If you look in the distance of this picture, you can see the outline of the famous monument, the Eiffel Tower.
I have no idea why the French have a reputation as being rude and unfriendly towards foreigners. Perhaps that's just an act the locals put on when they are approached by American tourists - God knows how awfully stupid these tourists can be sometimes.
One of my professors in college was a proud, bold little french guy. He was a filmmaker by trade and took his art very seriously. One of his lectures he told us (the students) in a thick, French accent that we "were all a bunch of sorry little fucks" because we didn't have the benefits that he (and other French people like him) have: the benefits of living a rich heritage and history... I wish I had the courage then to stand up to him and to challenge his stupid, arrogant ass. instead I sat in silence, taking notes from his lecture.
I don't know what's so special about the French. I think they're people like anyone else. If you cut them, the bleed like anyone else.
Oh well. It's a pretty photo and I still would like to visit Paris and France in general - I'll just try to ignore my built up prejudices when I start to meet people there.
Here is a little something for everyone.
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