I would switch the camera so we can see what you see, then slow the video down while keeping your voice as is. I'm hoping to move to France, so LOVE this topic! Glad I found your channel!
Enjoyed the tour as you biked, pl do some biking adventure, the trails, where it leads to, we can watch with vicarious pleasure till we get to see and experience one day. We, I and my wife, did visit Beaune, Burgundy region, enjoyed visiting, biking.
Taxis in many cities in France tend to be entrepreneurs who drive their own cars and belong to a drivers syndicate /trade union. Really enjoyed your spin around the city. You weren’t short of breath at all ! Your audio is good 👍
No stones were left unturned in your appraisal. There is freedom in having no credit, not that French people do not have any outstanding consumer loans or mortgages but the economy is not based on credit like in the States. As for car-sharing, this must be a scheme particular to Grenoble, and some other cities in France and abroad, as part of its actions to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions in line with the 2015 UN Climate Agreement.
We just renewed our French residence permit after our first year here in France. As you have been in France for three years did you get a multi-year residence permit? Also how do you do your French Taxes?
I was lucky to have a father born in an EU country (Poland) that allows citizenship to be passed on to direct descendants (not sure how many generations, but my children and niece also obtained their citizenship). Of course, citizenship in any EU country provides residency and work rights in other EU countries, including spouses. As for French taxes, we have a French accountant.
Sure, with pleasure. The carshare program is CITIZ Autopartage. It's a co-op, rather a network of co-ops that exist in most major French cities. It's far more robust than anything that exists in North America, as far as I'm aware. In California I used both Car2Go before it closed up (in fact I bought two of their EV Smart cars when they closed up shop). I also signed up for Zipcar but never used it due in part due to poor reviews and scarcity of cars. To be fair, French cities seem to have much more of a built-in customer base for such programs and they dont sprawl as much. MetroVelo is the bike program. It appears to be government-owned as the website says it's a program of SM MAG, which involves multiple government agencies. Rather than the bike station style of bike share programs, it operates more like a long-term bike rental. Also the price for what you get doesn't seem to allow room for much profit. It's a fantastic and affordable service. I'd estimate that the majority of bicycles on the streets of Grenoble are Metro Velo bikes. It's 140 euros per year full price or 70 euros for students, which includes all service/repair needs.
