Life In BRUSSELS - 4 Things I Wish I'd Known (An American Perspective 2024)

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Salut everybody! Today we are going over 4 things that I wish I had known before moving to the Belgian capital.I hope you enjoy!
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:19 Chapter 1- Braving the elements
2:47 Chapter 2 - The language of love
6:03 Chapter 3- A place to call home
7:42 Chapter 4 - A girl's gotta eat
9:53 Outro
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@wanneske1969 Месяц назад

I don't know where you used to live but the weather in Brussels is better on average than the Uk and Northern Germany for instance. Great videos btw

@HM-mw7cg 10 дней назад

I’m from the UK but have lived in Brussels for almost a decade, and bxl is for sure more grey. Has the most cloud cover of any major Western European city. It’s fucking depressing. But yeah we’ve had a few banging summers recently. This one has been shit so far. But yeah the fact she spends so many minutes on the weather is dumb. It’s not extreme. But look who her sponsor is…

@wanneske1969 9 дней назад

@@HM-mw7cg I visit northern Germany a lot (Bremen, Hamburg). On lots of occasions when I left Brussels by train, it was sunny and warm, and by the time I arrived in Bremen, it was cold, rainy or foggy. A friend of mine has lived in Dublin, Brussels and Bremen and said the weather was the best in Brussels ...

@brucetempleton9608 3 месяца назад

Very informative. We love visiting Brussels 🎉

@AlexandraTempleton 3 месяца назад

You're welcome to visit anytime

@Chiquitab4 Месяц назад

Very informative! I just moved here so thank you!

@AlexandraTempleton Месяц назад

I'm so glad to hear that it helped you out :) Best of luck on your transition here!

@DBarks38 Месяц назад

The 3-6-9 contract commitment engage you to find a new tenant for the landlord if you need to leave before the end of the contract.

@estanda13 5 месяцев назад

This is awesome video! I'm excited to see the others. You are such an example of a perfect person. (Woman :) And I have never been to Brussels. Now I want to go there, in hope to meet you somewhere on the rainy street and eat some chocolate to get her😊

@AlexandraTempleton 5 месяцев назад

Thanks so much, Standičko! You know you are welcome to come visit Brussels anytime :) We can eat all the chocolate your heart desires!

@flitsertheo Месяц назад

Belgium has rain, the USA has typhoons, blizzards, tornados, etc ...

@audiotap8332 6 дней назад

u talk shit till ur 7 months in of gray skies and drizzle and need VitD prescription

@liliariz9045 5 месяцев назад

Beautiful city, just alote much rain ☔ 😅.

@AlexandraTempleton 5 месяцев назад

Agreed 😅

@DanteGabryellMonson 2 месяца назад

That's why we call a certain type of rain you seem to describe in the video "crachin" ( "spitting" ) : fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crachin

@Alexandre-Marius-Jacob Месяц назад

Your french is very good ! Do you sometimes visit Wallonia ? I feel like you would love Namur and Dinant.

@AlexandraTempleton Месяц назад

Thanks so much Alexandre! I'm going to keep studying it :) I have been to both Namur and Dinant and found them very nice :)

@Kimeke_Potferdek 9 дней назад

Where is that Wittamer shop? Doesn't look like the Sablon one... try the macarons at Marcolini too! 😋

@AlexandraTempleton 8 дней назад

I like the macarons at Marcelino too- a very nice place to get gifts for people :) The Wittamer shop in the video is in Uccle :)

@Kimeke_Potferdek 8 дней назад

Oh I see, there's a Wittamer store Rue Edith Cavell indeed. Good to know. Thanks for the tip. 😋 As you like good stuff: try the restaurant Epicerie Nomad in Ixelles (close to place Fernand Cocq...

@jme104 Месяц назад

Annual rain in Paris 720 mm, Brussels 807mm. Mean annual temperature Paris 11.7°C , Brussels 10.7 °c . Enough with the Brussels bashing . Avff. The girl should travel .

@audiotap8332 6 дней назад

hi we make fun of that too don't be an asshole

@The_beast11-goat 5 месяцев назад

Hey 👋, how are ya? Did you learn french or Dutch in Belgium?which is better to learn in your perspective

@AlexandraTempleton 5 месяцев назад

Hey @the_beast11-goat! I'd say for life in Brussels, day to day, French is more useful. However all of the paperwork/ logistics is done in Dutch, French and German :)

@MV-xu8xv Месяц назад

Weather in BE is a big minus. Hardly summer time (mei-sept).

@enesfrknyc 4 месяца назад

Not cold, not rain but I reallyyyy hate wind it is so annoying :/

@aureliedubois2605 3 месяца назад

I’m looking to transfer with my US company to Brussels but live in Ghent. Speaking of languages…not all roles require French but I thought it be smart to take French again. I’ve only taken beginners 101 and 102 here. I need structure and do not trust myself to learn enough French in my own. I know you taught with Lingoda, however for certification and efficiency and pricing, would Lingoda still be best or should I try online zoom courses with Alliance Française?

@AlexandraTempleton 3 месяца назад

Hello Aurelie! How exciting that you'll be moving to Belgium :) Regarding your question on French, I'd say that Lingoda is a great option to start studying French remotely until you make the move here. Once you're in Belgium, you can always switch to in-person classes with Alliance Française. Also, if you sign up with this link (try.lingoda.com/Ally25 ), you get a discount on your first set of classes with Lingoda ;)

@aureliedubois2605 3 месяца назад

@@AlexandraTempleton great, thank you! I don’t mind doing some things on my own like reading and watching movies but I feel like I’m not really getting anywhere.

@AlexandraTempleton 3 месяца назад

@@aureliedubois2605 Yes I completely understand. It's important to have someone there to correct mistakes and provide a learning structure.

@stoffel880 5 дней назад

Gent is a wonderful city to live, lovely place and not a big commute to Brussel, i would say try to learn some basic dutch but most of us flemish speak English fluently so you will be fine with the basics

@aureliedubois2605 5 дней назад

@@stoffel880 thank you! I visited Ghent for about 2 weeks last year but didn’t really explore Brussels. I do think staying in Gent/Ghent a bit of Dutch might be helpful too. I did get by with English and the occasional French (very limited conversation with an older woman at a tram stop on the way to breakfast one morning) and that’s when I decided if I make the move, I’ll need more language to try to make the move less stressful. I already speak Spanish and find French comes a bit easier for me than my friends that only speak English but still need way more work. To be honest, Dutch seems very difficult to me. Any tips for learning Dutch or maybe an area of conversation I should start my education? I don’t want to always default to English as I think I really should learn more of the local languages. For work, I’d be looking at commuting from Gent to Brussels.

@FlorencePiers 5 месяцев назад

🤍🤍🫶

@AlexandraTempleton 5 месяцев назад

Your city is really starting to grow on me

@edmerc92 Месяц назад

While you may not get to use the other two languages you studied in Brussels, having experience with other Romance languages probably helped you acquire French faster than if you hadn’t studied any. The pronunciation of French is certainly different, but the grammatical structure and vocabulary definitely have a lot in common. I imagine you could probably pick up Italian pretty easily at this point, too, as it’s very close to French in grammar while its pronunciation is more like Spanish.

@AlexandraTempleton Месяц назад

That's exactly my hope! I"ll be starting an intensive French immersion course in two weeks so wish me luck :) Thanks for watching @edmerc92 and I wish you a nice day!