God I hated Paris, and the exact opposite experience. I learned French in school, not in the 2 years in US high school manner, but over 6 years in schools in Canada. I can more than get by. I know soccer, and pay attention to the politics. Then again I was there as a US Gov't rep.
-----Original Message----- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 7:53 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: French Protest > Sam wrote: > You're from Minnesota? Aren't you always the tourist when you leave home :) > Well there are tourists and there are visitors; I'm a visitor since I rarely tour. Visitors learn a language at least enough to say "hello", "i'm sorry I don't speak <language>", "please", "thank you", "I'm sorry", and "can I buy you a beer?". They learn the general culture and what's acceptable and what's not. They learn about the place they're visiting and stay where they can learn the most about their hosts; that's not a tourist motel. They address their hosts first in their host's language, ask permission to do things, act with care and forethought, and try to learn a thing or two about local sports teams, politics, etc. Visitors feel gracious to have been allowed to visit and ensure their hosts know that. I've been to probably 20 foreign countries throughout Europe and Asia and NEVER had a problem with that methodology. EVERY country I've been in, I have a great story about someone who went above and beyond to help me. No two places have delivered more on that more than Tokyo and Paris. Both AWESOME cities. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 and Flex 2 Build sales & marketing dashboard RIAâs for your business. Upgrade now http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2?sdid=RVJT Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:231717 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
