expensive housing is heeeere, omg 😂
I liked Celine a lot, she's so much fun and so engaging. The kind of person you could talk to and listen to for hours!
Service in australia is prompt in my experience. They don’t want you to stare at dirty plates.
Smiling service is not a war crime. To be friendly is a positive win for equal humans.
A checkout person may chat with you and not be a mute servant. And the food is asian fusion often, not reliant on butter and complex sauces.
Great video, as always! I spent a year in the UK and I'm coming back to France on the 4th of July. I can't wait to just walk around my city, Strasbourg, feeling the sun on my face and smelling bread in the streets. I'll also eat reblochon and saint-nectaire fermier for a week straight when I'm back.
This video is great! I loved Céline's description of the little moments of her daily life in Australia. It brought back a lot of memories of my stay in Brisbane. I loved Australia so much that I made it my job! 😅
I didn't know Australians were this happy! Glad she enjoyed her stay there
A lot of it is cultural. Act happy even if you're not
It's all superficial and cold. Not really happiness.
I'm an Iranian Aussie and I find her culture shock almost exactly the same as mine.
J'adore Sydney, c est tellement multicultural comme ville. Les Australian sont tellement ouvert d'esprit que ca marche fort bien pr eux. Merci d avoir partager ton experience.
What a wonderful response. Such a lovely young lady. I’m glad you feel relaxed & positive. I’ve back packed through a lot of Europe and as beautiful as it is. There’s nothing like home 🇦🇺
Ok I'm Australian, we do not have fashion here (as a general rule) it hurts my eyes; my apologies about that-I sew my own clothes for a reason. It is not normal to get up at 5 for the average person not on the east coast. I hate when they leave my dirty plate in my way on the table but they must ask if I'm finished before taking anything (though I am not from busy sydney). Oh it's not safe to go leaving your stuff around on tables/seats especially in Sydney, you were lucky! ;-) Next time try Victoria; more European culture there I think (food/fashion) although there are also a lot of other nationalities there now.
I have to say; the more I watch these videos by 'not even french' the more I think I was born in the wrong country EXCEPT I am very friendly and bubbly.
ACTIVE WEAR!!! I think we see it a bit more in Bordeaux than you probably do in Paris but I definitely know I'll get some looks when I pop down to the mini-marche in mine (not necessarily having done exercise)!
Very interesting video, as usual. I am surprised I came to experience ALL of the things she observed in Australia, and I'm a French expat in the UK. While there are some specificities in these observations that are so very French (food and service in restaurants for example!), I work in a very diverse environment and a lot these remarks are also held by people of many nationalities. I think it not only highlights the specificities of Australian or British culture, but also some generality with regard to the cultural divide between Latin/Romance countries versus what we call "anglo-saxon" countries. I have been in the UK for 7 years and I realised there really was a big gap in the way we live and the way we think. Anyway, it's always interesting for me to hear more input on the subject (and I feel less alone ha!).
tradewindm - Do you relate with the higher level of people's happiness in UK ?
Je suis aussi français résidant à Londres et j'ai pensé exactement la même chose! Here in the UK, like in Australia I reckon, people don't usually say what they mean but sugarcoat it a lot more, you have to read between the lines. Also I'm surprised she didn't mention the drinking culture... Brits are capable of chugging superhuman amounts of booze and I was under the impression that it's the same with Aussies...
Great I find a lot of similarities been french living in Ireland for the last 12 years. Well might be because a lot if Irish are actually living or have lived in Australia. 😀
Or perhaps because a lot of Australians have Irish heritage.
Classic. I don't know how I happened on this vid but it was delightful! Céline est très sympa et vous aussi Rosie, bien sûr! If Céline wants late-light summer nights, she'll need to move to Mebourne, or Tasmania! Thank you so much!
French, Australians and food. When I first started work I had a 35/40 minute lunch break. In France you can get two hours. I always love the French attitude to food and restaurant culture. There are a lot of difference nuances in food and drink. I found that the salt and pepper shakers in France to be strange. In Australia the salt shaker has one big hole and the pepper shaker has a lot of small holes. On no - in France I always test my shaker before use. Drinking coffee in France was a surprise. Mini coffee cups with a mouthful of coffee. I order " American" coffee and still get a small cup of coffee, and the last French waiter I ordered coffee from, made a joke with me, saying that I was ordering "swimming pool" size cups of coffee!! (This Frenchman has spent a year in Ireland and picked up some Irish humour along the way...)
The descriptions I hear your guest saying about Australia are reminding me of America, at least the southern states🤗 This was fun to hear!
Fall Winter and Spring in Australia, Summer in Europe
I love Fench meals, the lingering... and the drink before dinner, with converstaion. Civilized... like, you can feel yourself relaxing and feeling alove, no rush. Maybe my favorite thing shout the French, just wonderful, so much better than the he US rush-rush-rush, rushing right past life.
Strange as it may sound, I know of a woman from Madrid, Spain, who migrated to AUstralia, in 1968 -
just after she married there.
She would be in her 70's now -- what is amazing is that (Feli) when she was younger looked
much as Céline does in this video -- Even the personality characteristics are much the same.
Est ce que les kangourous ont influencé la mentalité australienne ?
I love being able to have interesting debates & critical conversations & I thank my French ex for teaching me not to worry about being polite. Life is so much more interesting if you take an opposing argument, even just for the hell of it.
Agreed ! Questioning things makes us grow. You have to look for the why is it as it is and why wouldn't it be otherwise.
That allows to not live clueless and, when needed, to stand up for causes.
Lots of this is spot on. I was a waitress in Australia for 2 years and I was never able to get that hyper 🤣
I've been living in Aus for nearly 8 years and I can't still get used to this friend or acquaintance relationship. I mean they become friends so easily and too fast to my standard. I'm more like I need to get to know you before I call you 'my friend'.
Wow glad to know, we r planing to move to Australia next year . Merci ;-)
Hello.Any body is here.i Wana chat with her or him because I Wana improve my English language..can anyone help me.if Amy you can then I'll be thankful to you
A couple of years ago I was married to a French woman from Toulouse and we lived together in Brisbane, Australia for nearly two years.
The first thing that Katia found hard to get use to was the summer weather and how humid and hot it was here. But she also enjoyed that the winters that were so very mild here in Brisbane.
Katia was very haute couture and had amazing dress sense and style. Which I so loved about her and about being French.
I myself would always compliment her and and with having my own good dress sense as well.
As far as culture in Australia she found it hard with the more than friendly 'Aussie" style at first. But she soon got use to that.
I saw that Katia so loved the availability of fresh fruits and vegetables all year round here in Brisbane too.
As far as eating French Foods. We would often venture to a popular French Cafeteria chain here in Brisbane called, "Le Bon Choix" which served all the popular French patisseries and delicacies. Which made Katia very happy. We would meet Staff who were expat French people there too and they would have a good chat as well.
I think the biggest shock that Katia found was just the expensive prices for most things here like transport and registration, also with utilities with electricity and water etc.
Even with alcohol and cigarettes that were so much more cheaper in France and Europe in general.
Ironically after we got married. It was the expensive cost of getting residency for Katia to stay and live and work here in Australia (AUD$6000).
Which was part of the reason that Katia ended up flying back to France in the end after 2 years together here in Brisbane, Australia.
Sorry to hear that.
Are you still together?
@@pweter351 No mate she left me in the end!
going out at 9pm !!! what the f...?? the nights over , bedtime then work at 5am .
In many European countries, it's normal to eat dinner at 9, 10 or even 11pm
I love You AUSTRALIAN and I wish me reach to Sydney,
I wish you enjoy of life and have a good day.yeeeeeeees
Fun video to see the flip side of expat life
Deb Merced yeah, great to see the French perspective as well!
Thank you for this video! I will be visiting Sydney for 2 months soon. Cant wait:) love from the netherlands ❤
The waiters grabbing food before you finished etc at restaurants must ... be a Sydney "thing".
The U.S. does it...a lot. The waiter / the restaurant wants to "turn the table" to make more money. I rarely eat out anymore, but not being rushed would be nice.
Where I live in Australia they ask if you are finished with you food or drinks before they take it away at any restaurant I've been too. So it might be a Sydney thing but never been there before so I can't say
Best notification to wake up to!
I love her! Thanks Rosie!
My great-grandfather was from France and came to Quebec, and I am a 2nd-gen American who spent a lot of time in Quebec and with my Quebecois family. I find my personality often reflects that of what I hear about the French people in such videos, but I did grow up in America and that is certainly part of me. I've never felt at home in any one place. C'est ca, la vie. But, do you ever feel that way as an expat?
I lived in the US for a year and have been in Canada for 10 years now. Every day that I spend in Canada, it seems that I am losing a little bit of my "frenchness" and gaining more and more "canadianness" but in the end, there are things that highly bother me in both countries, and others that I find essential in both as well. As an expat, I don't think we can ever feel completely "full" because of what we miss from our birth country, and what we like or dislike about our new country.
Agnès Pelletier That makes perfect sense to me. Canadian cultures are very unique!
I'm a French living in Quebec for about 9 months now, and I already feel the same thing about loosing my "frenchness" and gaining "quebecness". At this point I don't know if I'll ever feel home somewhere, because I like and dislike things in both countries, and I obviously can't live in a perfect one with all the good sides. It sounds kinda awful said like that, but I'm actually happy to have discovered a new way to live and I know that when I'll be back in France, I'll see things differently, like rediscovering my own country :)
What do you dislike in Canada ? I've never been there so I'm curious. And French.
Commentaires As a French I obviously miss the food, good cheese, croissants, etc. And in France I live in the Alpes, so I miss the mountains too.
Also, to live in Canada you gotta support the cold (I experienced -50 this winter). Personally I handle it pretty well, but the winter is waaaaaay too long for me ! After 6 months living in the snow, you start dreaming about seeing grass 😂
But since I got back in France I have to admit that there's some things that I miss from Canada. Firstly the people, they're so kind, full of happiness, it's a very positive atmosphere. The traffic is not stressful like in France, roads are large, and the Canadian are way less strict about the rules (and that, without mentioning the price of the gaz). And this is just some examples ^^
Very interesting and very great video !
So true for France being unsecured ! Despite the fact I'm living in a little town, I have to always keep an eye on my bag, my wallet, my money (even if it's not as much as in Paris^^).
And for positivity, people are so negative around me, always complaining, they're always acting like "des enfants pourris gâtés" who screams everytime you ask them a few efforts... And despite the fact I'm French, I'm fed up with this ! BUT (you've got to remember there's always a but with the french !) I totally agree with her when she says it should be balanced, because we have always to think about every possible issue when we want to do something, especially if it implies big issues. And because we're not living in a perfect world where everything is fine and amazing : being rationally positive : OK ; not being realistic : Not Ok because it's stupid and sometimes dangerous. And because negativity and critics shouldn't be a taboo, they can be useful too (to avoid these big issues)...
Im aussie and i can relate to alot of these points.. it shows we arent all stereotypical aussie 😉
You can tell she's French as soon as she pronounces "idea" as if it was "ID"... :D
This was so interesting !
What a lovely insight!! Loved it!
Hey ! J'ai adoré cette vidéo :D
The way girls dress up to go out must be the British influence. First time I saw it I was in Liverpool on a cold, rainy Saturday night. High heels, mini skirts, boobs out and not a coat in sight. I felt a bit out of place - but at least warm - in my jeans (I'm Dutch). :D
Even though the tipping culture is very similar in Australia and France, so there is little pressure to be over friendly to earn more tips, Australian waiting staff are much more friendly and cheerful. Having travelled to France many time since 1985 I have never had a problem with a waiter. They have always been efficient and courteous, even in a small rural setting. Basically, very professional.
Some could think that an over friendly waiter was being unprofessional, but it is just a cultural/tradition issue. Both are fine in their correct setting.
Great video! Thanks!
Les sous-titre en revanche sont incompréhensibles, ahahah, Google translate? Certains mot sont carrément échangés, "door" devient "chien". On a l'impression de lire de la poésie surréaliste par moment !
Mes sous-titres d'auto traduction de Google étaient bons et ne confondaient pas 'door' avec 'dog'. Peut être qu'il existe différentes versions de Google traduction pour différents pays. Je suis en Australie.
Pas besoin de sous-titres pour moi. Du coup le problème ne se pose pas.
julosx tu fais un peu le malin là, non ;)! Moi non plus je n'en ai pas besoin ce qui ne m'empêche pas de trouver les sous titres poétiques tant ils sont absurdes parfois. La beauté cachée de la technologie limitée
Merde, je regrette de ne pas avoir mis les sous-titres du coup 😂
C'est très intéressant pour moi car j'ai passé un an vivant en France (Paris), donc l'inverse a existé quand j'étais là-bas. Je préfère l'air de positiv en Australie, c'est pas faux je trouve. On est vraiment ouvert à les étrangers dans la rue, il n'existe pas un bon raison pour ne faire pas ça je crois. Gentillesse et cordialité et important pour nous, et il va toujours mettre un sourire sur ta visage :)
Definitely I prefer the Australian positive Way of thinking !
I love your videos. It's always interesting to me how you can so easily replace "France" with "Argentina" and "NZ/Australia" with "the US" and 95% of the cultural differences stay the same.
The more I watch these videos, the more I wonder if saying "well, it's just being French" it really is essentially critical or rude. How is something ok when you're french but if you do that in another country (or many other countries) it would be rude?
If I can’t pick an outfit, I’ll just wear activewear. I don’t go to the gym ever 😂
Sayings like .... "She'll be right mate", "I'll give it a go", and "Too easy mate", entered our vocbulary because we are a can do country.
great video to see the flip side of being an expat
Some of the described social phenomena are Sydney related and not necessarily Australia wide.
I would love to see someone from France wanting to debate with someone from Japan 😂
Complete 180 from each other
i am English lived in England and Australia and USA Australians are a Mixture of English and Americans but much more Like the English
I dont like hook up culture myself. I am totally against it.
Malheureusment, Sydney non, on dois habiter a Melbourne. Joking. I learny a lot in France. I think that france is the aunty of Australia and england is the Mother. I think Australia is so unlike England. The French and Australians have a sense of beach, then there is wine and food and fun. That is Australia. Glad you are here.
Ok sooo the French girl in point of view I believe she prefers to be attended by someone not sympathetic, and with a big smile to welcome you??????? Soooo you're saying is tooo much being polite and spread good vibes and a huge smile????? Omg
I thought this "Awesome thing" is an American thing.
The "over the top" happy mood can be found in quite a few anglophone countries - Australia, NZ, Canada and the US for sure. From my experience in 3 of these countries, I'd say the US is #1 as for over the top stuff. I had to get used to being introduced as "a friend" by multiple, very *far* acquaintances. Also had to be used to getting hugged like they wanted to take the life out of me (that felt very invasive to me at first). In the end, the culture shock of going back to France after this is that it gives you the impression that French are generally negative and more distant (and actually, we are). As expats, we are lucky to have discovered this, and now we can make choices about what the right balance is for us.
Faut pas juger que les parisiens sur le façon de vivre il a plus de 40 millions autre habitants an France avec différents façon de vivre tu vas dans des petites ville les gens t'aideront plus qu'à Paris ou même à Lyon ou bordeaux
PS faut pas juger que Paris qu'en on parle de la France à Paris y a beaucoup de vol, de viol, d'attentat donc tout le monde ce méfie de tout le monde
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I'd like to know more about the unsafe feelings in France. Is it predominantly because of a certain skin colour? Honest opinion please.
Honest and racist opinion please lol
All colours have the good, the bad and the ugly. Elizabeth and Salisbury in Adelaide are notorious for crimes and these suburbs are predominantly white so does it also imply that all the white people are criminals? NO , a big fat no.
@@nsekma6780 That was a non answer. More of an emotional outburst really.
You're also forgetting the role that culture has on people.
"Predominantly" doesn't mean much. It's often a small number of people in an area that are causing most of the problems. You have to look at why that are attracts problem people to it. I've lived in dodgy areas and visited people in other dodgy areas, and I can tell you that it's not all the same skin colour causing the problems. But they usually have things in common.
Is friday? Or Thuesday?
You should rename your channel into More than French.
Vidéo super intéressante.
Mais qui a fait les sous-titres en français ? :D
PMed you on YT, I may be able to assist
Its like with sizzlers.. they give u chocolate mints.. that means its time to go lol
Hello guys
French are more ......conservative,..traditional, reserved,blunt, and honest...than Aussies.
The French are way less conservative than Australians - nudity, sex, fun, alcohol, and open-mindedness about lifestyles is totally normal in France, contrary to Aussies who are puritanical.
To me, the problem with autralian's over positive attitude is like their are faking. Too much "amaaaazing" seems like lies and hypocrisy, or just less honest. Of course it's also annoying to deal with waiters in France but I think the opposite is not necessary better
I find the Aussies more genuine, and warmer than the Brits, and way less OTT than the Americans (an English friend of mine is tired of this after just 1 year in the US - I think I'd have a nervous breakdown after just 1 month). I think they're the best you can get in the "Anglo-Saxon" world.
Maybe it seems fake to you cause in your country when someone is doing it, most of the time it is fake ?
Anne-Marie V. Don’t you find Latin european countries like Portugal, Spain, and Italy more friendly and warmer than English speaking ones? I certainly do.
It's called the "Have a go" attitude. It comes from our self relient past where you'd have to travel 100km to go to school or work. You can't afford to be negative.
@Remi Marcelin Le fait qu'ils te contactent pas apres te montre que le contacte etait faux. La personne qui parle de faussete a totalement raison.
Who's your cute French friend?
French ways are very nice, but not as nice as the movies would have you believe. Paris is not the city the movies pretend it it is. It's just a city like any other. After travelling throughout France, I've learnt to love the country and its people, but the notion that the French people, France and Paris are romantic and somehow above other cultures is frankly just silly and not founded in any form of truth. France is a country just like others. It has its good, bad and mythical features. If you want true romance and passion you really would go to places like Istanbul (before the current government anyway), the Caribbean and in my opinion, believe it or not ... Berlin. So saying I love the French, but I haven't forgotten or forgiven their detonation of nuclear weapons in the Pacific to test them, despite world condemnation and the prejudices they hold in their society based in old history - albeit this is the same as every European nation; they just can't get over the past.
Probably not a good idea to call her a “frenchy” as it has an alternative meaning being short for “French letter”
Kindly remove the letter in the converssation on the screen at the facebook
Si vous manquez de la bonne nourriture, vous êtes, peut être allé dans la mauvaise ville australienne. Venez à Melbourne !
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Quite manichean overview. Safe cities: you can NOT compare without comparing density of population. All big cities are submitted to "unlawful" minorities.
Aussies all nice? go on a rugby field, you will construe aussie fairplay a different way! Lo! In the other hand I used to work for an american flight company and everytime a "bunch" of people was coming in and said they've been robbed on Champs Elysées, it occurred they were Aussies. May be because they are too many "latin" people there...
Celine is so american
je trouve dommage que ce ne soit que des gens qui vivent sur Paris car c'est la ville où il y a le plus d'insécurité et ce n'est pas représentatif du reste de la France.
Si non la vidéo est sympathique
like say my mother americans australins they act like kids no very serious
"How can i screw this person" is the latin way of thinking ? Wow...A lil harsh no ? About screwing people, should we talk about friendly australian apartheid ?
Je comprends qu'il est impossible de généraliser sans être caricatural. Mais ce qui intéressant dans le monde, c'est justement ses nuances.
For what regards street harassment, in most cases, people who do harass are not from a french background and if they are, they're what we called "des cas soc'" or "des gros beaufs". So, it's not the average french dude who's going to harass you in the street...
@Eléonore That's absolutely true. When I was in Paris all the thieves, scammers, pickpockets and cutthroats were from a couple of cultures that I won't mention here. I found the Parisians to be helpful and perfectly civilized.
So glad someone's agree with me ! Here, when it comes to harassment, you're not supposed to say that most of the time, people who misbehave are not from a french background because if you say so, you'll get called racist/fascist etc. Whereas it's just the truth ! Of course, you do find french people who do that too, but they're not the majority.
Les "cas soc" et les "cas psy", sans oublier les prêcheurs mabouls qui viennent casser les pieds de tout le monde dans les trains de banlieue de temps en temps.
Ah lesprêcheurs mabouls je ne les connais pas ceux-là ! J'imagine que c'est surtout à Paris !
Rosie i'm seeing more of you than i seeing the girl i'm going to marry, what gives?
funny girl :D
Cute
Why does the Aussie sound british Ahaha
Hi, I find the French woman a little bit closed minded and rude about a different culture. Friendly service is a thing must international people miss when living in Paris , no matter where you are from.
Ok this comment is pre watching if I am wrong I will plas a sorry . But in my interactions with French people they love nothing but there own . "It's ok but ours is far better "
I disagree a lot, I think French people are skeptics and Australians are generally naive and sheltered. I find Australians are very apathetic (if it doesn’t affect them directly why should they care). Australians don’t like issues. I think these are the differences between cultured and cultureless societies.
I totally agree however that sugar-coating here is a way of life. But as a result of never telling the god honest truth and the false sense of security, they are fundamentally insecure and sheltered and this delusion is contagious IMO 😕
"Australians don't like issues" - bit of a weird generalisation. In general it's a safe, successful and remote country. If it had the bloated & extortionate health care system of the US, the democratic paralysis of the UK or the financial woes of Greece they would probably "like issues" more. As it stands climate change, casualisation of labour & housing market imbalances are the most pressing to Australians.
Peter Shearman what I should have said is “Australians don’t like *to talk about or confront* issues”
I would agree they don't like to argue something personal between mates like religion or political party allegiance where it's going to just ruin a friendship rather than persuade
Having lived in both countries I think I can give my honest opinion.... the French are filled with self importance. The Australians don’t give a shit.
I have lived here for 15 years and you are perfectly right. Under the veneer of 'laidback' are apathy and empty relationships, unfortunately.
Sydney can be quit rough
Not either of them is Australian as the second is a New Zealander . This is shocking. Lol . The French feel close to the aborigines and the science ( medicine). Spirituality .
NZ and Australia are almost the same culturally
Dommage qu'elle ne dise pas pourquoi Sydney est plus sûre que Paris, surtout pour une fille. Je me demande quelles populations sont à Paris et ne sont pas à Sydney 🤔
Exactement la même réflexion que je me suis fait... Disons qu'en Australie on renvoie les bateaux (illégaux) d'où ils viennent, au lieu de donner à leurs passagers l'AME, etc.
Vous avez raison ! Pendant ce temps on se retrouve entre Fourniret et Nordhal LELANDAIS, c'est top mieux !
Miaina C'est quoi la logique foireuse derrière votre commentaire ? On a en effet déjà (et malheureusement) assez de tarés de souche, pas besoin d'en importer en plus !
Qui importe quoi ? on parle d'être humains ... mais bon je vous laisse déféquer votre racisme derrière, ça a l'air de vous rendre heureux.
Miaina On se met des œillères pour ne pas voir la méchante réalité en face mais on se sent tolérant ☺
A French WHAT OR WHO in Australia???????????????????????????????????????????
France sounds like a sad place to live
Hmmmm did she not read the memo about domestic the abuse problem in Australia? She paints a false picture, look at the stats. On the surface it feels safer because there aren't as many people. But it happens.
Easy. Tell them no when they try to take it. Duh.