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Slow Travel in Paris: French Vlog With Subtitles

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18 min 37 sec video

Explore Paris at a slower pace while practicing French listening with subtitles and useful travel language.

Take a slower look at Paris while practicing French listening in context. This subtitled vlog gives you a chance to hear natural speech and connect what you hear with the places on screen.

Video companion

This video is Part 1 of a four-day trip and follows Days 1 and 2. It moves between walks, food stops and quieter cultural visits. Use the chapters to choose a short scene before returning to the full vlog.

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Selected French transcript

These short edited selections follow the French subtitles shown in the video, with punctuation adjusted for reading. They are not a complete transcript. Listen first, then open the translation to check your understanding.

01:04 — The rain will not stop us

Ce n’est pas la pluie qui va nous arrêter, je vous le dis.

English translation

The rain is not going to stop us, I’m telling you.

03:38 — Filming in a bakery

Je n’ai pas pu filmer ma commande, mais elles ont quand même accepté que je filme les vitrines.

English translation

I couldn’t film my order, but they still agreed to let me film the displays.

04:51 — A quieter walk

C’est vraiment apaisant, calme, loin du stress et du rush de la ville qui est juste en dessous.

English translation

It’s really soothing and peaceful, away from the stress and bustle of the city just below.

08:48 — Asking for a side dish

Mais est-ce que c’est possible d’avoir de la purée maison avec ?

English translation

But would it be possible to have homemade mashed potatoes with it?

16:54 — Ending the day in a bookstore

Qui dit littérature dit librairie. Il semblait logique qu’on finisse par ça cette journée culturelle.

English translation

Literature goes hand in hand with bookstores. It seemed logical to end this cultural day that way.

17:59 — Taking time to recharge

Après ce petit moment calme où on a pris le temps de se poser, de s’évader, de se ressourcer, il est temps de rentrer.

English translation

After this quiet moment when we took time to settle down, escape for a while and recharge, it’s time to head home.

Useful vocabulary

  • une aversea rain shower
  • une boulangeriea bakery
  • une vitrinea display window
  • une promenadea walk; a promenade
  • apaisantsoothing
  • flânerto stroll without hurrying
  • la purée maisonhomemade mashed potatoes
  • une librairiea bookstore
  • se ressourcerto recharge
  • faire du lèche-vitrinesto go window-shopping

Place names: Keep Blé Sucré, le Marais and la Coulée verte as names when translating. In the bookstore scene, une librairie means a bookstore.

Geography note: Saint-Germain-des-Prés and the neighboring Latin Quarter are distinct areas. The Paris tourist office describes them as neighbors.

Check your understanding

  1. What does the speaker say about the rain?
  2. What was she allowed to film in the bakery?
  3. What side dish does she ask for?
  4. Why does a bookstore fit her second day?
Suggested answers
  1. The rain will not stop the trip.
  2. The displays, although she could not film her order.
  3. Homemade mashed potatoes.
  4. The second day is cultural, and she connects literature with bookstores.

Practice as you watch

  1. Watch once with French subtitles and note five words you recognize.
  2. Watch again and pause for two expressions you would use on a trip.
  3. Describe your ideal slow day in Paris in three French sentences.

Use this as relaxed listening practice, then revisit the video without subtitles to see what you can follow. You can also watch it on YouTube.

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