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2006-10-04 Europe

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Posted by anonymous5089 2006-10-04 07:16|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 My wife and her mother are heading your way in November for about a week in Paris. Any "do's" or "don't do's" you can think of, A5089?

Posted by SLO Jim 2006-10-04 11:58|| 2006-10-04 11:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Frankly, you ask me too much.

My youngest sister and his companion routinely go to Paris see his family or buy stuff (never set a foot there myself), and this is not a warzone; Urban-savvy JFM or leroidavid would be more precise about which Paris districts to avoid (18th district IIRC, for example, with the Goutte d'or area, or la Défense place when gangbangers meet, or perhaps the Champs Elysées after dark).
As for the suburbs they're not exactly touristical destinations, except Versailles, I guess.
My only advice would be to stay clear of public transportations leading to/from the 'hoods, especially the evening, to be wary of people in the universal gangsta uniform (IE designer streetwear, baseball cap, etc, etc...) and to profile (groups of north african/african Youths, see how bigoted I am?).
Also, pretending you're from New Zealand or something like that might help when you feel the guy you're talking to (waiter or anything else) is an anti-american *sshole.

Anyway, I hope you'll like your stay there, and enjoy yourself. I'm always a bit uneasy with tourists, I always fear they're very disappointed with France, given the gap between the image it still has, and the preception I have of its present.

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-10-04 12:17|| 2006-10-04 12:17|| Front Page Top

#3 Best thing they can do is drive right past Paris and go to the Normandy coast. What a historic place and the locals were wonderful.

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-10-04 12:36|| 2006-10-04 12:36|| Front Page Top

#4 Vid is gone :(

Posted by crispcrackle 2006-10-04 15:24|| 2006-10-04 15:24|| Front Page Top

#5 Thanks 5089. I'll pass it along.

49 Pan, I've heard good things about Normandy. I'll suggest it to them as an alternative, in case they get an urge to get outta Dodge, as it were.

Posted by SLO Jim 2006-10-04 15:47|| 2006-10-04 15:47|| Front Page Top

#6 The video is gone. Could this be another example of youtube bias? They have recently banned patriotic American videos which were not violent yet they will not ban terrorist propaganda videos. And now it seems that they will not allow the muzzies to be seen in an unflattering light.

Disgusting!

I wonder who owns youtube.

Posted by Dreamsmith 2006-10-04 17:07|| 2006-10-04 17:07|| Front Page Top

#7 Saw the video, it reminded me of a casual Los Angeles riot. Europe is the next battlefield.

Posted by Raider Ray">Raider Ray 2006-10-04 20:09|| 2006-10-04 20:09|| Front Page Top

#8 "Best thing they can do is drive right past Paris and go to the Normandy coast. What a historic place and the locals were wonderful.
Posted by 49 Pan 2006-10-04 12:36"

Completely agree! The Normans love Americans and of course, the area represents a great moment of American triumph over evil. Beautiful beaches, the museums are replete with so much military history, and the towns are quaint.

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