Harry (from dumb and dumber) was half correct when he said "I don't know Lloyd, the french are A-Holes"... what he should of said was "I don't know Lloyd the Parisians are A-Holes".
Paris -
I've never dealt with such a large amount of rude people in a short amount of time in my life. Our trip was coming to an end, We were short on sleep, patience, and time. I was shocked and appalled at how rude people in Paris were, and I say people in Paris because I met plenty of French people that were very nice and friendly but as soon as we got to Paris it's like the decency gloves were off. I would ask very politely "Do you speak English" in their own language and they would scoff and give me a dirty look or just not answer at all.
With that out of the way i'm glad we got to see what we did while in Paris, i just wish it could have been in like after WWII (you know when we came to their rescue and saved their butt's...) or something like that with no locals around. The Eiffel tower was very cool and the Louvre was very intense, we could have spent days in there but only spent a couple hours and just brushed over the highlights (we were sick of museums).
Yet again the hop on hop off tour was a huge hit, we did this in almost every single town we were in and it never failed to deliver a great way for us to get to places we wanted without dealing with the local service workers. We saw the Notre Dame Cathedral and many other amazing sites on our hop on hop off tour and used it two of the three days while in Paris.
Day three was one of my favorite days while in Europe and we did the most touristy thing you can think of... Disneyland!!! Paris!!!! haha, but it was just what the doctor ordered, because Disney (unlike McDonalds, Burger King, Starbucks... etc.) knows how to train employee's so that it is exactly the same experience no matter where you are in the WORLD. Every worker spoke english and was very nice (even if it was fake). This day was the best because we didn't have to rush around to see old buildings, or take tours, we had a whole day to relax and have fun. We did everything at our own pace and I had more fun this day than maybe any other day the whole time there. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed everywhere else very much but it was nice to have a vacation from our vacation.
Our final day in Paris was a short one, we woke up, got breakfast, bought lunch for the bus ride and made our way to the bus station to bid Paris A-du (cause i will never go back...). It was also the most expensive and worst shape hostel we stayed in... can you tell i'm bitter about Paris and how rude they were to me, it ruined the last city of our trip for me.
Paris -
I've never dealt with such a large amount of rude people in a short amount of time in my life. Our trip was coming to an end, We were short on sleep, patience, and time. I was shocked and appalled at how rude people in Paris were, and I say people in Paris because I met plenty of French people that were very nice and friendly but as soon as we got to Paris it's like the decency gloves were off. I would ask very politely "Do you speak English" in their own language and they would scoff and give me a dirty look or just not answer at all.
With that out of the way i'm glad we got to see what we did while in Paris, i just wish it could have been in like after WWII (you know when we came to their rescue and saved their butt's...) or something like that with no locals around. The Eiffel tower was very cool and the Louvre was very intense, we could have spent days in there but only spent a couple hours and just brushed over the highlights (we were sick of museums).
Yet again the hop on hop off tour was a huge hit, we did this in almost every single town we were in and it never failed to deliver a great way for us to get to places we wanted without dealing with the local service workers. We saw the Notre Dame Cathedral and many other amazing sites on our hop on hop off tour and used it two of the three days while in Paris.
Day three was one of my favorite days while in Europe and we did the most touristy thing you can think of... Disneyland!!! Paris!!!! haha, but it was just what the doctor ordered, because Disney (unlike McDonalds, Burger King, Starbucks... etc.) knows how to train employee's so that it is exactly the same experience no matter where you are in the WORLD. Every worker spoke english and was very nice (even if it was fake). This day was the best because we didn't have to rush around to see old buildings, or take tours, we had a whole day to relax and have fun. We did everything at our own pace and I had more fun this day than maybe any other day the whole time there. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed everywhere else very much but it was nice to have a vacation from our vacation.
Our final day in Paris was a short one, we woke up, got breakfast, bought lunch for the bus ride and made our way to the bus station to bid Paris A-du (cause i will never go back...). It was also the most expensive and worst shape hostel we stayed in... can you tell i'm bitter about Paris and how rude they were to me, it ruined the last city of our trip for me.
Paris as a whole 5 - Glad i went, but i would NEVER go back.
The French Language: 6- rather throaty as well... not a huge fan of French
The attractiveness of the (local) people: 9 - The local people we very attractive (a lot of people just going topless on the beaches too... Not the kind of people i expected but they weren’t hard on the eyes.
Expensiveness: 9 (very expensive) - a room with a "private bathroom" (minus a toilette) and a shower with no hot water for over $100 a night... suck it paris.
Sights to see: 8 - The architecture alone is worth going to see, and the museums are a dime a dozen
Food: 7 - nothing too impressive, but not bad either.
Side Note: Parisians don't wear (or even own) deodorant... their is a reason PePe-Le-Pu is a French Skunk... EVERY SINGLE PERSON MADE ME GAG...
