Comments on: Thoughts on Paris http://blog.sugarenia.com/archives/life/thoughts-on-paris web standards, usability & other girly stuff Sun, 11 Dec 2011 11:49:06 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sugar http://blog.sugarenia.com/archives/life/thoughts-on-paris/comment-page-1#comment-134164 Sugar Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:09:45 +0000 http://blog.sugarenia.com/?p=1108#comment-134164 @Chris I've asked for directions, ordered lunch, asked for details, both in broken French and English. Everyone was helpful, even slightly. I didn't have any bad experiences in France. In Belgium, on the other hand... @Chris

I’ve asked for directions, ordered lunch, asked for details, both in broken French and English. Everyone was helpful, even slightly.
I didn’t have any bad experiences in France. In Belgium, on the other hand…

]]> By: Chris Papandropoulos http://blog.sugarenia.com/archives/life/thoughts-on-paris/comment-page-1#comment-134032 Chris Papandropoulos Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:06:05 +0000 http://blog.sugarenia.com/?p=1108#comment-134032 I've been to Paris twice...I really want you to point me out where exactly you met polite French men?? I believe they all have problems realizing that they are just a country in the world and not the whole world in a country.. I’ve been to Paris twice…I really want you to point me out where exactly you met polite French men?? I believe they all have problems realizing that they are just a country in the world and not the whole world in a country..

]]> By: Sugar http://blog.sugarenia.com/archives/life/thoughts-on-paris/comment-page-1#comment-132585 Sugar Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:29:57 +0000 http://blog.sugarenia.com/?p=1108#comment-132585 @Nick Some of the places I've visited are better than Crete, but it's my homeland and it's quite difficult to detach myself from it :) Plus, Crete is still the best place in the world, food-wise ;) @Nick

Some of the places I’ve visited are better than Crete, but it’s my homeland and it’s quite difficult to detach myself from it :)

Plus, Crete is still the best place in the world, food-wise ;)

]]> By: Nick Andrik http://blog.sugarenia.com/archives/life/thoughts-on-paris/comment-page-1#comment-132556 Nick Andrik Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:25:25 +0000 http://blog.sugarenia.com/?p=1108#comment-132556 Bienvenue! Really happy you had a great time there! As for the language that is a big story. If you ask me, I would say that french people speak really much more/better english that italians. And this is after having lived in Italy and traveled in France quite much. A simple advice: start with the simple french/italian (even just for good morning) and then change to english. It receives much more appreciation than directly addressing in english. PS: I am waiting for the moment you will admit there is a better place in the world than Crete :-P Bienvenue!
Really happy you had a great time there!

As for the language that is a big story. If you ask me, I would say that french people speak really much more/better english that italians. And this is after having lived in Italy and traveled in France quite much. A simple advice: start with the simple french/italian (even just for good morning) and then change to english. It receives much more appreciation than directly addressing in english.

PS: I am waiting for the moment you will admit there is a better place in the world than Crete :-P

]]> By: Sugar http://blog.sugarenia.com/archives/life/thoughts-on-paris/comment-page-1#comment-132443 Sugar Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:45:05 +0000 http://blog.sugarenia.com/?p=1108#comment-132443 @Petros French for simple stuff (ordering etc), English when French got tough. @Gerasimos They're such localists! Even worse than poor us Cretans :P @Petros French for simple stuff (ordering etc), English when French got tough.

@Gerasimos They’re such localists! Even worse than poor us Cretans :P

]]> By: Gerasimos http://blog.sugarenia.com/archives/life/thoughts-on-paris/comment-page-1#comment-132441 Gerasimos Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:39:46 +0000 http://blog.sugarenia.com/?p=1108#comment-132441 Last year in Barcelona there was an Italian guy next to our hotel room who asked where we are from. We said Greece. He said Bari. Like we should know by default that's in Italy. I knew, but it's not like he said London or something. Glad you had a good time in Paris :) Last year in Barcelona there was an Italian guy next to our hotel room who asked where we are from. We said Greece. He said Bari. Like we should know by default that’s in Italy. I knew, but it’s not like he said London or something.

Glad you had a good time in Paris :)

]]> By: Petros Amiridis http://blog.sugarenia.com/archives/life/thoughts-on-paris/comment-page-1#comment-132440 Petros Amiridis Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:23:03 +0000 http://blog.sugarenia.com/?p=1108#comment-132440 Were you using English or French to communicate? Were you using English or French to communicate?

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