From one ex-Houstonian to another (Go Astros!), THANK YOU so much for great videos that are helpful and inspiring. I'm currently doing my Schengen cool-down in Prishtina, Kosovo; but hope to visit France soon. My dream is to someday own property in France.
Living beside the train tracks is great where I live. The tracks are down a slope so it makes far less noise than further away where the sound travels across the open fields and vineyards. I'm walking distance to a train station with frequent regional trains.Very practical! Can get to the airport via train and tram. My street has very little car traffic. There are roads in the countryside that have far more traffic and much more noise than where I live. I would much rather have the trains than be close to where there are lots of hunters! My suggestion for those seeking the calm of the countryside is to find out about where there is seasonal hunting in the area!
Weathspark is my go to for trip planning as we tend to travel on shoulder seasons to avoid crowds and to get a slightly more typical experience of a place.
For the transportation one, I really like to use the isochrone maps that shows you the area you can reach from a place within a certain amount of time. Smappen is a great online tool for this. Also for the train line in France the SNCF provides an online map of their network. It's just for France though, but I'm sure there are others around that show you well the connectivity within the EU network. Great video!!
Another great video! Something else that we're considering is where we could feasibly live without a car. City centers in places like Dijon, Tours and others are walkable and have the TGV, making travel easy and convenient. However, the surrounding towns and villages are often beautiful and sometimes more affordable. Thanks for the great resources!
Greetings from Nova Scotia. Just a note to say how much I enjoy all your videos. Living in Canada, but with many relatives in the US, I fully understand why you moved... especially now. Here in Canada we have almost everything France offers, plus more linguistic choice, so we won't be Baguette Bound, but it's all good info. If we did decide to move it would be to another Commonwealth country like Great Britain or New Zealand as it would be closer to our culture. Keep up the good work! I'll be watching!!
Jason and Reina, Thanks so much for letting us know about these great tools! Deciding where in France to relocate to has been challenging, and this info will help my husband and I with our decision-making.🙏
Guys, these are FANTASTIC! TY! Also - that Houston bubble was funny. AS IF there is any "comfortable" time there, as you stated.... Esp WeatherSpark; I leave for my 2-week location scouting trip on Jan 28th! From Dijon to Grenoble to Toulon to Béziers, to Pau, to Langon, to Montauban, and Toulouse. A BIGGG "whorl" of potential places I want to live.
@@tinyhands7651 And there are so different in everything (size, climat, montain, sea border, middle land).... Will be a hard choice...Enjoy your trip and listen to your heart. Your choice will be the right one. Good to come in the period of year.... much much less crowdy
I thought you had settled in the Charente, not near Bergerac! I spent over a week in the area last October and would have reached out to see if we Could meet! Oh well, it’s one of my top areas when I relocate. Maybe then…great tips and advice!
Just a little word of warning about the weather app. When I decided to move from the South of France to Normandy I did so knowing that Normandy closely resembles the South Coast of England. Unsurprising, it isn't far away. When I bought my house summer temperature was 8 degrees (c) higher than average. Next year it did reflect the average. But this year has been the wettest and coldest summer on record. The World's climate is changing. Seloger? Totally agree. It's one of the reasons I chose to research Bas Normandie where I now live. And although this year's weather has been nothing short of dreadful living here is a blessing. Seloger helped me, even after 15 years living in France, find my place. Trains? I never use them, but I know that many French people love them. For me though, my nearest train station is a 45 minute drive. So if you are looking for easy access to trains, that travel app is a must.
Hello we watched a few of your videos; my wife and I are thinking about moving to France in the next few years. We were wondering how have your careers changed since you moved to France? Our backgrounds are similar to yours, and our main challenge is figuring out income/job portability once we get there. Would you guys make an episode that addresses career; job search and transition from a professional perspective? Thank you!
You live in a odd part of France when it comes to roads: there are straight line roads between each airs of towns in the area, making it a very dense network of secondary roads. At least it's what my dad said when my parents lived there.
Weather Spark est très riche d'information mais celles ci sont basées sur des chiffres datant de 10 ans !('basées sur les données historiques et de reconstructions modélisées du 1 janvier 1980 au 31 décembre 2016') ! Or, le climat a considérablement changé. Pour ce qui est de ma ville, les données présentées sont totalement obsolètes; malheureusement !
Great info! Thanks! We are looking to rent in the south close to the Mediterranean. Being from Houston (Livingston now) too you may understand what we are looking for. My husband is a commercial fisherman and loves everything sea fishing. We need a “grungier” place that would not be appalled if he is throwing a cast net to get bait. Small town is fine just need rail system to get around. Any ideas! Btw love your content!
Frenchman here. You'll have no trouble finding a train near the Mediterranean, as there's always a railway line along the coast to go to Spain, Italy or northwide to Lyon and Paris. As far as property prices are concerned, generally speaking, the further east you go (towards the French riviera) and the more expensive it is. I don't know what you mean by a grungier place.
As Laurent said, there is a railway all along the mediterranean coast connecting the Spanish border to the Italian one (even Paris with bullet trains). As for "grungy" places, from Marseille to the Spanish border, this part of the coast is definitely grungier than the one from Marseille to Menton 🙂 Maybe have a look on the "Pyrénées Orientales" or on the "Aude" (administrative names of those territories) : Port-Vendres, Collioure, Banyuls, etc. Use Google Earth. However, keep in mind that due to the climate change, the Pyrénées orientales have recently become quite dry…
You could look at Sète, it's a nice little harbor with fishermen. I think there is a train station and it's close to Montpellier for instance where you will have the TGV. Or even lower South, like Collioure, near Spain. The Marseille Toulon area is mainly industrial, even if you can find some nice villages here and there, the riviera is expensive and very touristic.
In the US, every county in every state it has a GIS website where you can look at every individual land parcel and learn about it -- ownship history, tax history, easements, etc. Typically, these will link to the treasurer's website for property owners to pay their taxes. Do French departments have anything similar?
When your French is more fluent, it would be great that you get interested in French politics and share important aspects with your viewers. Politics "doesn't matter" until it affects negatively your daily life. The new ZFE laws regarding cars in France are absolutely bonkers, affecting about 10 millions of drivers. The new "Immigration Pact", refused by most EU countries, but accepted by France as an act of submission to the EU, signed the end of peaceful and safe rural French life. What about "energy categories" for your home? A,B,C,D,F,G, in which category belong your home when you purchase? This will determine if you can rent or sell it or not, if you needed to. What about the hunters allowed to come hunting on your private land, unless you make a special request to the "prefecture"? Some people got their dogs shot like that. I could go on endlessly on the other side of French life, which, unfortunately, new expats discover when it's too late. I hope you are getting a food garden ready, and preparing yourself for typical French upheaval. Your videos are the best about France. You deserve to succeed. Bonne chance!
Bonjour, dans ma ville, le mètre carré est à 8 euros et dans certains coins cela descend à 6 euros. La criminalité est proche de zéro et pas de nuisance sonore. Le revers de la médaille, c'est le département de la Creuse. 😂
Vu le climat actuel de la France et ce qui se profile, la Creuse est probablement un endroit ideal ou s'installer...a moins que le nouveau Pacte Immigration vous envoie 30 ou 40 familles d'africains sans metiers, qui ne parle pas un mot de francais dans un village de 50 habitants.... C'est ce que Macron prevoit avant de de se faire virer....
Je serai curieux de connaitre votre avis sur le sujet : Vu de France un couple d'américain expatrier en France, comment voient ils l'Amérique d'aujourd'hui ? Vous avez 72 heures :D
Just another opinion on the car from first hand experience of shipping one from USA. It only cost us 3,000 dollars and was very easy to do and as we own our car outright with no car payment and have a very good car it was cheaper than buying a replacement car in France (not speaking great France to negotiate a new car buy and feel confident we would not be taken advantage of) So just something to consider as often ppl frown on the sense of shipping a car when in fact it is actually a very good option.
@bodilyc thanks for adding for this perspective to the conversation! I'm curious what your experience transfering the registration from the USA to France and making sure everything meets European safety and emissions standards has been like? How long did it take for the car to arrive? Our understanding is this is often the part of the process people find stressful, along with the additional cost of renting a car while they wait sometimes several months for theirs to arrive which also needs to be considered. Please share if you see this! Thanks!
I’m 62, my husband is 70. I have always wanted to live in France. I speak fluent French. My husband knows a ton of French, too. If we sell our house in San Francisco, we’re set. I’m all in, but my husband is reluctant. What is my option to convince him we can do this? My feelings are we’ve lived our chapter in SF. Now is our next chapter. Any reluctance on your relationship?
I'm curious what your husband's reservations are? Maybe it doesn't have to be A (move) or B (not). Sometimes there's a "C" option depending on what you're looking for our of moving.
Some people are reluctant to the change, but they can change their mind. Make him "taste" the life in France, like a new pastry. Spend 1 month or 2 or 3 here and see, if he likes it or not.
@ he has no reluctance to go to France. We will definitely explore before any decision. The obstacle is we would have to sell our San Francisco house and that would be a final decision. We could never go back. I don’t want to but he has second third fourth thoughts. Doubts are hard. That’s the crux. I have no doubt I could be happy in France. Not sure he could but I think he could. We’re world travelers. He was in Tunisia and loves the country. We’d be closer for sure
I’ve been living in France , Corsica to be specific, permanently for going on eight years. I can’t ever foresee going back to the USA, it’s not home anymore.
I know Corsica very well, have family there. The best 2 departments of France but it is not France. Certainly much safer than continental France because Corsicans have a lot of character. Corsica is now so overcrowded, except if you live in the mountains.....with the mentalities... Where are you located? I have been looking at a villa with land near Ajaccio, but prices are outrageous for old moldy houses requiring near 1 million euros work.
1) France's weather is NOTHING to compare to the US. France is temperate, and you will never experience the humidity the US has. 2) Once in France, you will find out that you might not need as much sun as you might have needed in the US. Even with a lot less sun, you will discovered so many more enjoyments of nature and life. 3) I will add that for train trips over 9 hours long, you can always take night trains with sleeping compartments. When you might leave Paris in the evening, you will arrive at your destination the following morning. May I add that it is also an amazing experience to travel in night trains.
Honestly I didn't realize in the beginning that France's Latitude is closer to Canada than many parts of the US. It makes for a much more temperate climate!
@@BaguetteBound Le climat tempéré de la France provient en grande partie de l'influence du "gulf stream" (courant chaud) qui part des Caraïbes et se dirige vers l'Europe.
@@BaguetteBound Yes, as well that France is surrounded by water which makes the winds coming from the north and the west cool the land in the summer months and warm the land in the winter months. In a way it's comparable to the Caribbeans, where those islands are extremely hot and humid, but the winds make the humidity and temperatures very bearable. France is probably the world most lucky location regarding weather. Where ever you are, it is often very agreeable in all seasons, but temporary extreme weather do happen from time to time.
From one ex-Houstonian to another (Go Astros!), THANK YOU so much for great videos that are helpful and inspiring. I'm currently doing my Schengen cool-down in Prishtina, Kosovo; but hope to visit France soon. My dream is to someday own property in France.
Living beside the train tracks is great where I live. The tracks are down a slope so it makes far less noise than further away where the sound travels across the open fields and vineyards. I'm walking distance to a train station with frequent regional trains.Very practical! Can get to the airport via train and tram. My street has very little car traffic. There are roads in the countryside that have far more traffic and much more noise than where I live. I would much rather have the trains than be close to where there are lots of hunters! My suggestion for those seeking the calm of the countryside is to find out about where there is seasonal hunting in the area!
3 conseils vraiment utiles, y compris pour les français 👍 merci les baguettes !
Weathspark is my go to for trip planning as we tend to travel on shoulder seasons to avoid crowds and to get a slightly more typical experience of a place.
Allways au top!
I’m very close to moving to France. I have to say, you guys have the most helpful channels.
For the transportation one, I really like to use the isochrone maps that shows you the area you can reach from a place within a certain amount of time. Smappen is a great online tool for this.
Also for the train line in France the SNCF provides an online map of their network. It's just for France though, but I'm sure there are others around that show you well the connectivity within the EU network.
Great video!!
Perfect! Thank You
Another great video! Something else that we're considering is where we could feasibly live without a car. City centers in places like Dijon, Tours and others are walkable and have the TGV, making travel easy and convenient. However, the surrounding towns and villages are often beautiful and sometimes more affordable. Thanks for the great resources!
Greetings from Nova Scotia. Just a note to say how much I enjoy all your videos. Living in Canada, but with many relatives in the US, I fully understand why you moved... especially now. Here in Canada we have almost everything France offers, plus more linguistic choice, so we won't be Baguette Bound, but it's all good info. If we did decide to move it would be to another Commonwealth country like Great Britain or New Zealand as it would be closer to our culture. Keep up the good work! I'll be watching!!
🙌 The baguettes have spoken! Some great resources, thanks!
Great info! Thank you!
Nice to see u back after the vacation.
Thanks! 😃
Jason and Reina, Thanks so much for letting us know about these great tools! Deciding where in France to relocate to has been challenging, and this info will help my husband and I with our decision-making.🙏
Thanks Les Baguettes! This is super helpful. I hope your channel continues to grow as people discover all the great, unbiased info you provide here.
Merci! 😊
OUTSTANDING episode. Thanks for sharing some very helpful resources!
Thanks for the great resources!
This has really been helpful. Merci beaucoup!!!❤
Great episode! I love Weatherspark and have used it often. The other two ideas were new to me and very useful. Merci!
Guys, these are FANTASTIC! TY! Also - that Houston bubble was funny. AS IF there is any "comfortable" time there, as you stated....
Esp WeatherSpark; I leave for my 2-week location scouting trip on Jan 28th! From Dijon to Grenoble to Toulon to Béziers, to Pau, to Langon, to Montauban, and Toulouse. A BIGGG "whorl" of potential places I want to live.
Two weeks only .... will be fast...I live in one of these cities....
@@sebydocky5080 Yes, one day per city, I cannot imagine they will get any idea what it's like to live there
@@tinyhands7651 And there are so different in everything (size, climat, montain, sea border, middle land).... Will be a hard choice...Enjoy your trip and listen to your heart. Your choice will be the right one. Good to come in the period of year.... much much less crowdy
Great content and super useful tools! Thanks Raina & Jason!
If you like to hike in France check out the routes throughout France, the IGN 903. And....then the series Bleu.
So much is available in France.
Fantastic. 👍👍
MERCI BEAUCOUP, AND A VERY HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!!!!!
Thank you for these fantastic tools and sharing them 😊
AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME - MERCI MERCI MERCI !
As always - great information!
Phenomenal video! Thank you - I am exactly in this phase…refining where in France to buy.
Seriously great advice! That Seloger site is just awesome. Thanks so much ❤
Hands down, the best video on research for home purchase!!!
Great info guys. Thanks for the resources.
Great tools. Thank you!
Love this! Thank you. 😊❤
Wow! Great info.... genuine thanks!!!
As always coming through with great information just when I need it!!
I thought you had settled in the Charente, not near Bergerac! I spent over a week in the area last October and would have reached out to see if we Could meet! Oh well, it’s one of my top areas when I relocate. Maybe then…great tips and advice!
It was hinted in some of their previous video (at least if you know the towns around Bergerac).
Annecy pour le thumbnail, chef's kiss!
"thumbnail"? Wesh hada?...
Thanks, Baguettes! Great tips.
Très intéressant 👍🎉🎊🍾
Thank you, this is super useful.
Merci les baguettes ! ( j’ai l’impression que le soleil à disparu dans le sud ouest😢) Et vive le TGV !
Oui ! Parfois, je dis que le prix à payer pour tout ce vert est la pluie hivernale. Ce n'est pas aussi grave que l'année dernière !
Thank you - this is PERFECT!
You're welcome!
Just a little word of warning about the weather app. When I decided to move from the South of France to Normandy I did so knowing that Normandy closely resembles the South Coast of England. Unsurprising, it isn't far away. When I bought my house summer temperature was 8 degrees (c) higher than average. Next year it did reflect the average. But this year has been the wettest and coldest summer on record. The World's climate is changing.
Seloger? Totally agree. It's one of the reasons I chose to research Bas Normandie where I now live. And although this year's weather has been nothing short of dreadful living here is a blessing. Seloger helped me, even after 15 years living in France, find my place.
Trains? I never use them, but I know that many French people love them. For me though, my nearest train station is a 45 minute drive. So if you are looking for easy access to trains, that travel app is a must.
I knew about the weatherspark comparison function, but not the one in seloger-great find! And you inspired me to buy an old school map…
Gen X unite! 😂 Who else grew up with one of those huge notebook maps in their car in case you got lost??? What were those called?!?
Nice job as always.
Reina, nice medal !
The town of Annecy , represented in your picture, actually has one of the priciest real estate in France. Annecy is a sort of posh suburb of Geneva...
Good morning Linea and Jason, happy New Year. 🎉🎉🎉
Bonne Année!!
Super useful content thanks.
Hello we watched a few of your videos; my wife and I are thinking about moving to France in the next few years. We were wondering how have your careers changed since you moved to France? Our backgrounds are similar to yours, and our main challenge is figuring out income/job portability once we get there. Would you guys make an episode that addresses career; job search and transition from a professional perspective? Thank you!
Merci pour la vidéo
You live in a odd part of France when it comes to roads: there are straight line roads between each airs of towns in the area, making it a very dense network of secondary roads.
At least it's what my dad said when my parents lived there.
With each new video, Jason's appearance becomes increasingly French😄
I hope your family is not affected by the fires in Los Angeles! J'espère que votre famille n'est pas touchée par les incendies à Los Angeles !
I'm interested in areas that flood. We are looking for a place in France. Moving away from cold winters in Canada
Weather Spark est très riche d'information mais celles ci sont basées sur des chiffres datant de 10 ans !('basées sur les données historiques et de reconstructions modélisées du 1 janvier 1980 au 31 décembre 2016') !
Or, le climat a considérablement changé. Pour ce qui est de ma ville, les données présentées sont totalement obsolètes; malheureusement !
❤
Great info! Thanks! We are looking to rent in the south close to the Mediterranean. Being from Houston (Livingston now) too you may understand what we are looking for. My husband is a commercial fisherman and loves everything sea fishing. We need a “grungier” place that would not be appalled if he is throwing a cast net to get bait. Small town is fine just need rail system to get around. Any ideas! Btw love your content!
Frenchman here. You'll have no trouble finding a train near the Mediterranean, as there's always a railway line along the coast to go to Spain, Italy or northwide to Lyon and Paris.
As far as property prices are concerned, generally speaking, the further east you go (towards the French riviera) and the more expensive it is.
I don't know what you mean by a grungier place.
@@laurentgaget3825I think it means something like "Baba cool".
I just Googled, it means run down. But I suppose it can apply to the attitude.
As Laurent said, there is a railway all along the mediterranean coast connecting the Spanish border to the Italian one (even Paris with bullet trains).
As for "grungy" places, from Marseille to the Spanish border, this part of the coast is definitely grungier than the one from Marseille to Menton 🙂 Maybe have a look on the "Pyrénées Orientales" or on the "Aude" (administrative names of those territories) : Port-Vendres, Collioure, Banyuls, etc. Use Google Earth. However, keep in mind that due to the climate change, the Pyrénées orientales have recently become quite dry…
@ awesome! Thanks for the input. I had thought Marseille to Spain would be right. Now to find just the right one!! Thanks.
You could look at Sète, it's a nice little harbor with fishermen. I think there is a train station and it's close to Montpellier for instance where you will have the TGV. Or even lower South, like Collioure, near Spain. The Marseille Toulon area is mainly industrial, even if you can find some nice villages here and there, the riviera is expensive and very touristic.
In the US, every county in every state it has a GIS website where you can look at every individual land parcel and learn about it -- ownship history, tax history, easements, etc. Typically, these will link to the treasurer's website for property owners to pay their taxes. Do French departments have anything similar?
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Paper maps are so underrated that not the smart people know their worth and still enthusiastically use them 😅😅😅
When your French is more fluent, it would be great that you get interested in French politics and share important aspects with your viewers. Politics "doesn't matter" until it affects negatively your daily life. The new ZFE laws regarding cars in France are absolutely bonkers, affecting about 10 millions of drivers. The new "Immigration Pact", refused by most EU countries, but accepted by France as an act of submission to the EU, signed the end of peaceful and safe rural French life. What about "energy categories" for your home? A,B,C,D,F,G, in which category belong your home when you purchase? This will determine if you can rent or sell it or not, if you needed to. What about the hunters allowed to come hunting on your private land, unless you make a special request to the "prefecture"? Some people got their dogs shot like that. I could go on endlessly on the other side of French life, which, unfortunately, new expats discover when it's too late. I hope you are getting a food garden ready, and preparing yourself for typical French upheaval. Your videos are the best about France. You deserve to succeed. Bonne chance!
Bonjour, dans ma ville, le mètre carré est à 8 euros et dans certains coins cela descend à 6 euros. La criminalité est proche de zéro et pas de nuisance sonore. Le revers de la médaille, c'est le département de la Creuse. 😂
Mais c'est super beau, la Creuse, non ? 🙂
@heliedecastanet1882 Oui et je le reconnais, une très bonne qualité de vie.
@michellagardere En tous les cas, on en entend de plus en plus parler… 🙂 Bonne soirée à vous et bonne année !
Meilleurs vœux à vous aussi.
Vu le climat actuel de la France et ce qui se profile, la Creuse est probablement un endroit ideal ou s'installer...a moins que le nouveau Pacte Immigration vous envoie 30 ou 40 familles d'africains sans metiers, qui ne parle pas un mot de francais dans un village de 50 habitants.... C'est ce que Macron prevoit avant de de se faire virer....
Je serai curieux de connaitre votre avis sur le sujet :
Vu de France un couple d'américain expatrier en France, comment voient ils l'Amérique d'aujourd'hui ?
Vous avez 72 heures :D
hahaha Nous méritons ça. Oh la la la la. Sorry but I don't know how to say "not the original poster" in French. 72 heures ne sont pas assez de temps.
Good video! I see that Bergerac is east of Bordeaux. Do y'all have a car? If so, did you buy it there or have the one from TX shipped?
We bought a car here in France. It rarely makes sense to ship a car to France from the USA.
Just another opinion on the car from first hand experience of shipping one from USA. It only cost us 3,000 dollars and was very easy to do and as we own our car outright with no car payment and have a very good car it was cheaper than buying a replacement car in France (not speaking great France to negotiate a new car buy and feel confident we would not be taken advantage of) So just something to consider as often ppl frown on the sense of shipping a car when in fact it is actually a very good option.
@bodilyc thanks for adding for this perspective to the conversation!
I'm curious what your experience transfering the registration from the USA to France and making sure everything meets European safety and emissions standards has been like?
How long did it take for the car to arrive?
Our understanding is this is often the part of the process people find stressful, along with the additional cost of renting a car while they wait sometimes several months for theirs to arrive which also needs to be considered.
Please share if you see this! Thanks!
I’m 62, my husband is 70. I have always wanted to live in France. I speak fluent French. My husband knows a ton of French, too. If we sell our house in San Francisco, we’re set. I’m all in, but my husband is reluctant. What is my option to convince him we can do this? My feelings are we’ve lived our chapter in SF. Now is our next chapter. Any reluctance on your relationship?
I'm curious what your husband's reservations are?
Maybe it doesn't have to be A (move) or B (not). Sometimes there's a "C" option depending on what you're looking for our of moving.
Some people are reluctant to the change, but they can change their mind. Make him "taste" the life in France, like a new pastry. Spend 1 month or 2 or 3 here and see, if he likes it or not.
@ he has no reluctance to go to France. We will definitely explore before any decision. The obstacle is we would have to sell our San Francisco house and that would be a final decision. We could never go back. I don’t want to but he has second third fourth thoughts. Doubts are hard. That’s the crux. I have no doubt I could be happy in France. Not sure he could but I think he could. We’re world travelers. He was in Tunisia and loves the country. We’d be closer for sure
I ABSOLUTELY love your channel!!!
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I’ve been living in France , Corsica to be specific, permanently for going on eight years. I can’t ever foresee going back to the USA, it’s not home anymore.
Well Corsica is not exactly France 😅😅😅
I know Corsica very well, have family there. The best 2 departments of France but it is not France. Certainly much safer than continental France because Corsicans have a lot of character. Corsica is now so overcrowded, except if you live in the mountains.....with the mentalities... Where are you located? I have been looking at a villa with land near Ajaccio, but prices are outrageous for old moldy houses requiring near 1 million euros work.
Do you have consultation on how to move to France? How much do you charge?
You can finally our services and rates on our website www.baguettebound.com
@@BaguetteBound thanks.
1) France's weather is NOTHING to compare to the US. France is temperate, and you will never experience the humidity the US has.
2) Once in France, you will find out that you might not need as much sun as you might have needed in the US. Even with a lot less sun, you will discovered so many more enjoyments of nature and life.
3) I will add that for train trips over 9 hours long, you can always take night trains with sleeping compartments. When you might leave Paris in the evening, you will arrive at your destination the following morning. May I add that it is also an amazing experience to travel in night trains.
Honestly I didn't realize in the beginning that France's Latitude is closer to Canada than many parts of the US. It makes for a much more temperate climate!
@@BaguetteBound Le climat tempéré de la France provient en grande partie de l'influence du "gulf stream" (courant chaud) qui part des Caraïbes et se dirige vers l'Europe.
@@BaguetteBound Yes, as well that France is surrounded by water which makes the winds coming from the north and the west cool the land in the summer months and warm the land in the winter months. In a way it's comparable to the Caribbeans, where those islands are extremely hot and humid, but the winds make the humidity and temperatures very bearable. France is probably the world most lucky location regarding weather. Where ever you are, it is often very agreeable in all seasons, but temporary extreme weather do happen from time to time.
Why it's "Automatically doubled"? We can't hear your voice now
Ugh, I'm so glad you said something! That's a new feature of TH-cam. We just turned it off.
A lot of useful information here - thank you! 🙂💕