- 1. Most French speak english yet if you come off as an ignorant american they refuse to speak it, or they are just embarresed of thier brittish accent.
2. From 1230 to 2pm the french stop whatever it is that they are doing and go home for lunch...the children go home from school and the shops are closed up,therefore do not try to get anything accoplished during this time.
3. likewise, It would be impossible for me to get anything to eat at 4pm. That is way to early to eat, the french eat dinner at 8pm the earliest.
4. water is not free! meaning there are not many fountains, if you find one, it does not really look like one. it looks more like a fountain with purified water. oh and ask for Ice.
5. Try to be conservative with water. Those toliets I saw in the economy homes in the states where you push one button for the number one and the other button for the number two..yeah that it an effcient way of using water; and the toliets are in all homes.
6. the term "je voudrais" gets you started with whatever it is you need in a polite way. (it means I would like)
7. The metro system is not at all like the system in Chicago. It does not work by colors even though all the lines are in colors..however on different maps all the lines are different colors. the lines here are named by letters, numbers and nick names.
8. the money there is not to be treated like monopoly money...and the coins are equivalent to our dollars as well.
9. all vehicles here are small, and they are all manual. they do this to cut down on the expense for gas, therefore no excursions!
10. I never would have thought that I would want to ride a bike so much...but here everyone rides motorbikes or mopegs. and they look like so much fun! they park them outside and they wear the helmets. it reminds me of snowmobiling up north-which excites me.
shandar | 11:24 AM
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