I head into the city center to visit their pharmacy and a Carrefour Express grocery store in Perpignan. This video showcases a quick walking tour through the city, providing a glimpse of daily life. Enjoy this look into the streets and shops of Perpignan in the Occitanie region.
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It is a drizzly Thursday afternoon, and a little breezy at times. I apologize in advance for the wind noise during the walk.
A lot of comments from my previous videos were asking for a view of Perpignan. I will be making more of these types of videos as the weather improves.
00:00 Intro
02:17 Wilson Avenue Bus Stop
04:06 Promenade des Plantanes
07:43 Crosswalk Information
08:24 Royal Canal View
10:18 Pharmacie Notre Dame
12:03 Walk to Carrefour City Express
20:46 Carrefour City Express – Rue de Marché de Gros
26:33 Outro
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27 Comments
I suggest you take a bus to the Centre Polygone Nord where there is a hypermarket and retail gallery.
We are loving your videos!! Yes, please get the furry thing – amazon cells them and they go right into your mic area OR you can get a clip on little mic with one that uses bluetooth for sound to your phone.
Jeff, you are doing a great job. Thank you.
That was helpful Thank-you ❤
Why Perpignan and not something closer to Monpelliar ?
What US products, over the counter meds, etc do you find you can readily get in France ? I hear they don't have American bacon for example. Also things like over the counter allergy medications, etc. Do they have same brands and so on.
Please explain the medication reimbursement and prescription process.
A lot of people must actually use public transit there for it to be so complex. Not a lot of traffic I see. That is good. Do you need a license/insurance for a moped ?
I really enjoyed your tour of Perpignan.
I am really enjoying your videos! Merci beaucoup!
Hi, Jeff. The bistrô shown at 7:50 goes by the very name for the trees you were looking for: les platanes. 😁😁😁
The sound sounds pleasant, Jeff.
Why th am I watching this?
Thank you Jeff for this very informative vid,! Learning do much with each video. Hang on to your hat with the wind there. 😊
Love walking around with you. Great Content❤❤
You're in France..where's the cheese?❤
I’m not surprised that you haven’t found pre-made ice tea there. Is it even served in restaurants there? It wasn’t when I was last there. It’s available where I live in the US (in the South) but don’t ask for it “up north”! In my experience, Europeans don’t serve a lot of cold drinks. You can make it at home but do let it steep so it is good!
Thank you, Jeff! So nice to see everyday chores and the surrounding city. Beautiful❤
Thank you so much! Exactly the information I am looking for!
I've been living in the center for the past 10 years I've never met an american that lives here.
you showed my appartement on 17 min and 09 seconds lol
Great video, and now I’m hungry since the grocery tour! From Savannah Georgia
Did you notice much organic produce?
London Plane tree (Platanus x hispanica, or Platanus x acerifolia ): genus name is Platanus. They make great street trees as they tolerate paving and pollution.Some city-folk don't like them because in the Autumn their maple-like leaves cover the pavements (sidewalks) and get quite slippery if it rains. I love them . Nice to see (as someone in the comments already pointed out) the bistro named after them.
Hey Jeff!
I’m a German who is married to a French woman.
I’m living just 15 minutes away from Perpignan.
Maybe we will meet somewhere in the future.
All the best.
I went to Perpignan a few years ago as it is only 1h30 by train from Barcelona, being Catalan is was nice to see all our culture portrayed there which is sadly replaced by southern spanish everything back in Barcelona… although it is a very pretty small city, especially the river, and much more affordable, I got discouraged by the high number of Gypsies there… didn't feel very safe.
Nice to go and return just for a casual lunch and cup of coffee with the kids though, and the most wellknown school there ( La bressola) is fully catalan! Will revisit soon 🙂
Perpignan and surroundings are nice indeed though fresh in the winter