Karsen Hunter Teen Life In: Paris, Madrid, and Rome

Teens in Paris

Teen Girls in Paris: Fashion: Teenage girls in Paris tend to wear jeans and skirts. Casual skirts are slightly shorter than in America. For their shoes, they wear flats and sandals. What they like to do: The first thing teenage girls like to do is they LOVE to shop. They also like to visit the Eiffel Tower and go to museums.

Teen Boys in Paris: Fashion: In Paris, hoodies have a bad reputation so they are not common. Boys wear jeans often. Their style isn’t too different from America. What they like to do: Something that they consider “fun” is a sewer tour where you literally tour a sewer.

Food You can find a lot of the same foods in North America as you can in Paris. They still have the fast food chains such as McDonalds. Crepes are very popular in Paris. You can find a crepe stand on almost every street corner. Cheese platters, sandwiches, and foods like pizza are very common also. (kreyp)

Parents in Paris: In Paris, once you’re about 12, you’re allowed to go places alone as long as you are with a friend, and if your parents think you are responsible enough. They have pretty much the same rules as America. Parents in Paris are pretty lenient.

Teens in Madrid

Teen Girls in Madrid: Fashion: Teenage girls in Madrid wear skirts and dresses a lot. Many times they have flowery prints on their dresses and skirts. Their shoes include ballet flats, heels, and pretty much the same as American styles. What do they like to do: Many girls like to go to the zoo in Madrid. Some teenage girls, just like in Paris, LOVE to shop.

Teenage Boys in Madrid: Fashion: In Madrid, boys wear khakis and sneakers or sandals. Gym shoe brands that they always wear are Diesel, Puma, Converse, and Camper. What do they like to do: They do many sports including basketball, tennis, rugby, and fustal.

Food They like to eat potato omelets, sausage, paella, beans, Jamon Serrano, migas, and various cheeses. Deserts: Flan, rice pudding, churros, torrijas, and madeleines. Flan is a pieish desert. Paella Jamon Serrano Miga Flan Churros Torrijas Madeleines pa·el·lapa·el·l mad-l-eyn Tohr-ee-has

Parents in Madrid: Just like in America, many teenagers in Madrid are under the influence of drugs and alcohol. Parents in Madrid do not take as much caution as they do in the U.S. Parents are a little less strict than most parents in The United States.

Teens in Rome

Teen Girls in Rome: Fashion: Teenage girls have a very similar style to Paris. They wear jeans with ballet flats and sandals a lot. They usually stick to neutral colors like white, black, brown, and tan. They normally like their nails short and bare. What they like to do: Teenage girls in Rome like to go bowling, seeing movies, and of course, shopping. Some girls like to visit the Trevi Fountain.

Teen Boys in Rome: Fashion: They usually wear dark wash jeans with a t-shirt. Like in Madrid, Converse are popular as well. What do they like to do: Just like the girls, they like to go bowling and see movies.

Food Breakfast: Coffee and a small pastry Lunch: Pasta, salad, and a panino (sandwich) Dinner: Pasta or pizza, meat, vegetables, and salad [puh-nee-noh] Roman Pastry

Parents in Rome: The “head” parent of the house is called the “PATER FAMILIAS” and normally decides along with the other parent if the teen can go wherever they want to go. The parents are for the most part very lenient and let them go pretty much whenever they want as long as it’s a place that a teenage kid would be allowed to go to. Example: movies, bowling, etc.

Thanks for listening!!! :)