Final French Thoughts

Monday September 21, 2009 8 pm

France Final Report! (I think!?)

The final full day in Paris, John & I went on the Metro again to visit L’Arche de Triumphe and the Eiffel Tower. It was too crowded to go up into either one, since it was Saturday. We did see the Australian Embassy & a hotel called Pullman, which was on the way to the Eiffel Tower, which I took as a good omen! We met some colleagues of John’s & ate at an Indian Restaurant. Some of the other varieties of food we ate was Morrocan, Greek, & FRENCH!
There wasn’t enough time to see more, so we’ll just have to come back again!!
General Impressions of France:
The people were very tolerant, friendly, and helpful and I loved to see the slight, subtle, pleased smile that appeared on their face when we attempted to speak French to them.
I noticed the greatest variety of doors that I have ever seen before. From ornate to simple, but all very unique.
Each short little street has a different name and there is a lot of them and the city (at least the area we were in) is very haphazard. It made it quite a challenge to find my way around.
The only English language stations we saw were BBC News & a European version of CNN. Saw the French version of Wheel of Fortune and didn’t understand anything.
There were McDonald’s, Dominos Pizza, Planet Sushi, Starbuck’s… but we only went to Starbuck’s once. Domino’s & P.S. had scooters that had boxes mounted on the back that they used to deliver their product.

There is lots more, but I think I will end the France chapter and move on to Australia in the next couple days.

Thanks for reading,
Sue