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Re: [Healeys] travelling assistance in France

To: "Mr. Bill" <bn1@pacbell.net>, I Erbs <eyera3@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] travelling assistance in France
From: Tom Felts <tomfelts@windstream.net>
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 15:43:56 -0500
My experience as well---after about 5 times in Paris and travelling throughout 
France and Europe---and living in The Netherlands for 5 years and Turkey 1 
year.  I think it is how YOU treat people from any country, not where you are 
from.


---- I Erbs <eyera3@gmail.com> wrote: 

=============
just tell everyone you are Canadian.:)
Actually, my wife and I had a wonderful time in Paris over the summer. We
were worried about all of the horror stories we heard about being and
American. The people could not have been nicer. I agree it helps that we
tried to speak French, My wife far better than I, and yes we were polite. We
had a wonderful time. Just expect to spend more money in 24 hours than you
ever thought you would...

On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Mr. Bill <bn1@pacbell.net> wrote:

> Unless you want to be immediately identified as from the States, do not
> wear white sneakers!
>
> Bill
> Red Car
>
>
> > A topic that's been skated around...better not to be thought to be from
> the
> > States/anti-American sentiment lingering in France etcetc? Well, were he
> > from the States in the first place he'd still be unlucky to encounter
> that.
> > It's easy enough to find French who are not George Bush admirers but the
> > great majority of them are polite, normal people on a one to one basis.
> I'd
> > not expect him to have any problems whatsoever - travel itinerary or
> > socially.
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