[Healeys] travelling assistance in France

[robertduquette at sympatico.ca]

Scenery is secondary.  He's going to see a girl.



LOL!  If he does need to talk louder and use the hand gestures, I'll request
that he put a US flag patch on to help your image.



He should know 'some' French.  He was in French immersion for 3 years, way
back when ... but he hasn't had much need to use it.  One might think with my
last name and that I grew up ... ( maybe that's not the right phrase? ) ...
was born and raised in the province of Quebec that there might be some French
language in me somewhere to pass down, but alas, no.

Robert Duquette
Ottawa ON Canada

> From: glemon at neb.rr.com
>
> 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?"
>
> Greg Lemon