What's It Like Being a Jamaican Living in Guadeloupe?

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  • In this episode of “Jamaicans to the World,” Jamaicans.com founder Xavier Murphy speaks with Addia Miller Bernard. She is a Jamaican living in Guadeloupe. We discuss the food, culture, customs, the people, things to do, the language, music and adjusting to living in Guadeloupe as an expat. Xavier asks about the must eat foods and must visit places in Guadeloupe. #WeJaminate #Guadeloupe
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Komentáře • 133

  • @Jamaicans
    @Jamaicans  Před 2 lety +5

    Thanks for watching! Are you ready to visit Guadeloupe after watching this video? If you are an expat living in Guadeloupe what's been your experience there? Don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a video in the “Jamaicans to the World” series - bit.ly/2yRRCxP

  • @DwilsonDA
    @DwilsonDA Před 2 lety +10

    There is a STRONG Jamaica/Dominica marriage connection. Since I was in the first Form at High School in 1966, I had a premonition that I would marry a Jamaican because my Science teacher was a beautiful Jamaican lady married to one of my distant cousins. It came to pass. I was born in Dominica and my wife was born in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica, and raised in NYC since she was thirteen. We met at College in NYC and we have been happily married for forty-two (42) years. In my family, there are eleven (11) of us married to Jamaicans spanning fifty-two (52) years to more recently a few years. Surprisingly, my paternal grandfather was also Jamaican although my father did not know him. He was a doctor working in Dominica in the 1910s. We recently found out that he was from Clarendon. I taught French and Spanish at high school both in Dominica and in NYC. I studied methods of teaching French in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, and applied the methods to teaching both languages. I also speak French Kreole which I used when I was teaching Haitian kids at Middle School in NYC. Ackee is the BEST culinary delight you have in Jamaica. I LOVE IT!

  • @l0uisanthony991
    @l0uisanthony991 Před 2 lety +22

    I love the episodes of people living in different caribbean countries the most! It’s always interesting to compare the differences and similarities

  • @dominiqueguadeloupe19
    @dominiqueguadeloupe19 Před 2 lety +2

    I am from Guadeloupe and I enjoyed listening to her - she needs to talk about our soups 😊

  • @JoAnnRichardsGoffe
    @JoAnnRichardsGoffe Před 2 lety +14

    Believe it or not, just when she mentioned jackfruit, someone arrived at my gate with two jackfruits! I kid you not!!!

    • @Favouredandree
      @Favouredandree Před 2 lety +4

      A lie!! Plz share...

    • @JoAnnRichardsGoffe
      @JoAnnRichardsGoffe Před 2 lety +1

      @@Favouredandree 😁

    • @--christine
      @--christine Před 2 lety

      🤣🤣🤣 That person must have brought the pig as well that flown across your gate.

    • @JoAnnRichardsGoffe
      @JoAnnRichardsGoffe Před 2 lety

      @@--christine all I know is I am very grateful for these two jackfruits!

  • @doreenmorgan9683
    @doreenmorgan9683 Před 2 lety +8

    Another great interview Xavier...I have a friend from Guadalupe...she is so much fun....this lady is so knowlege and fully engrossed in the culture.

  • @dianadavid3362
    @dianadavid3362 Před 2 lety +12

    THANKS XAVIER , FOR ANOTHER GREAT EPISODES . I ONCE FLEW OVER GUADELOUPE ENROUTE TO DOMINICA 🇩🇲 ONWARD TO BARBADOS 🇧🇧 .

  • @lornaduncan5273
    @lornaduncan5273 Před 2 lety +5

    "Half pass six", this is the first time in many years, I've heard someone say this. Addia is a true yardie and seems like fun. Thanks again Xavier.

    • @Addiamillerbernard
      @Addiamillerbernard Před 2 lety +1

      What should have said six thirty? Lol

    • @lornaduncan5273
      @lornaduncan5273 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Addiamillerbernard I really thought it was cute because I hadn't heard that in a long time.

  • @shanonbrown6170
    @shanonbrown6170 Před 2 lety +10

    I LOVE THIS LADY!!! Sincerely, another girl from St. Thomas (Carpe Diem!!) studying French in university!! Yuh know from WHEN mi a wait pon yuh fi feature a Jamaican living in the French West Indies Xavier!! I love it!!

  • @kad449
    @kad449 Před 2 lety +7

    Another bubbly, adventurous, positive and articulate interviewee. She's so wise and .diplomatic 😀. I enjoyed this interview.

  • @tiamaria44
    @tiamaria44 Před 2 lety +5

    Watched all your videos Xavier. Awesome sir!

  • @raynor123
    @raynor123 Před 2 lety +4

    She such a beautiful soul..like her

  • @Yesmyjamaica
    @Yesmyjamaica Před 2 lety +6

    👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲enjoyed this interview. Another excellent one.

    • @Jamaicans
      @Jamaicans  Před 2 lety

      Thanks for the compliment! We are glad you enjoyed this episode in the “Jamaicans to the World” series. If you missed any they are all located here - czcams.com/video/gjEvqG6tLzs/video.html&list=PLt0YTBf5UEoc1-D9XLrtMdespsht1oBLJ

  • @--christine
    @--christine Před 2 lety +7

    Another great interview Xavier and Addia was full of beans. I want some of what she is having in Guadloupe😍

    • @Addiamillerbernard
      @Addiamillerbernard Před 2 lety +1

      BLESS YOU . WHAT YOU SEE IS JUST GOD'S GRACE ,COMING STRAIGHT OUTTA ST THOMAS

  • @petergeorgesmith6064
    @petergeorgesmith6064 Před 2 lety +5

    Wow, I've been wating to see someone from St. Thomas! Learning that she went to Morant Bay High School is a bonus! My parish, and my alma mater. Carpe Diem!

  • @valarieroberts1916
    @valarieroberts1916 Před 2 lety +8

    Another interesting interview.Thanks Xavier.Several years ago friends and I were Island hopping and spent 4 days in Guadeloupe------indeed it is a very beautiful island.👍Thoroughly enjoyed that stop.

  • @theresanichols5556
    @theresanichols5556 Před 2 lety +11

    Once again another superb interview 😀

    • @shersmitt391
      @shersmitt391 Před 2 lety +2

      I was entertained and informed at the same time.

    • @Addiamillerbernard
      @Addiamillerbernard Před 2 lety +1

      Lol had fun sharing.

    • @Jamaicans
      @Jamaicans  Před 2 lety +1

      Thanks for watching! Be sure to subscribe here so you don't miss any future videos in the series - bit.ly/2yRRCxP

  • @elainebeason1683
    @elainebeason1683 Před 2 lety +5

    great interview love it bless up

  • @merlenepryce1263
    @merlenepryce1263 Před 2 lety +12

    Xavier great interview with Addia. Keep on giving viewers great episodes likes this. Best wishes to
    Ms.Addia and her family.

    • @Addiamillerbernard
      @Addiamillerbernard Před 2 lety

      Many thanks. Bless you too.

    • @veri617
      @veri617 Před 2 lety

      @@Addiamillerbernard You cannot be living in Guadeloupe for 18 years and call dombres, french for dumplings, stew peas?!?? Colombo is not curry? That is simply impossible!!

    • @Addiamillerbernard
      @Addiamillerbernard Před 2 lety

      @@veri617 18 yrs ago dombres looked like stew Peas that needed to be à little thicker. If you listened carefully I did say Colombo is NOT curry, I even correct locals who think curry is in it.

    • @Addiamillerbernard
      @Addiamillerbernard Před 2 lety

      Ingredients
      1/4 cup white rice
      1/4 cup cumin seeds
      1/4 cup coriander seeds
      1 tablespoon black mustard seeds, or yellow or brown
      1 tablespoon black peppercorns
      1 tablespoon fenugreek seeds
      1 teaspoon whole cloves
      1/4 cup ground turmeric

    • @veri617
      @veri617 Před 2 lety

      @@Addiamillerbernard It is the same recipe than the curry powders in the Carribean Islands. If colombo powder is not curry, jamaican's curry powder is not curry, neither are any of the curry's from the west indies. Tumeric/ curcuma and the spices are curry powders. What are you talking about??!?

  • @jlewis1419
    @jlewis1419 Před 2 lety +4

    Addia was a delight. I can relate about her saying people using the “bad words “ thinking we all use them or every Jamaicans smoke you know what.😂😂😂😂. Another great interview Xavier..
    sweetie come brush mi made me chuckle 🤭….I keep editing…. I guess Jamaicans won’t starve anywhere they go

    • @Addiamillerbernard
      @Addiamillerbernard Před 2 lety

      So true

    • @2EKgn16
      @2EKgn16 Před 2 lety +1

      Same reaction from some Japanese people. They think it's regular conversation. Lol

  • @rubyberylgarraway634
    @rubyberylgarraway634 Před 2 lety +5

    That was good .to the lady i love your vibes and enegry

  • @Tourlou0409
    @Tourlou0409 Před 2 lety +10

    I’d love to visit the French West Indies!!

  • @gwendolynallen121
    @gwendolynallen121 Před rokem +1

    Awesome Interview, lively she was fun to listen to .

  • @alkalinelifestyle638
    @alkalinelifestyle638 Před rokem +1

    I enjoy watching and learning about other Caribbean countries from England. I grew up in Jamaica and migrated 20 years ago. Here is where I’m slowly discovering that I know very little about the land of my birth much less other countries 😔

  • @hyacinthgordon5295
    @hyacinthgordon5295 Před 2 lety +4

    I love Zuk music 🎶. I love the group Kassav.

    • @Addiamillerbernard
      @Addiamillerbernard Před 2 lety +3

      Don't we all!

    • @hyacinthgordon5295
      @hyacinthgordon5295 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Addiamillerbernard. Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed your interview. 👍👍🤗🤗❤. Blessings and guidance always 🙏✨🙌❤♥💖🙏.

  • @ajohnson3020
    @ajohnson3020 Před 2 lety +4

    Wonderful ...love this interview..not a dull moment

  • @saybyghrace2
    @saybyghrace2 Před 2 lety +2

    Hey she's from my parish, St. Thomas to the world 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇧🇧🇯🇲🇯🇲🙏🙏🙏

  • @cheryltelfer5472
    @cheryltelfer5472 Před 2 lety +3

    Finally someone from St. Thomas

  • @tellthetruth3332
    @tellthetruth3332 Před 2 lety +6

    wonderful lady !! God bless you both !

  • @faddadee
    @faddadee Před 2 lety +2

    my sister ❤

  • @sammied3000
    @sammied3000 Před 2 lety +2

    Another great episode

  • @howellsharmen
    @howellsharmen Před 2 lety +2

    Another awesome interview Xavier. I truly enjoyed this interview. Ms. Bernard had a wealth of information and she has such a great personality and she is funny. I was listening and smiling the whole time 😃

  • @sherifuntastictravelsandre2512

    Hi Addia, I was AFS Espana, YP89, looking forward to sail from Guadaolupe on MSC Seaside this December.

  • @hyacinthgordon5295
    @hyacinthgordon5295 Před 2 lety +4

    Another nice interview 👏👍

  • @dorretteprince1754
    @dorretteprince1754 Před 2 lety +1

    Another interesting interview

  • @valleygal6191
    @valleygal6191 Před 2 lety +3

    That is one of my dream locations

  • @cherylmontcrief7600
    @cherylmontcrief7600 Před rokem +1

    True success, awesome.

  • @Jamfete
    @Jamfete Před 2 lety +2

    Hey Addia my friend. Good to see you here. Bravo

    • @Addiamillerbernard
      @Addiamillerbernard Před 2 lety

      When are you coming to Gwada?

    • @Jamfete
      @Jamfete Před 2 lety

      @@Addiamillerbernard I’m thinking about it. Maybe for Noel

  • @JoAnnRichardsGoffe
    @JoAnnRichardsGoffe Před 2 lety +4

    Like ackee in Burkina Faso. They used it to play ball.

  • @edwardperkins5797
    @edwardperkins5797 Před 2 lety +2

    She is the best 👌

  • @k.t.1184
    @k.t.1184 Před 2 lety +1

    That wedding tradition is funny! Ppl just show up🤣🤣. My Haitian friend said the same thing happens there. I guess is like nine nights in Jamaica...ppl show up for drinks and food and music and gone home🤣.

  • @kadianbeale9566
    @kadianbeale9566 Před 2 lety +3

    Tell me about it Addia...A patty shop is the first place I went to when I was home last time. It will always be my first run to place..missing those patties.

    • @Addiamillerbernard
      @Addiamillerbernard Před 2 lety +1

      Was trying to get you or Stasha to do the interview with me but no Luck. Yu gud?

    • @Addiamillerbernard
      @Addiamillerbernard Před 2 lety

      I should swing by your workplace next week

  • @marybenoit6375
    @marybenoit6375 Před 2 lety +3

    I’m Guadeloupeen/Dominican living in Florida, hoping to move back soon. I have a home in Baie-Mahault.

  • @theresanichols5556
    @theresanichols5556 Před 2 lety +1

    I am a subscriber.

  • @Favouredandree
    @Favouredandree Před 2 lety +5

    Raaaaayyy A ST Thomas mi com from.

  • @graceasphall544
    @graceasphall544 Před 2 lety

    Yes, I have heard of AFS.

  • @th805
    @th805 Před 2 lety +1

    I've had the opportunity to go to Guadeloupe twice and I loved it BUT she's right! They definitely don't season like us 👀😅

  • @markhaye9377
    @markhaye9377 Před 2 lety +4

    The PBS show Death in Paradise filmed there and makes me want to visit too.

    • @Addiamillerbernard
      @Addiamillerbernard Před 2 lety +1

      Love that series. The fictive town is actually à réal town called Deshaie, quiet but great for surfing .

    • @mariabarnes9197
      @mariabarnes9197 Před 2 lety +1

      Yep! Just mentioned that, & here it is in the comments!!

  • @abrahamisaacmuciusiii9192

    What attracts some West Indians of the English Caribbean to the French West Indies?

  • @spirittraveller7411
    @spirittraveller7411 Před 2 lety +2

    Who knows *Navel* aka *Nable* mango?
    You must describe it if you claim to know it🙂 Winner will be invited to pick their own *Nabel* at #BigMountain.

  • @jeromephillip6992
    @jeromephillip6992 Před rokem

    En Dan's lot Soleil means in the next rise

  • @madewithrealdiamonds
    @madewithrealdiamonds Před 2 lety +2

    we need more MoBay ppl on this show

  • @win30034
    @win30034 Před 2 lety +1

    I miss the tang of number 11

  • @JoAnnRichardsGoffe
    @JoAnnRichardsGoffe Před 2 lety +2

    Big foot mango? What is that?

  • @JoAnnRichardsGoffe
    @JoAnnRichardsGoffe Před 2 lety +1

    Am I the only one here??

  • @janetbrown7128
    @janetbrown7128 Před 2 lety +1

    Blouse & skirt.

  • @lifejourney5859
    @lifejourney5859 Před 2 lety

    There culture is little Binni

    • @veri617
      @veri617 Před 2 lety +1

      What does that mean?

  • @rosalindamccoy2519
    @rosalindamccoy2519 Před 2 lety +3

    Is she a joke?! Dumbres are not the peas but the spinners, and that is not all we eat all day!! Our french is similar to her Jamaican English, and Columbo is curry but made differently!! I do not believe she lives there, she might have a little french but she does not live there, impossible!!

    • @Addiamillerbernard
      @Addiamillerbernard Před 2 lety

      I just happen to work at à school where cooking is taught so you can tell the CHEFS that curry is colombo

    • @rosalindamccoy2519
      @rosalindamccoy2519 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Addiamillerbernard Curry powders all over the Caribbean islands are made of the same ingredients, Colombo curry powder is not an exception!!

  • @jacquiedunn5193
    @jacquiedunn5193 Před 2 lety +1

    Sandra levy run come.

    • @jackiebogle7045
      @jackiebogle7045 Před 2 lety

      I really love her interview..it is natural and nothing false...keep it up.

    • @veri617
      @veri617 Před 2 lety +1

      @@jackiebogle7045 Well it is false, she does not know the name of the food, after 18 years!! Dombres are not stewed peas without rice!! She does not know what she is actually talking about!

    • @dixonsworld2506
      @dixonsworld2506 Před rokem

      @@veri617 you hurt really bad ova the food...the lady explain herself that she never said it was stew peas, she was just making a comparison....you need to let go....

    • @veri617
      @veri617 Před rokem

      @@dixonsworld2506 well you need to let go, its been over a month now

    • @jay4you853
      @jay4you853 Před rokem

      @@veri617 You're all over the comment section crying "dOmBrÉéÉéÉé!!!", as if she personally attacked you. So really YOU need to let go. Yes, it's been 18 years, she explained herself, maybe mispoke, you don't like it...move on and let it go!

  • @belindathompson873
    @belindathompson873 Před 2 lety +1

    Guadeloupeans eat rice with their stewed peas without the dumplings or spinners called dombrés, in it. Rice and peas is a staple dish just like in all the Caribbean islands!! What is she talking about?!

    • @Addiamillerbernard
      @Addiamillerbernard Před 2 lety +2

      Belinda please show me where in Guadeloupe they serve Dombres with White rice. Please dont mix up stewed Peas served with rice and the dish 'Dombres'

    • @hailie_Selassie
      @hailie_Selassie Před rokem

      @@Addiamillerbernard stew peas is not dombre. Dombre is dumpling.

  • @veri617
    @veri617 Před 2 lety +3

    She sounds like a troll, very sarcastic. I do not believe that she actually lives there. In 18 years, she does not know the meals of Guadeloupe?!?! Dombrés are not peas, they are the spinners that come with many different sauces, such as stewed peas, jumbo shrimps, called gambas, lobster, conk called lambi, octopus called chatrou, crab....and many more...She is trolling 😏

    • @Addiamillerbernard
      @Addiamillerbernard Před 2 lety

      @Ve Ri it's so unfortunate that you consider me a troll, the meal is called Dombres, and it has the spinners and all you mentioned. What's your favourite guadeloupeen meal?

    • @veri617
      @veri617 Před 2 lety

      @@Addiamillerbernard You cannot come publickly and mislabelled your 'host country' food!! It is very insulting!! Personally I love Guadeloupean staples, but since you mistake dumplings and peas, well....

    • @Addiamillerbernard
      @Addiamillerbernard Před 2 lety

      @@veri617 no beefs dear, let's say it was à slip of the tongue...be at peace in the Lord , I Cook à mean Dombres, let's have some together when next you visit,ok! Bless you.

    • @veri617
      @veri617 Před 2 lety

      @@Addiamillerbernard Just be careful when speaking about foreingn countries, what you say about them has to actually be accurate. Somebody would have done the same with Jamaican dishes, they would have been yelled and screamed at by the crowd. Guadeloupe is not known, so people do not react, that is why It is extremely important to give the right information.

    • @Addiamillerbernard
      @Addiamillerbernard Před 2 lety

      @@veri617 we seem to be getting along real well. I'd have to listen again to actually see where blunder was made. Though not offended, you shouldn't be Quick to judge persons and call them names. We are all humans and some times we make mistakes . The offer still stands for à plate of Dombres.

  • @belindathompson873
    @belindathompson873 Před 2 lety +2

    This is a troll! It is as if someone had said that they were living in Jamaica for 20 years, Jamaicans spoke second class English, and that Ackee was a pineapple!! Total nonsense and a lie!! I do not like the disrespect!!

    • @juicyfruit8640
      @juicyfruit8640 Před 2 lety

      Why? What's wrong?

    • @electro1463
      @electro1463 Před 11 měsíci

      ​@@juicyfruit8640some people just like to be offended..

  • @roseb819
    @roseb819 Před 2 lety +3

    Another great interview 👏