[Healeys] travelling assistance in France

Bernard Cristalli bcrist at club-internet.fr
Tue Dec 1 04:30:17 MST 2009


"Ou est la salle de bains" (where is the bathroom?) means you want to
have a shower or a bath literally.
If you're looking for the boys' (girls') room (or the loo), say: "Ou
sont les toilettes?" or even shorter: "les toilettes, s'il vous plait'.
B

Greg Lemon a icrit :
> If things aren't firmed up with Paris maybe head South to the 
> Nice/Cannes/Antibes/Monaco area, better scenery, fewer crowds, better 
> hotels for less money, generally more friendly folk.  My wife and I 
> visited both areas about 10 years ago and much preferred the Sunny 
> south of France to Paris, although if you are only going once I 
> suppose the Eiffel Tower, Louvre etc. should probably be on the to do 
> list.
>
> If they don't understand English try talking louder and making 
> exagerrated hand gestures, it helps the American image oh so much.
>
> Just kidding many know some little bit of English, but they don't 
> always seem happy about trying to converse in it.  If possible not a 
> bad idea to learn some basic conversational French, or at least add 
> "ou est la sal de bains" and  "Parlez-vous Anglais?"
>
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