Living in Paris: My experience as a black person | Studies, working in Paris , la vie quotidienne

1. You’re stunning. 2. I don’t live there, but I’ve been there twice on extended trips. I was treated very well and everyone I spoke to was very kind. A lady in Galeries Lafayette gave me the best compliment. I was checking out at the counter and she started speaking to me in French. I asked, in French, if she spoke English. She giggled and switched to English, and said that she thought I was French because I didn’t dress like a tourist. She said the tourists don’t dress as well as French ladies, and she liked my coat. I have never felt so chic🤣

Really enjoyed the video Victoria. It was great to learn more about you and your experiences of living in France. You're an amazing lady Victoria ❤️❤️

Thank you for the video!! Moving to France in Feb. Good to hear your perspective 😊

So detailed… with that beautiful accent 😍 can’t get tired reWatching your videos

Great video, answered a lot of questions I had in my mind. Thanks for posting.

I lived in Versailles and worked in Paris for 9 years the best combi ever, then move to Bretagne and wow life is so much better la vie est belle!

The French Administration will bring out a you that there has never been seen 😂

I thank you for this video. So happy to discover you and your content. I subscribed.

Thank you for this ❤ I have been educating myself on Paris ALOT . I want to spend atleast 1 month there

Globally you are right. Administration procedures in France are so complicated and long. Is your partner English of French to help you in daily life and for learning the language, especially if you live around the city? The two kisses is a convivial attitude depending on the circumstances and the people. Beware of glittering life. Did you visit the backstage of the city to understand the real life of people? Your color and education according your way of talking are not a problem. Paris is a pleasant city as a foreigner for visiting or staying for several months. You can meet and talk with many young people who speak English. For living for a long term journey like several years; you need to speak french and to be invited by parisians at home to feel as a parisian too. Like everywhere full Immersion is the key if you love the city and maybe stay.

Thanks for sharing your experience! Very insightful.

I’m looking to move to Paris within the next 6 months but I’m stuck in how to get started.

I love your hair! Where do you get your hair done in Paris?

Thank you this was very helpful

Asante sana kwa kushare nasi experiance yako toka Tanzania mpaka Paris. ❤❤❤❤❤🇸🇪🇸🇪🇹🇿🇹🇿🙏

Hello there! Thank you for your wonderful video. I am black American getting ready to move to Paris this week. I don't know French, and I am looking to learn it. I plan to learn the language while I try teaching online and face to face.

Which suburb do you live in and which would you recommend?

I’ve spent time in Paris. Right away, in the airport, a gentleman in a suit put his entire leg in front of me to prevent me from walking by. He was talking to other men in suits - clearly they all worked at the airport in some capacity. He never looked at me.. he just kept talking to the other men in suits, arms folded while he put his leg in front of my suitcases as I tried to walk past. Instead of stopping his conversation for 10 seconds and turning to me and telling me that this direction is no longer accessible or I must go around to exit the airport - he felt it was best to keep talking while not even looking at me and just put his leg in front of me each time I tried to go around him. He literally would put his leg even further and further out in front of me as I tried to go around him…never looked at me once. A taxi driver had to tap me on the shoulder and tell me that “sorry ma’am, that way is now closed”…Otherwise I would’ve never known. It’s this type of thing that has me mind blown about basic decency. On top of that you will get completely blown off and deliberately told the wrong directions by some less than friendly Parisians. I almost missed my flight back to LA, even though I arrived to the airport two hours early. Airport workers were sending me back and forth across this busy street, 4 times with 70 pounds of luggage to and from the wrong place! I broke down in tears at Charles de Gaulle…. no joke. My google translate was totally not working in France. Verizon did not have my back out there…Dietary restrictions? Too bad! Oh sorry… since we don’t understand you and you don’t speak French…here’s a huge 5 inch tower of raw salmon for your dining pleasure! I pulled a lighter out of my purse and put it next to my plate and they waiter told me “we’re closed”.. in English. May I mention that there is dog poo all over the streets…The Louvre was amazing ❤️the architecture was amazing ❤️.. ambiance was very good 👍 I had a high rise on the 16th floor in front of the Iron Lady ✅❤️it was spectacular. Monoprix(the French Target) was cool.. excellent French pj’s and cosmetics. The manager was super rude to me.. didn’t want to show me where to find almond milk.. he basically told me to F off! Next stop Almafi coast and London. Excited about London as I believe and English speaking country may be a “softer landing” for me. I heard Amalfi coast even though Italian speaking is much more laid-back than parts of France. I will try Paris again as the shopping is 10 out of 10 💫 and in all honesty, if I would have know a bit of French, my experience would have been better.

You should move to the United States, we would love to have you here. I visited only three times Paris and stayed in each time about 1 week, I loved visiting Paris but that’s just it, I wouldn’t come to live there mainly due to the crowdedness and small living spaces in tiny apartments, plus I simply don’t enjoy taking metros anymore around a lot of people.

She so sweet and kind