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shmokes:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on July 16, 2007, 02:15:29 pm ---
Yeah! When you spend thousands, travel across the world, and end up having a crappy time... the smart thing to do is go back! It's not like there are a billion other options out there or anything.
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Let's just say that was my diplomatic way of telling him that he's totally full of ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---. France is the most visited country in the world. It is the number one vacation spot in the entire world. This simply would not be the case if it was the rule, or even relatively common that people had a terrible time when they visited. And, more specifically, I've spent a month and a half in France, a month of which I was a completely non-French-speaking American and I have never witnessed this kind of treatment anywhere in France, let alone in a place of business. I'm not saying that it can't have ever happened, or doesn't happen. But it really doesn't happen, if you know what I mean.
DrewKaree:
--- Quote from: shmokes on July 16, 2007, 08:48:15 pm ---
France is the most visited country in the world. It is the number one vacation spot in the entire world.
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No it's not.
CheffoJeffo:
FWIW, I love Paris and aside from having my Quebecois accent mocked a few times (which is fair and happens here as well), I have only had an issue with one vendor in a street market. As soon as he found out that I was not American, however, his attitude changed completely.
Perhaps it's just that the French are tired of hearing the same old "Surrender" and "Royale With Cheese" jokes. :dunno
CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: DrewKaree on July 16, 2007, 10:34:39 pm ---
--- Quote from: shmokes on July 16, 2007, 08:48:15 pm ---
France is the most visited country in the world. It is the number one vacation spot in the entire world.
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No it's not.
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I thought it was ... something like 25% more visitors than Spain and nearly twice as many as the US.
I could be wrong, however ... I have heard that Australia was the most popular.
:dunno
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