🇫🇷✏️Honest vlog about student life in France in 2020🦠😷| American in France

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  • čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
  • 🍎instagram : @identityselection
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    So I've been living in France for almost 2 months now and documenting my life here ! With the second wave of covid and all the new restrictions, it's not all butterflies and rainbows. But still I'm glad I went through with the decision to move to a new country. Despite the opportunities being limited due to the pandemic and feeling very lonely at times, I'm still discovering so much and collecting priceless experiences...so I think it's worth it 😌
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  • @summerboucher-robinson6814
    @summerboucher-robinson6814 Před 3 lety +147

    Thank you for showing the downsides as well! I've done this move before and it's really not as magical as all of these youtubers and instagrammers make it out to be. It's excitement and joy and sadness all wrapped up into one. I'm glad you show that! Subscribed!

    • @IdentitySelection
      @IdentitySelection  Před 3 lety +14

      Exactly !! You definitely have the high moments here and there but most days are very lonely. I’m glad you liked it 🥰

    • @timbolicous
      @timbolicous Před 3 lety +6

      Lol yes I started another video and it just made it look "oh so glamorous". I specifically came here to see what difficulties French students are going thru

  • @camilacastro9185
    @camilacastro9185 Před 3 lety +77

    Girl same, I moved to the UK for uni and was absolutely fine. Didn’t even feel homesick or alone. The next year I did an Erasmus exchange in Paris and it was probably the toughest year of my life. I think maybe bc in the uk I had flatmates around all the time and in Paris I was in a studio on my own. It was hard to make friends with my french classmates as well and struggled to adapt to the french education system. It was such a tough time for me but I wouldn’t change it for the world. It gave me time with myself, and as cliche as it sounds I think being completely on your own does confront you with your true self stripped down of everything else. Hope your time in France has been lovely. I have enjoyed watching your vids and reminiscing over my time over there.

  • @IdentitySelection
    @IdentitySelection  Před 3 lety +87

    Wouldn't be a very honest "moving to a new country" doc if there aren't a few lonely tears here and there 🙃🙃

    • @sambou2371
      @sambou2371 Před 3 lety +1

      I am going through the same thing, I it is pretty hard. I understand your struggle.

    • @EUROSPORTS4TECH
      @EUROSPORTS4TECH Před 3 lety

      Awwww same

  • @falcasantos
    @falcasantos Před 3 lety +51

    Omg the fact that you have friends with a place big enough to host more than one other person for dinner is already so magical... Toulouse suddenly seems like paradise under covid restrictions compared to Paris 😩

    • @IdentitySelection
      @IdentitySelection  Před 3 lety +7

      Hahaha that was before the curfew, now it’s way more complicated to have a social life 😢 but I am indeed grateful to have what I have!!! :)) hang in there!! 💛

  • @TrinityResting
    @TrinityResting Před 3 lety +54

    Omg I moved to Toulouse recently and I’m feeling the exact same way as you. At least now I know its normal... love your content btw🤎🤎

    • @IdentitySelection
      @IdentitySelection  Před 3 lety +3

      yes you're not alone ! hope it gets better for you soon!! ♥️

    • @nanaakua9089
      @nanaakua9089 Před 3 lety

      Girl! Which part of Toulouse are u at? We could hang out sometime

    • @burhandavid2920
      @burhandavid2920 Před 2 lety

      Hi trinity whats going on

  • @hellonicolette
    @hellonicolette Před 3 lety +39

    Love this! But omg those Visa application shots gave me so much stress haha. That's gonna be me in like 6 months 🤞 🇫🇷

  • @honeyfitz3791
    @honeyfitz3791 Před 3 lety +5

    I've moved several times to new places where I had no friends and one place was a foreign country. What I discovered was that the best way to quickly form new friendships is to join some sort of organization or club. You have to choose one that is doing something really interests you, or it won't work. For me it is always art in general or photography more specifically. Wherever I go I seek out the "arts" people. Covid complicates things. It has screwed up everyone's life, but the club that I am in now still meets using Zoom.
    Good luck. You are not alone in feeling the way you do. Most of my friends are depressed and lonely. It will pass.

  • @carnleycarnley1984
    @carnleycarnley1984 Před 3 lety +5

    Americans in Carcassonne here! The realest vlog about France at the moment.

  • @lili1996surf
    @lili1996surf Před 3 lety +10

    So cute ! I am French and I am studying in Toulouse too. I am so sorry for you to be there in such a bad time. 🥺 Toulouse is the city where there are normally the most students in France. Usually, there are plenty things to do for us (concert, fêtes étudiantes...). I am leaving Toulouse right now because it changed a lot and I need to see my family. But I hope you're doing fine there. 😁 Sorry for my English. Your editing is nice ! I found your video by luck 😊 Continue et bon courage ! 😁

  • @kentonfields1435
    @kentonfields1435 Před 3 lety +5

    hey i’m an american living in france too! but at least we get two week breaks every 6!!!!!

  • @MVeronicaCM
    @MVeronicaCM Před 3 lety +1

    I lived in Toulouse for 4 years and the hardest part of the winter was the gray sky!! Love your videos cause it reminded me of when I lived there as a student too... I miss it!

  • @hemasomaya6960
    @hemasomaya6960 Před 2 lety

    i recently went to the us for university from the uae and wow you totally captured the emotions i have been feeling thank you for being honest and i hope it gets better for us! i have so far felt better since it’s been a year
    keep up the great vids!

  • @durimehoxha
    @durimehoxha Před 3 lety +7

    Just reading our new restrictions here in Italy, and yes I'm being egoistic, but the gym was the only aspect keeping me sane since June, when the gyms opened after the lockdown ! Everything seams so gloomy right now ! loving your vlogs and yes keep them reeeal, big hug :)

    • @IdentitySelection
      @IdentitySelection  Před 3 lety +4

      Awhh hugs to you too!! 💛💛 It’s hard because you don’t want to complain about these things as they are “small” compared to real problems going on so you feel like you don’t have the right to be even sad 😞

  • @mosammetasma5815
    @mosammetasma5815 Před 3 lety +6

    Loved this realistic vlog, subbed!

  • @melmoona
    @melmoona Před 3 lety +3

    Hang in there! It'll get better eventually... Really enjoying your channel/videos. I'm also from NoVA and moving to France next year so seeing your path and keeping it real is helpful :)

  • @anascinema
    @anascinema Před 3 lety +5

    just got here from the SUAG group and I automatically subscribed!! love your vibe and the way the video was edited. ❤️❤️

  • @BGbaas
    @BGbaas Před 2 lety

    I went on exchange to Toulouse from September 2019 - Februart 2020 and I am considering returning to France for work in a couple of years. Very glad to have found your channel, brings up good memories! :)

  • @joshuatalks6213
    @joshuatalks6213 Před 3 lety +2

    . That’s awesome you travel so much! I’d love to visit France

  • @ezee2fya160
    @ezee2fya160 Před 3 lety +9

    Hey i really love your videos.... You're amazing keep us updated Pleaseeee ❤❤❤

  • @alicias.7556
    @alicias.7556 Před 3 lety +1

    I live in Sweden, in Sweden I find every place boring, cold, dark and depressing (I don’t even like swedish food) except Stockholm and France really match my vibe more with the view and style and French food is just for me thats like the only thing I like to eat Pasta, Pizza, Salami...

  • @giantandomniscientlevitati8969

    Greetings from france.People from Toulouse are often seen as very friendly. It is really an awesome city to live in
    I hope you get more friends. In this video you really nailed the "vlog" feelings. I hope you ll make more of these yoire good at ir

    • @IdentitySelection
      @IdentitySelection  Před 3 lety

      Yes people are indeed generally very friendly here :) Thank you so much ❤️

  • @jenni165
    @jenni165 Před 3 lety +3

    Hello I love your videos, please keep uploading more☺️ could you please do a video where u could explain how to get an apartment in Toulouse as a student or not or what you need to do n get to live there as a student, that'd be an extra cool video 😆

  • @11teiko
    @11teiko Před 3 lety +3

    Really enjoy your videos! Beautifully done and honestly made--thanks for keeping it real. Would to hear your reflections on how your previous experience moving to another country alone differs from your experience in France :)

    • @IdentitySelection
      @IdentitySelection  Před 3 lety

      Thank you glad you like them!! Will for sure tell that story in a video some day :))

  • @yvonneetienne871
    @yvonneetienne871 Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks for sharing your experience! ☺️
    I really enjoyed this video!

  • @brieb4317
    @brieb4317 Před 3 lety

    I appreciate the honesty of the blogs. I’m moving to France in a couple of years once I master the language. ☺️

    • @IdentitySelection
      @IdentitySelection  Před 3 lety +1

      You don't need to master the language to come ! I'm still years away from it

  • @TheDaVintagist
    @TheDaVintagist Před 3 lety +5

    ah your cooking looks delicious!

  • @tofjip
    @tofjip Před 3 lety

    Been feeling bad lately and I stumbled upon your vlog. Thank you for this. France is such a calming place. Hopefully, I'll be able to go there either as a student or as a tourist.

  • @vanessareynoso
    @vanessareynoso Před 3 lety

    Enjoying your videos, try your best to stay positive and thanks for sharing the journey with us!

  • @chynameetsworld
    @chynameetsworld Před 3 lety

    wow i love your vlogs and editing. i do understand that lonely feeling that isn’t that talked about. i hope this year is easier on you!!

    • @IdentitySelection
      @IdentitySelection  Před 3 lety +1

      thank you so much!! best wishes for you for the new year as well ❤️

  • @user-FM1
    @user-FM1 Před 3 lety +7

    Imagine her speaking French that fast 😭

  • @BrahimChannell
    @BrahimChannell Před 3 lety

    You are meant to be a vlogger 😍 I've been enjoying your videos so much love ya x)

  • @destinyzroom
    @destinyzroom Před 3 lety +4

    Omgggg I’m gonna binge watch your videos but a burning question that I’m having is how on earth do you pay rent?? (If you don’t mind my asking 😅😅😅) The campus France here wants to meet with me next week to chat about leaving next year and I’m dying to ask them how to do that when I’ve read that students can only work like 20 hours a week😭😭. I really liked your Vlog and it made me feel less alone to even want to leave by myself which is what I’ll be doing😅 thanks for putting in the hard work to get this out for us ♥️♥️

    • @fatemehbaghbani9219
      @fatemehbaghbani9219 Před 2 lety +1

      hey! I have a meeting with campus france next week ! did you make it to france? if you don't mind...may I ask what did you do with your expenses? (sorry for my bad english... i'm stressed I don't know what to do T-T)

    • @destinyzroom
      @destinyzroom Před 2 lety

      @@fatemehbaghbani9219 I’m not there yet! I will find out if I can study abroad from my university in March. I hope they pick me. Then I can start working with the university or campus France. Wish you luck!

    • @fatemehbaghbani9219
      @fatemehbaghbani9219 Před 2 lety +1

      @@destinyzroom thanks a lot ! good luck :D

  • @melinamacias2570
    @melinamacias2570 Před 3 lety +1

    I love your videos so much! I hope you are doing okay. Keep us updated 💕

  • @amousetheatre
    @amousetheatre Před 3 lety

    ahhh i loved this sm!💌💌

  • @meryemLux
    @meryemLux Před 3 lety

    I am planning on moving to France in June 2021 I hope by then the coronavirus will be over!!!!
    I am expecting to feel a little bit alone, so I think I will go for coliving instead of having my own apartment. To have the opportunity to meet new people quickly

  • @salomeabbou9912
    @salomeabbou9912 Před 3 lety +2

    I hope you are feeling okay right now!
    November has been so difficult in France but now it seems that things are getting better. I can just emphatise with you cause during the first half of the year I was studying in Melbourne it was like a huge project I had and all my classes turned online as well and I was quite lonely. I came back to France some months ago now but I completely understand what you're going through ! Feel free to send a message if you want to chat ! Unfortunately I'm based in Paris and not Toulouse :_/
    Bon courage !!
    I love your vlogs btw!!

    • @IdentitySelection
      @IdentitySelection  Před 3 lety +3

      thank you so much for your kind words, I'm doing much better now :) ❤️

  • @jocelyncanales8877
    @jocelyncanales8877 Před 3 lety

    girl, you're literally living my dream!!! Currently a freshman in college here in there States and am really really really wanting to move to France for grad school once I'm done here. Best of luck, I love your videos !!

    • @IdentitySelection
      @IdentitySelection  Před 3 lety

      ahhh awesome I hope you'll follow through with it !! I plan to make some informative videos in the next few months that will hopefully help with the process so stay tuned :) ❤️

  • @moosiepoopsie3951
    @moosiepoopsie3951 Před 3 lety

    I absolutely love your vlogs and your channel I have been following for such a long time lol waiting for an update, sorry for asking too much but is it ok if u make the videos longer :'( pls it is just so interesting to see how you live and see your outlook on things

    • @IdentitySelection
      @IdentitySelection  Před 3 lety +1

      that's so sweet 🥺💖 I will try, I always take out a lot of parts thinking they're not that interesting lol

  • @sterben5995
    @sterben5995 Před 3 lety

    I left the same thing in the first month living in Paris but my gf came too so I'm doing better

  • @analyngwapa6646
    @analyngwapa6646 Před 3 lety

    I just cant wait to see adrien and marinette in france😃

  • @nadadouah7067
    @nadadouah7067 Před 2 lety

    Really I am suffering the way you did ,I am have a panick attack and depression I fell go freaking lonely especially the last year

    • @IdentitySelection
      @IdentitySelection  Před 2 lety +3

      :(( I feel you. What helped me is forcing myself to go to social occasions and events even if I'm not super down for them, and I end up surprising myself and have a pretty good time and meet at least one person that I vibe with and ends up having a place in my life !

    • @nadadouah7067
      @nadadouah7067 Před 2 lety

      @@IdentitySelection thanks for your respond ,I will try to do so !! But i thought so many time to about so many things that are negative anyway we can’t change it

  • @standupphilosopher7059

    What did you make? Looks so good!👩‍🍳

  • @mrfact9842
    @mrfact9842 Před 2 lety

    Every country has its downside and upsides so, don't think that any place is perfect. No one is perfect. And place is also

  • @morgank7560
    @morgank7560 Před 2 lety

    where is your green tank from?? so cute! also rlly loving your videos :)

  • @amazinggirl123
    @amazinggirl123 Před 3 lety +3

    Are your classes in french or english? Lol your french must be good to have french friends bc mine all speak english 😅

    • @IdentitySelection
      @IdentitySelection  Před 3 lety +1

      nahh I just have french friends who speak english 😅 classes are in english too

  • @ladygagafan704
    @ladygagafan704 Před 2 lety

    Omg what school are u attending that looks like so much fun

  • @timbolicous
    @timbolicous Před 3 lety

    QUESTION! (But first: wow, I have now discovered the joys of 'a day in the life videos'! Much more fun than 'how-to', self-improvement and political videos. Thanks for fast-forwarding thru bits that are best shown that way - inexperienced video-makers dont realiise we dont need to see some stuff at normal speed! The bits with friends were warm and nice.) So QUESTION: I saw on France24-Eng that French students are very unhappy and protesting, esp since many losing their jobs. I was wondering: what is the govt support for an ordinary French student? In Australia a person who is unsupported by parents and has no job, will get AUSTUDY and rent assistance of 195 (Euros) pw. What do they get in F? I have French friends in Australia and love French culture. I worry about these French students!

  • @manelbouarissa8783
    @manelbouarissa8783 Před 2 lety

    Hi please quick question i am moving to strasbourg University and my french is kind weak but i am going to major in english will they accept me or no ?

  • @avinash392
    @avinash392 Před 3 lety

    Early morning zoom class is 😴😴😴

  • @dolkarlutsetsang698
    @dolkarlutsetsang698 Před 3 lety

    Can you please share me some tips how you got the room because I am applying student visa in France. Trying to know how to get the room in France.

  • @vieannieslifeinfrance.1864

    Nice video. Malaysian in France

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    @immumin8306 Před 3 lety

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  • @oniebrown8319
    @oniebrown8319 Před 3 lety

    Were you completely fluent in French before movie?

  • @user-zu1os6to2j
    @user-zu1os6to2j Před 2 lety

    were you taking a degree in french or english?

  • @zikoyt5539
    @zikoyt5539 Před 3 lety

    So you have a friend now maybe after 8 months?

  • @Airship_school_teens
    @Airship_school_teens Před 2 lety +1

    it’s a great video! Thank you so much for sharing 🙏👍 Would you like to take a Covid interview? My name is Xin a 17 years old working on 233 interviews of Covid aim to record true stories under the Covid pandemic.
    I am looking for interviewees from France, do you willing to share your stories and experience during the Covid in France?
    This is very meaningfully to me, please let me know if you are interested
    Thank u

  • @thesrp5980
    @thesrp5980 Před 3 lety

    Hiii what an amazing eyes you have. ...😍😍

  • @luminosity984
    @luminosity984 Před 3 lety

    I'm just thinking about how nice it is to eat on a roof...

  • @mirianaalbrizio7639
    @mirianaalbrizio7639 Před 3 lety

    I enjoyed your vlog so much! You should most def film with the crazy vloggers Bad Friends. Their vlogs reminds me of the Vlog Squad and a blend of PewDiePie. Theyre the funniest friend group on CZcams and they do crazy stuff every time.
    You should definitely check their page out and give the friend group a like! 👉 #BadFriendsGang

  • @rahulkoli383
    @rahulkoli383 Před 3 lety

    Hey you are Very Beautiful❤😍

  • @cedrickevangelisan8176

    Is there an Asian racism there???

  • @Rickzzz969
    @Rickzzz969 Před 3 lety

    @0:02 Murderers? Just chill it's not America!