Olympic Nights - Paris 2024
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My name is Jay Swanson - I'm an American writer living in Paris on an artist visa. Paris (yes the one in France) has been my home for years now and I have every intention of staying here for as long as they'll have me. I write science-fiction and fantasy, vlogged daily for 3+ years, and love pizza a little too much. Now I make videos about visiting Paris, traveling in Europe, and try to share what I've learned along the way. I hope you enjoyed what you found.
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Kudos to the volunteers, they truly were the unsung heroes of the Olympics!
They sure are!
They were! Loved their energy, kindness and outfits!
Les bénévoles ont été félicités et chaleureusement applaudis lors de la cérémonie de clôture. "Au lendemain de la clôture des Jeux olympiques, le président de la République a reçu, dans les jardins de l'Élysée, des représentants des différents corps de métiers et des bénévoles qui ont rendu cet évènement possible". (cf. BFM chaîne de TV). Donc les bénévoles n'ont pas été méconnus.
@kaemmerphotography Hello, there will be a lot of volunteers for the Paralympics.
Disabled volunteers will take over from the able-bodied volunteers for the Olympic Games 👌🤗.
The Paris Olympics were epic from start to finish. Sad they are over.
Now we have the Paralympics to look forward to!
Paris really did itself proud for this olympics! Thanks for showing us.
In the heart of Paris, where the rivers flow,
A city of wonders, where dreams brightly glow.
With the Eiffel Tower standing tall and proud,
Athletes gather, fierce yet unbowed.
In the streets of Montmartre, in the Champs-Élysées,
Joy and excitement fill every café.
The world comes together, in harmony’s song,
In the Parisian air, where we all belong.
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Thanks for showing your perspective on the games. So much fun. So much color. The French knocked this one out of the park.
The greatest olympic games ever! Just wonderful !
Thank you for providing all the great overage of the Paris Olympics. Much appreciated. Enjoy your trip where ever you are off to this week.
It was a lot of fun! I'm really grateful I got to experience so much of it first hand - thanks for watching!
For a bunch of reasons, I'm typically NOT a fan of The Olympics. Leave it to Paris to (somewhat) change my mind! I LOVED the Opening Ceremonies! OK, so I only watched the Opening Ceremonies and Jay's vlogs, but that was beyond good enough for me. Jay -- you gave me such a good idea of what things were like, without me having to brave the crowds, the heat, and all the boring sports stuff. Obviously, the athletes are truly amazing, but watching people swim laps or play soccer for hours on end just isn't my jam. Just a personal preference, no disrespect to others who are really into that. I think I'd be most happy hanging out in a quiet bar with Cooper. Anyway -- loved getting a taste of The Olympics in Paris! Thank you!
Absolutely awesome. Good on you for getting tickets to those events. They have to be one of the most iconic games ever with those amazing backdrops. I do hope they find some way of keeping that cauldron. It’s just superb! And congratulations Paul on completing the marathon 👏👏👏
It was a blast of a couple of weeks!
Omg Jay you are the Dude, what am amazing opportunity, Volunteers make the world go around. Merci Beaucoup.
They sure do!
Jay, we're so happy you got to experience so many events. Including with your Dad. We also enjoyed all of your vlogs prior to and during the Olympics. I love to see you smile...it's a lovely one and you are surely blessed with wonderful friends.
Great video and the only way I was ever going to see this unique Olympics like I was a kid again! Thanks Jay!
Cool video ! Such a great atmosphere. Hope the Paralympics will be as good. Also.. Dang ! I want that plastic cup lol I love those weird little hats . Wish we could easily buy Olympic memorabilia outside of France.
This was fun to watch. Living in the suburbs (and having been out of town at the start, then gotten COVID when I got back) I didn’t see too much live and in person, mostly I experienced the Games via livestream. So I got a nice vicarious experience through your eyes. Looking forward to the Paralympics!
I'm looking forward to them too!
This was my first time watching g the Olympics and honestly….it made me love Paris even more. I of course rooted for Team USA but specifically for the women’s 3x3 basketball team because my favorite athlete Hailey Van Lith was on that team. While I’m sad that they did lose….they at least got the bronze medal so I’m happy for them. I kinda of wish we could run it all back, and do it all over again. It’s sucks that they took down the opening ceremony video because some groups of people can’t handle the history of another country’s culture.
Thanks for the behind the scenes looks, very entertaining.
Thanks Jay for bringing us the behind the scenes videos! You are amazing! ❤
Glad you like them!
La vasque olympique (la Montgolfière) fonctionne ainsi : 200 buses créent de la vapeur d’eau dans l’anneau luminescent. - 40 projecteurs LED situés en dessous illuminent l’eau projetée. - Un système de pilotage gère les flux : éclairage, brumisation et ventilation (cf. le designer Mathieu LEHANNEUR). Et voilà !
Wow!
Awesome documenting the Paris Olympics! Can't wait for Los Angeles 2028!
I hope they're just as fun!
Actually French do volunteer, just not in the same way as Americans. Thery mostly do it through the one million associations, which are a pillar of french society since 1901. The reluctance towards these Olympics was mostly political, anyone who applied was told they were slaving for Macron. And now they have memories for a lifetime. Thanks for the shout out, they deserve it
For sure! I should have been more clear that the spirit of it tends to be different. It would be interesting to do a deep dive on the cultural differences around it
Thanks so much for sharing this with us, Jay!
It looks like you had a great time!
You bet!
Amazing videos Jay!, thanks for sharing,,bravo volunteers 🎉🎉❤!, greetings from Mexico
As a former french volunteer for various big sports event, French do not understand, I can confirm. But they all want the gear afterwards 😂
It's a big difference in appreciation between the US and France - I was disappointed with how weak the cheers were for the volunteers. Definitely a deeper topic for future thoughts - and thanks for volunteering!! 🥳🥂
Great video. I wish I was there.
It was a ton of fun
Are you going to the Paralympics? Hope the atmosphere is like during the Olympics
Looks like you are having a lot of fun Jay.
It was a blast!
I see you followed the advice about the purple non-Coca Ecocup! It really is a nice one, lot better than the Coca one with a just a little logo about the sport.
For the fountains in Concorde they were ON 2 of 3 times I went there (succeeded to get last minute tickets for Basket 3x3, Skateboard, and Breaking 😎). And judging by the match you watched, the day I saw them OFF was the day just before you went, so maybe they had a temporary issue with them, and then they fixed it?
Didn't succeed to get tickets for Beach Volley sadly, while trying very hard on the last minute and resale tickets, only tickets I succeeded to get in cart were 450+€ :/
Yeah, the late events and finals got really expensive. I'm very fortunate I got to go to so many for free!
Mauvaise connaissance de la France, ce pays compte environ 15 millions de bénévoles parmi les adultes, bon ratio!!!
Je parlais plutôt de l'enthousiasme et energie, mais vous avez tout à fait raison - il y a un enorme nombre de bénévoles ici, merci pour la statisique!
❤❤❤best video ever made ❤❤❤recognition!
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Sorry for the super random question, but can you recommend your favorite external hard drive or device that you use to store all of your content? Or do you prefer the cloud these days?
I have a whole bunch but BackBlaze is my off site slow storage.
Thank you so much!! @@JaySwanson
‘And yet, somehow, deeply annoying.” 😂🍷
Looks like you had a great time. So sad to see the games over.
How was life in Paris as a whole during the games? Were the crowds, traffic/infrastructure worse or better than expected.
Better than expected. And most of all, better than usual.
Have they started dismantling the fan zones and spectator bleachers, or do you know how much of it stays up for Paralympics? I'm coming in a couple of weeks and wondering if there'll still be blocked off areas. So awesome you got to see more great events!
Have been assuming it'll pretty much all stay up for the paralympics, but will share more when we know more!
The champions parc at the Trocadero is removed and the Concorde venue will only be used for the paralympic opening ceremony but otherwise, all the other venues will stay open.
@@LevVic thank you!
Any word on how many venues will remain after the Olympics. Do you think the cauldron will be permanent?
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Hello , please , I wanted to ask you does it require to be an English native speaker to teach English in France ?
No, plenty of non-native speakers teach. But it'll probably depend on the placement program/school.
10:05 is that Paul Taylor ?
Always
French understand volontering. Not the Parisians !
What ? Of course we do 😂
nonsense! the French know well what the volunteers have achieved. They have been thanked on numerous occasions by the highest authorities. We are the country in the world where there are the most associations with millions of volunteers. and it is one of the pillars of our culture and our nation. Why say that then?
Where is Jay now? Did he die in the olympics? Nothing here since.....
posted a video on friday?
“Because the French don’t understand volunteering”
How can one draw such a conclusion and judge an entire people on a few applause? Would you like to be told that all Americans are quick to judge entire peoples on their only little experience of the moment? One in five French people volunteer and give their time through an association. The majority of volunteers work in sectors such as recreation or social action, sport, culture, while others work for the defense of rights or causes, such as environmental protection, etc.!
Yeah, it was poorly phrased in the moment - it's appreciated differently and there are major cultural differences around it, a far more nuanced subject than my comments here alluded to. My apologies 🙏
😎, Cooper even got a sneak view 😂