1. Because you're American, French people can't be bothered by you.
2. Waitors roll their eyes when you order tap water.
3. In every direction you look, there is AT LEAST one person walking around with a loaf of bread...seriously, we think that's all they eat!
4. You can count on the Metro smelling like B.O. mixed with urine. Not to mention, it's 80 degrees.
5. It's perfectly acceptable to strip down and jump into a fountain (in front of the Eiffel Tower, mind you.)
6. Observing people's shoes is the most amusing thing to do on the Metro (peep-toe suade boots, sock-like flip flops, and the list goes on and on.)
7. They don't believe in "Have it your way" (Ash couldn't get cheese on her baguette, and it took 10 minutes to order a vodka and CocaLight because it wasn't on the menu...and despite being here for just under a week, we STILL can't communicate in simple French.)
8. The computer keyboards are so confusing that to write this simple post takes us ten times longer.
9. In the 10-min walk from the train station to the Eiffel Tower, there's like 45-thousand vendors selling the exact same Eiffel Tower trinkets.
10. If you look hard enough, you can find a place to buy liquor at 2:30 in the morning!
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You could probably add one where at least one dog is sitting on a seat at the table or on the floor next to its owner in a restaurant.I have seen them sitting on the owners lap licking their dish clean.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Dad B.
For some reason, it frightens me a little bit that keyboards are different there. That is like blowing my mind.
ReplyDeleteAnd due to #10, I am currently searching for a Parisian apartment and learning "French for Dummies."
xoxo