tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033358381510256989.post274177138880320698..comments2023-09-25T06:44:02.748-06:00Comments on Flying Solo Press: Travel in France with kidsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033358381510256989.post-8954886506663624542009-06-21T22:41:26.911-06:002009-06-21T22:41:26.911-06:00Great tips, Paul!
I think you can write off the w...Great tips, Paul!<br /><br />I think you can write off the whole trip, now!Jennie Englundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13943722538573178226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033358381510256989.post-72431008951642621792009-06-11T07:11:24.948-06:002009-06-11T07:11:24.948-06:00So are you in France? Right now??
Perfect advice...So are you in France? Right now??<br /><br />Perfect advice. I spent a summer there, and I would always enter stores with the "bon jour" and then proceed to try to speak in French with my MIssissippi accent. The clerks would always laugh and say (in English)--"no, no, no--speak English. We understand that better than your French".<br /><br />I would see these same shopkeepers pretend NOT to speak English at all when a rude American would enter the store (rude=no bon jour and usually a polyester wind suit and a general disregard for anyone else around--we all know the type).<br /><br />So yeah--they just want you to try. We're their guests after all.<br /><br />Now, I'm craving street crepes. Yum.<br /><br />sfHardygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02268385174949496800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033358381510256989.post-52599351369426297602009-06-07T19:44:51.188-06:002009-06-07T19:44:51.188-06:00I followed your advice last year in Paris nad abou...I followed your advice last year in Paris nad about five minutes I flet like a citizen of the whole world! I'm a Francophobe no more! The "Please and Thank you" stuff works great right here in the godd Ole USA a as wellDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11871370150347698688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033358381510256989.post-52544606299256607832009-06-05T15:48:20.987-06:002009-06-05T15:48:20.987-06:00Fantastic advice. I wish every American going to F...Fantastic advice. I wish every American going to France would read and follow this wisdom. Maybe then Americans wouldn't get such a bad reputation abroad. I don't think they mean to offend, but they sure do it.lotusgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06663641163048764869noreply@blogger.com