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hey there fellow Travelers Mark here with Walter's world and we're in Paris France if you can't tell
by the Eiffel Tower behind me and today what we have for you are 10 things that will shock you
about coming here to France okay so this is for probably U.S tourists coming to France might be
your biggest surprises so let's get started then the first thing that'll shock Americans
when they come here is how much the French actually smoke whether it is having a cigarette
with your coffee in the afternoon or Americans smoke a lot too Americans smoke a lot so oh no
I don't know if that would stop me because I mean like thin smoke but I can tell you
for a fact they don't smoke like how Americans smoke in my humble experience
after your meal or during your meal or at breakfast or at the cafe in the morning the French
love to smoke deal with it yes you're not supposed to smoke inside and they don't but they go outside
and smoke so if you're used to your Pure Clean Air it's not going to happen here so realize you're
what where are you gonna [ __ ] your clean air in America where I am shocked that he actually said
this I am actually shocked in America smoking is a thing that is done a lot I don't know what state
he's right you know what maybe he's referring to another state that's the thing about America
yes the French do like to smoke a lot and shock you how much they still do smoke okay
Francis actually how friendly and helpful the people are in France because in the US we hear all
this anti-American stuff about France and how the French are rude and unhelpful that's a bunch of
BS okay the French are fantastic people and they are very helpful even here in Paris the locals are
actually much nicer than you'd expect from a huge International City with millions of tourists every
year so just realize you'll be shocked at actually how friendly the French people can be and when you
get to the Villages or you speak a little bit of French how much even more friendly they become
and that's going to shock you just how wonderful the people are here they're not jerks that hate
Americans okay they're good people the third thing they'll shock you about coming to France is how
do I say this well they're closed for business okay and during the lunch hour some businesses
will literally close for an hour or two every day also Sundays forget about shopping it's all closed
down and even some places on Mondays are closed as well museums sometimes they're closed on Thursdays
and these weird office and business hours can get kind of frustrated for tours so we'll shock
you when you go to shop on a Sunday or go to a museum on a Monday or maybe a Tuesday
and they're closed okay be prepared so when you don't want to be shocked if there's museums you
want to go to or shop and you want to go to check their schedules online and you'll be much better
off and much happier the fourth thing it might shock you about that would definitely affect me
um because you know okay so Finland closes earlier on Sundays some places aren't open on Saturdays or
Sundays it's just straight up facts but um I I think Finland is pretty solid when it comes to
like we're talking about we're not talking about down South we talk about up North I'm in North
North Finland Lapland Sedonia right and it's it's actually it's actually um really really really
manageable if I'm honest I I don't go outside I don't go to bars clubs pubs hubs dubs loves snobs
I don't go nowhere I don't go nowhere so nothing really affects me I guess but um when it comes
to like shopping grocery stores and all that yeah I mean the time is timing is pretty solid I don't
have an issue with it so I think for France you just gotta monitor your um you know your schedule
France is there look but don't touch Mantra when it comes to two things one produce okay so when
you see all the good fruit at the fruit stands and stuff like that you're not supposed to pick
it up you wait for the guy or the lady to come to pick it up for you and you say how many apples you
want or how many bananas you want these kind of things you don't grab it yourself so if you do
don't be surprised if someone yells at you goes hey don't do that okay another thing that you're
supposed to look at and not touch a lot of times are the parks okay you'll see these beautiful
Parks everywhere but no one's sitting on them because you're not supposed to sit in the Parks
now some you can but some you can so just just make sure you look for the signs and make sure
it says yes you can sit here okay the fifth thing that'll shock you about coming to Francis the dog
poop oh my goodness they love their dogs here and they let their dogs enjoy France everywhere and
no they don't clean it up all the time so whether you're walking in the streets or on the sidewalks
I got a good darn question why he got to get all close up in the dang poop why why why why
I want to see that bro come on stuff like that keep an eye out for the dog poop and
when it rains it can get pretty slick okay so just be prepared for that because you might be
shy about how much dog poop you will see on the streets okay number six this is for my American
friends when you head down to the coaches or the French Riviera yes those girls there they
are topless and that is completely normal okay they do have topless beaches here and it's not
a topless beach it's just a beach that you can go topless yes or no I mean sometimes we
go topless I mean no one wants to see me topless but I'll do it okay my wife my all kinds of my
friends will do it too it's normal here that's why it's kind of funny when you go down if you
go to the rocky beaches and nice or whatever and you'll see the Americans come they'll have like
their camera on their side like taking pictures of normal people just laying out oh look boobs
so yes you will see some boobs when you go to the beaches okay and you're free to show yours as well
it's okay the seventh thing that might shock when you come here is when it comes to eating lots of
things might shock you one how fantastic the food is but most likely what will shock you is
when you go to eat and if you're from the US dinner times are like from five to six maybe
seven at night well here in France a lot of times restaurants will close in the afternoon between
the lunch sitting and the dinner sitting so if you want to eat at five or six it might be hard
to find a restaurant to eat at that's not like a touristy place okay so make sure you realize
that hey sometimes the restaurants don't open for dinner until 7 PM you might be able to go
in for a drink or something but the kitchen part might not open till seven okay so that might shock
you there the eighth thing that might shock you when you come here is yes having a baguette and
cheese can be a meal the food here is knock out by far the best food in the world I travel over
the place and yes I love my food in China I love my Italian friends but I'm sorry my heart bleeds
French food it is so fantastic here and even the simplest fare cheese and a baguette cheese
and bread will be a wonderful meal I can't tell you how many times I've sat here in this part
of the park you can actually sit in in front of the Eiffel Tower it had bread and cheese with
my family as we just played it around here in the park and that's all we had and we were happy with
it and you'll see that with the French they'll just grab a baguette or they'll grab some fruit
you can have a very simple meal here and eat very well or you can have fantastic feasts of food at
restaurants and one thing that might shock you is it takes a long time to eat in France so if
you get one of those menus you know what it has a starter a main dish and a dessert you're looking
at spending maybe an hour or two or longer at the restaurant and also at those restaurants you
may think that they know you're finished but you still have to ask for ladicion the bill otherwise
they'll just let you sit there for hours because the French do that they sit there for hours have
their coffee and wine and cigarettes of course outside and stuff so just be prepared for that
the ninth thing I'm might shock you about coming to Francis yes you do need to powerful say you
need to speak at least a little French when you're here now old people here they don't speak too much
English young people they are learning it and they speak some so you're okay that way in the
tourist industry you're okay but the thing is when you're going around you're going to
restaurants you're ordering food and stuff like that it is you know what I've always told people
if you're going to a place take somebody who knows that place or have somebody find somebody
who is a guide to you they can guide you like if somebody is like you know like you gotta
hold me or something and a friend you're like all right I got you for the entire day I'm gonna pay
for your meals I'm gonna pay for everything and blah blah blah blah just come over here man and
uh he can or she can be your translator or your you know spokesperson if that makes sense right
it's a little French some basic phrase videos in French it'll help out and just speaking that
little bit will make a big difference because you're not always going to get an English menu
if you're outside of Paris okay Paris it's easy because there's so many tourists but hey you're
going to Avignon or Montpellier it's a little bit tougher to come by okay so you need to be
shocked that yes you do need to speak some French because no not everyone speaks English here okay
the tenth thing that you're gonna might shock you if especially if you're from the US are
the free-range children they have here the French let their kids be children they get
to go ride on their bikes and and their scooters by themselves and no helmets and stuff like that
and it's okay they don't helicopter parent here so I'll see tourists going oh my God there's a
kid by themselves over there he might be eight or nine yeah that's normal here okay but it does
shock Americans when they see like kids growing groups of you know 10 year olds I think that's a
thing in general in Europe yeah it's definitely going to shock Americans for sure because it
definitely does stop me because they give them the independence to do that and it's great and
I know our kids we let them run wild when they're here and they love it because they're not dragged
back by some old lady down the street saying hey this little kid was out on his own I'm like yes
it's a park they can play okay so that might shock you as that thing the 11th thing that's going to
shock you about coming to Francis guys you need to realize France is not just Paris I know I'm
making this video in front of the Eiffel Tower because it is the most iconic vision of Paris I
mean if I had a beret it'd be just perfect but the thing is France is so much more than Paris I love
Avignon I love Bordeaux the wine oh my God go to Toulouse for the space museum there I mean France
is awesome and it goes everywhere mostly Michelle probably the most prettiest place in the world oh
my God it's gorgeous there's so much in France to see outside of Paris and that's what shocks
a lot of people because they think oh I just need to see Paris no there is so much more here
and you're gonna love it and the 12th thing that might shock you when you do come to France is that
you might see there are quite a few Beggars around now the French people say Well they're
not French you know and these kind of things but just be prepared for people begging on the Metros
or musicians asking for money or children begging these kind of things just be prepared for that now
you should not give them money okay because that just encourages them to keep going so just realize
you might see some Beggars now those are actually 12 things that might shock you when you come to
France we love France I'm shocked dang pickpockets wow that's crazy um yeah that's gonna be picked up
yeah that's kind of crazy um yeah well the culture shocks were definitely a shock for me but
um what's even more interesting was the last part people begging like
um my take on people begging like I would definitely hand out some money if in a situation
where um because not everybody you know begs for money just because of begging for crying out loud
some people actually they trying you know what I'm saying so you kind of just use your discretion
that's my take on that so I'm not going to say blatantly just hey man don't give nobody who
begging no money no use your discretion and try to figure out you know you know is it justifiable
to hand out you know what I'm saying because some people truly deserve it some people just have a
badass time bro like what if I became homeless tomorrow man the idea is like don't give him no
money I'm gonna go get a job but I can't get a job though you know what I mean so um yeah gotta
assist people sometimes but um the point is um we don't get up out of here these were some serious
culture shocks and um yeah I totally enjoyed it and I do hope you guys did too but um we got to
get about it here and I'm looking down this big ass beautiful lens can't even see myself yeah
but guys that's gonna be it um I'm gonna be a part of here thank you for watching and um yeah goodbye