"Kevin" wrote in message ...

At least it's good to see that my posts are making it out!

The French, in the cities tend to be rude and arrogant -- kind of like New
York City but worse. In the smaller towns they are quite pleasant and
welcome tourists as long as they don't act like "rude Americans" and expect
"special treatment."
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I personally had terrific interactions with people in France. However, it
is still a lot of fun to have jokes at their expense