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Aug 10th, 2014, 02:45 PM
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Aug 10th, 2014, 03:36 PM
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Mimi, I don't like to open links as that's where one can pick up viruses on the computer. I'm not saying your link might do that. I just don't click on them as a rule. A brief summary of yhe article would maybe get folks talking.
Aug 10th, 2014, 03:56 PM
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You can do a search without having to open the article.
I'm guilty of doing several of those! (Eiffel Tower, the Mona Lisa, le Forum des Halles, les Champs-Elyses!) and I had to Google Burger King in Paris, as I had no idea they were shut down in 1997... I remember eating there as a teenager in 1987... you know when you're away from home for the first time, French food is great and all, but a burger really hits the spot.
I'm guilty of doing several of those! (Eiffel Tower, the Mona Lisa, le Forum des Halles, les Champs-Elyses!) and I had to Google Burger King in Paris, as I had no idea they were shut down in 1997... I remember eating there as a teenager in 1987... you know when you're away from home for the first time, French food is great and all, but a burger really hits the spot.
Aug 10th, 2014, 04:51 PM
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Agree with some but not with others.
I have asked people for directions in Paris a couple of times and the responses were perfectly polite. Perhaps since I asked in French.
But would not join lines at Eiffel Tower (get advance tickets) or see Mona Lisa except when the museum opens for 10 seconds - but I't seen it several times before.
I have asked people for directions in Paris a couple of times and the responses were perfectly polite. Perhaps since I asked in French.
But would not join lines at Eiffel Tower (get advance tickets) or see Mona Lisa except when the museum opens for 10 seconds - but I't seen it several times before.
Aug 10th, 2014, 05:10 PM
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Sorry I try to avoid typing as much as I can due to a physical problem. I never had a problem asking directions to a Parisian. Except one who asked me where a jewelry store was. When I explained I was an American tourist, she blew away
Aug 11th, 2014, 03:14 AM
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I've been fortunate enough to have been to Paris many times. Seeing the Mona Lisa and queuing for the Eiffel Tower were bad enough 35 years ago; can't imagine doing it now.
Gare du Nord is unavoidable if using Eurostar and for certain destinations but agree it's decidedly user-unfriendly.
As for 12% lagers, learned my lesson drinking Chimay ale in Belgium. Worst headache ever. Never again!
Gare du Nord is unavoidable if using Eurostar and for certain destinations but agree it's decidedly user-unfriendly.
As for 12% lagers, learned my lesson drinking Chimay ale in Belgium. Worst headache ever. Never again!
