Daily life in Paris
Daily life in Paris: languages, electrical norms, animals, clothes and shoes size and more..
In this chapter a few tips about parisian and their way of living
let's start by the languages:
You come from abroad and don’t speak French? In Paris, you will usually find someone who speaks a smattering of English, which is the leading foreign language studied at school in France. Numerous efforts are made to guide you in Shakespeare’s language, and even in German, Spanish, Italian or Japanese, particularly in the tourist areas, hotels, museums and monuments, public transport or department stores. Paris does everything to help you feel at home here.
In the different offices of the Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau, you’ll find reception staff who speak different languages and multilingual publications.
Use the left margin navigation and floders bellow to find more information about daily life in Paris:
A few French expressions
A few French expressions which could be useful to you in Paris
Animals
Animals in Paris: there are some places where your pet may not be welcome, or not...
Electrical norms
Electrical norms in Paris: a few tips to help you avoid any unpleasant surprises...
Video norms
Video norms in Paris: a few tips to help you avoid any unpleasant surprises...
DVD
DVD norms in Paris: Be sure that any DVD you purchase here is compatible with your equipment at home...
Clothes and shoes size
Clothes and shoes size: To make it less confusing and enable you to ask for the correct size...