In-Laws, Pickpockets, and Paris Highlights
This time, our story starts on two opposite sides of the world. [Speaking Turkish] I’m at the airport and we left the house at 5:30 am because my flight was scheduled at 7:45 and it’s delayed! Until 9:15, we don’t why yet. But I just want to see Kenan. Once I got on the plane, my travel time was about 16 hours
total with one stop in New York. Mine was about four. We were apart for a month, so we were missing each other. Back in the day, I lived in Paris
for three and a half years, so it was really exciting
to get to rediscover the city together. The very first day we just explored, which is something
I highly recommend in Paris. I think a lot of people
like to make a really tight agenda, but I think it’s nice to just
walk around and see the city. We were there in February and we came across this cute
little Swiss village. And then Kenan Saw this Ankara street,
which was kind of funny. I never, ever noticed this in the city
before coming here with him. Obviously, we had to have a little visit
to a boulangerie (bakery). And then we found a little place where
we could pay to be there by the hour, and all the drinks were included
so that we could use WiFi. In case I needed a kebab… It was next to our house. Along with some other really quirky
little restaurants. like Les Halles d’Issy,
where you could have basically any kind of food
that you wanted in a trendy food court. We did a little bit more exploring
before we went to dinner. Gosh, look at those Cakes. 90% of the time when we’re traveling, we don’t really have a tight schedule
when we’re doing stuff. So we like to just bop in to
whatever restaurant is close. And they were all pretty great. But I think we can both agree
that on this trip, our absolute favorite find was Mian Fan
which was across the street from where
we were going to the candlelight concert. It’s fusion
with French food and Asian food. This is what we had last night,
Beef Bourguignon, Fusion with Asian food with dumplings. We’re on the RER D train right now, going out to Chantilly. And we learned today
that this is be much cheaper option if you want to do things
the last minute, like we are doing them. It cost €2.50 each person to get an all zones metro ticket. That recently changed. It used to be more expensive for zones
that were further out, but now all the zones are the same price,
and that kept us from having to buy two separate tickets,
one for the train from Gare du Nord, and then we were able
to just take three different RERs, which was slightly annoying. But, from where we’re staying
we had to switch a couple of times. But if you’re closer and inside Paris,
maybe you’ll be able to have less changes. But in total, it’s taking us about an hour
and 20 minutes to get to Chantilly, which is great. In the summer, it’s probably really pretty. In summer? Because there’s no leaves now.
Should I say it’s a 20 minute walk? If you’ve been following us for a while,
you know that one of our favorite parts about travel is actually the hotels
and this one didn’t disappoint. The reason we chose it
there was because of its proximity to the chateau, which you’ll see in
just a moment, was right next door. The restaurant was fabulous. We didn’t take any videos
because we were enjoying dinner, but I highly, highly recommend
their in-house restaurant, La Table du Connétable. From our hotel, Auberge du Jeu de Paume, We can take just a little path, It’s about a five minute walk, to the Château de Chantilly. So many people skip this castle, which is great
because there’s fewer crowds for you. To me, it really feels like you get to visit a lived in château. And you can kind of
imagine the French nobility. Whereas some of them like, to me,
let’s say, feels a little bit more like a museum. And my absolute favorite part
is that they have one of the most beautiful horse stables
in all of Europe. (Speaks Turkish) The Musée du cheval (horse museum) has art, artifacts and objects from over 4,000 years of history. Legend has it that the Prince of Condé believed that he would be reincarnated as a horse, so he had the great stables
built to be fit for a royal. (Speaks French) We have to go back to get a coat
that we bought a couple days ago, From Passy. Et voila… and we are running. Yeah, it closes in, uh, 15 minutes. Okay, so we made it, like,
ten minutes prior to their closing time. They had already closed. We called them. They opened it up, and they said,
oh, we’ll have it tomorrow. We’ll leave the morning after this. So it’s a little bit stressful, but it is what it is. Our next step was to take a cooking class. I was really excited
to show Kenan this place, because this is one of the ways that I
learned most of my French, actually. (Speaks French) It was my first cooking class and it was actually fun. We’re going to see my parents. We’re on the RER and we’re going to pick up my parents
at the train station. They’re going to Gare de Lyon
and they just arrived in Paris. That’s all? There was an interruption
on our train line, so we had to make a change. This way. okay quick!
I don’t know which one it is (laughing). Oh, this. There’s no space, how is it possible? Uh… Oh. Maybe… I need my Turkish guy… I know it’s difficult. Here? No. Okay, No, no space. Go, go, go, go, go. Impossible? No, here no, everywhere. Oh, no! (Speaks French) Oh, mom’s calling. We went to my parents hotel to wait for them,
and I was dying when I saw the entrance, but they weren’t there yet,
so we were a little stressed. And then after a couple of hours,
they came! As soon as we got to their hotel room,
we explained just kind of how the metro system worked,
how the cards work. We knew we would be the with them
most of the time, but we just wanted to be sure
that they were comfortable. It was their first time in Europe. We’re tracking my dad because
I called in this morning to tell them that we would come to their hotel room,
and they’re not in their hotel room, and we were literally on the floor
below them. So we thought that would be
kind of like a no-fail situation… It’s here. Oh, I bet they’re at the grocery store… or the the boulangerie! Maybe, maybe. I literally just called you and said stay in your room. We’re like, we’re not sitting here. No, I said stay in your room. We’re coming! He said they’re gonna go off for three hours… 1250 BC. Excluding its 19th century pedestal,
it reaches a height of 75ft. It’s covered with hieroglyphic pictures. And the reign of Pharaoh Ramses
the second and Ramsey’s the third. The Ottoman victory of Egypt. Here is Arc de triomph You have the tour Eiffel Concord, and place de la madeleine (I think) Ffter seeing some of the hot spots,
we took a little field trip to the grocery store. My parents love comparing prices
in different countries, especially of eggs. Then we took them to the 12th arrondissement which is the place that I lived
in the first year that I was there. So it was kind of cool
to show them around a little bit. In the meantime, a couple of my siblings were also in transit
to come meet us so we went to Gare du nord to go and pick them up, such an exciting moment because we waited for days for them. Wow you made it! Hey! You can’t make this up… Hi (Speaks French) Okay, so right now, we looked it up on Google Maps
and we said, which direction do we need? We need, Melun is one of the things. The second one down. And then what was an exciting moment turned into our worst nightmare. Every traveler thinks
that they’re being careful enough, but what they don’t realize is that some of these guys are pros. I checked my wallet, and I’m like, it’s in my front pocket. Like, I thought… (Speaks French) Cause it’s linking it to my phone. This is not the… Mom, when they did that, when they walked around us,
those times, I took my backpack off and I put it on the (yeah) luggage thing in front of me. Because I was like (becasue it on his on his back) what are they doing? I saw that. Listen. I used to do this to my friends
all the time. Joking around, we’d always pick pocket each other. You’d bump into ’em and do that. Are you serious? We’d do it all the time. So I’m very familiar with this. I just didn’t I never tried it. He wasn’t ready for them yet. He wasn’t quite ready… I know well I was just trying to get to the room. I wanted to shower and change. We met my parents in the afternoon, wait wait wait… Okay we took a cooking class. That was fun. Then we met
my parents, took us a while to find them. They were waiting for us diligently
at the train instead of like outside of the train station. Then we found them. We like, toured a little bit, went around. We went to pick up my family from Gare du Nord, and met them at the Eurostar Within 20 minutes,
my brother pickpocketed, my father got his phone stolen, and we spent the next
couple of hours in the police station. And then we had dinner, and then we had dessert at a little crepe place, Then we powwowed with the family to find out the plan for tomorrow. And now we’re on the way home. (Music: I don’t think so, no no no no) Okay, so my brother got pickpocketed
yesterday. Let’s just recap that something. So to expose the pickpockets, he just wants to kind of play a little bit. So he bought a wallet for a Euro. He’s picking up receipts off the ground. What else did you pickup?
I’m pretty sure I saw a cigarette. Oh oh, yeah. These are all things that he’s finding on the ground. Is this revenge or? I’m just trying to make it thick. Okay, go ahead. This wallet’s so cheap. You can’t even… here we go… That’s good! That’s quality. That’s a lot of money. Now don’t let it slide. A wad of something out of my pocket. Yeah. To prop it up? Yeah. Like does have anyone some receipts? Or Tissue or something? No, I’ve given you all I’ve got. That bag? Kay, I got my beanie on. Hi! Hi. Okay, I put an AirTag on
dad because he lost his phone yesterday. I didn’t lose my phone… Yeah, he didn’t lose his phone. Oh sorry, it was stolen. It was very much stolen. Those colors… Who did that? It’s really old. We’re at the bistro right now
having lunch. And you can feel the train vibrating
beneath it, which is kind of, like, fun. Can be annoying
if you’re here for a really long time, but it’s like part of the city vibe. That looks crazy good. Okay, this is Boeuf Tartare Kenan is a little bit shocked,
but it’s completely raw beef and I love it. Well. Who else wants to try this beef? It’s good, but it’s up here. Dad are you sure? That’s great. That’s great he says. Okay, Brady, next. Fork, please. I didn’t get the. Tell him that’s okay. Okay now my brother in law is trying. It’s good. Your fork’s right here, Elaine. Wow. It’s delicious. Everybody agrees. It’s delicious. It’s super good. What are you eating? Chicken fried burger. Awesome. Austin what are you eating? An exotic steak. Vicki, what are you eating? Gnocchi? With burrata. Gnocchi. Nee-Yo-Kee… I’m not Italian, but… Brady, what are you eating? A burrata salad. And a coca cola. Melinda, what are you eating? Coca cola and French fries. And a steak pavé. And mom and dad also, steak pavé. Now, and you can see outside it says ? And then, Vicky, if you look up here, Trocadero, tour Eiffel, is the one that you want. Trocadero, the one that says tour Eiffel. Eiffel Tower backwards. After everybody went off on their own
for a little bit, we came to this restaurant
so that we could have a little tasting. But I have to tell you, my family doesn’t
love weird or exotic food. The name of the game is: We’ve ordered 12 snails
and we’re going to taste them. That’s it. Voila. Let’s see your reaction. What kid of snails? Uh, just snails? What is it called? Burgundy. Burgundy is the name of the region. So you’re just holding. Yeah, guys,
you’re just holding it open. It’s just to hold it, it’s not going to break it. And then you use the fork
to eat the snail. Out. What’s that green business? Enjoy. Merci. These green businesses.. He speaks English. Oh. Ciboulette, um It’s little green tiny onions. They’re not quite like ours
that you would buy. That’s really good. I like that. Don’t dissect it. Pull it out. Okay. It’s good, it’s good. It’s not slimy. It’s great, it’s great. She and I are the only ones that have had them so far. But yeah, they’re good. I was surprised. Usually what people don’t like is the texture. Like the taste is great. And they’re always cooked. So it’s like yeah, it’s like
the texture, it’s like oysters. Yeah. Yeah, it’s mostly the texture. I thought it would be slimier. Yeah. Let’s have less slimy, just moist. And must less harsh taste. Alright Ron. And it’s more tasty. I don’t like oysters, but yeah, they’re good. Okay, Dad’s turn. Come on, man. Vicki, you’re next. It’s the look of it! It’s delicious. I like that, the first It’s good. Yeah. Go Vicki, go Vicki. No more? No. It tastes like mud. It does? It tastes like mud? What does that mean? You didn’t smell it? Evet (yes). You smell everything. It’s tasteless. He said what? It’s perfect. No because we don’t have time because we have to to go to the Eiffel Tower. Next stop, tour Eiffel. Tour Eiffel. With everybody. I hope, gosh I hope they’re behind me. Hi. Hi there. Thank you so much. I really appreciate it. You’re so welcome. It was on the sidewalk. Oh, really? It really must have fallen off my wrist.
Or maybe my backpack. Yeah. I was like, how does that fall
out of somebody like that? Are you, like, heading home? I no, no, unfortunately I’m not going to the airport. I just, I just got here. I’m staying at a hotel. Well welcome. Thank you. Maybe it was in my back pocket because I was charging it at the office,
? Anyway, I’m –. (Speaking French) Oh, good to know. Yeah, I wasn’t paying .. I was just like, on my phone too much
and probably not paying attention. Well we’re glad you got it back.
Just make sure your wallet. Yeah, yeah. I think I got it for sure.
Are you all visiting from the states as well? Or something? Yeah. Whereabouts? We’re Utah. Idaho okay, okay. I live in California, so. All right. I just came from LA. Oh, cool. I’m in, like, northern San Francisco.
Okay. Yeah. We live in Istanbul, but.
Are you guys living here? I’m living in Turkey. Oh. Okay. Okay. Have a great trip. Thank you so much. Yeah. All right. Have a good evening. (Speaking French) Not yet, I got some regular um You? Yes. Here, thank you. And this here. Merci. It is 10:20 and I called to ask
if they can accept people. And he said, how many of you are there? Les Antilles Brady got the message. This is where we are. Au Beurre Salé For a little bit more nostalgia, I took the family to the market
that I went to every week. That was in front of the first apartment
that I had here in Paris. Okay. And to the metro. We’re helping my family change their hotel. We’re gonna help them because they have a lot of bags. And these are the stairs that they have to take their bags on. Where are they? I don’t see my family. Me too. We didn’t see the family. I hope they got on some train. They got off at Issy Val de Seine our stop is Issy (Speaking Turkish) What’s Nedan? Oh hey! Welcome. We were not good at all. Hello. Do you want an umbrella, mom? Babe why would you do that? Tamam. ?? My siblings stayed in Paris
while we went with my parents to Istanbul. From there,
we took a road trip to Ephesus. And if you would like to see all the fun
that happened on that road trip, you can click on the link (at the end)
to watch the next video.
We spent two weeks in Paris, and it was full of surprises. The first week was just the two of us, exploring the streets of Paris and visiting the stunning Château de Chantilly with its royal horse stables.
Then my parents arrived for their first trip to Paris, and we all got to see the Eiffel Tower together. There were lots of laughs and classic family moments. Soon after, two of my siblings joined, and within half an hour, my brother’s wallet and my dad’s phone were stolen. That led to a visit to the French police and a little experiment with a fake wallet to see how pickpockets operate.
Between the chaos, we explored some of Paris’s most iconic sights, including Madeleine Church and Notre-Dame, and tried adventurous local foods from escargot to steak tartare. It was also the first time two of my siblings met my husband, Kenan, which made the trip even more special.
Join us as we share the highs, the surprises, and the real-life moments of exploring Paris with family.
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Chapters:
00:00 – 00:40 – Intro
00:40 – 01:18 – Going to France
01:18 – 01:29 – CDG Airport
01:29 – 04:22 – Elaine&Kenan Paris Tour
04:22 – 07:57 – Chateau de Chantilly
07:57 – 08:15 – Luxembourg Garden
08:15 – 09:08 – Notre-Dame Cathedral
09:08 – 09:40 – La Madeleine Church
09:40 – 09:54 – Panthéon
09:54 – 10:04 – Petit Palais Museum
10:04 – 10:14 – Mariage Freres Tea Store
10:14 – 10:58 – Samaritaine Mall & Shopping
10:58 – 11:33 – L’atelier des Chefs – Cooking Class
11:33 – 14:07 – Parent first meet & Hotel
14:07 – 15:53 – Parents get a tour
15:53 – 16:42 – All Family Meet
16:42 – 20:33 – Pickpocket Moment
20:33 – 22:07 – Family Tour
22:07 – 24:24 – Family Lunch
24:24 – 24:50 – Going to Eiffel with Family
24:50 – 27:32 – Bistro des Livres (Snail) Restaurant
27:32 – 28:05 – Eiffel Tower Visit with Family
28:05 – 29:32 – Chez Zhong Restaurant with Family
29:32 – 30:12 – Creperie Restaurant with Family
30:12 – 31:18 – French Local Market with Family
31:18 – 32:40 – Family Hotel Change Part
32:40 – 33:17 – Going to Istanbul