Wow! Paris was quite the experience. Let me say in summary the trip was awesome, the Eiffel Tower at night, viewing works of art like the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo at the Louvre, the Architecture, the pastries . That said... people in Paris fucking suck! Fuck! I mean seriously you go in with a certain amount of forewarning about the Parisian attitude but seriously it was unreal. I actually like French, I even like speaking it whenever I get the chance but visiting Paris makes me want to format the part of my brain that learned French and put German there instead.
I realize my French is sketchy but if I say "Quatre" and you repeat "Deux?" back to me you're just trying to piss me off. Most cultures take it as a compliment if you try to speak their language, sure you sound like a retard but at least you're making an effort. French people clearly don't look at it this way, it's almost as though your mispronunciation is an insult to them. So fine your French sucks, lets just speak English... ya that doesn't work either basically you speak perfect French or you fuck off and die toute de suite!
I actually started to get pretty discouraged after about a day and really only my loving wife's reassurance convinced me to keep trying to talk with the people there. There was one guy who spoke to me entirely in French and didn't seem frustrated at my limited vocabulary and horrible accent. However, he was the dood working at the sandwich shop down the street from our hotel and he was actually Greek if I'm not mistaken. Either way he said my French was "Pretty Good" which was a nice change of pace. After that though it was just asshole after asshole.
After a week I was quite happy to go back to Canada. Oh and by the way French Food? Highly overrated!
In conclusion I'd say Paris was my favourite place to visit in the world...
After Edinburgh, Montreal, London, Cleveland, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Toronto, Phoenix, Baltimore and St. Louis (perhaps tied with Barrie)
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