French Riveria

[bigstve12]

Im going for nine days...any advice on things to do or places to go?

 

[flex229]

here's some advice: dont talk to any French people...theyre terrible...


seriously.

 

[bigstve12]

why's that flex??

 

[vinylgroover]

Steve,

I'm heading over there August 22. Starting in Nice and i'm hiring a car and will drive from Nice to Monaco then down to Cannes, St Tropez and then head down to Barcelona. Never been there, so i'm really looking forward to it.

 

[flex229]

i have found French people to be very condescending and rude. they really think theyre better than everybody.

take a trip to Paris one day and just go try to make small talk with people. you'll see what i mean.

p.s. and if they act like they can't speak english, theyre full of shit too...everybody over there can speak English,,they just think it's below them.

why's that flex??

 

[monstermmf]

Steve,

I'm heading over there August 22. Starting in Nice and i'm hiring a car and will drive from Nice to Monaco then down to Cannes, St Tropez and then head down to Barcelona. Never been there, so i'm really looking forward to it.

Shit man, If I would have known that I coulda met up with ya and shown you around.. I've lived in Nice now for 3 months

 

[monstermmf]

i have found French people to be very condescending and rude. they really think theyre better than everybody.

take a trip to Paris one day and just go try to make small talk with people. you'll see what i mean.

p.s. and if they act like they can't speak english, theyre full of shit too...everybody over there can speak English,,they just think it's below them.

Depends.. I agree on that, the funny thing is, that's what they in turn think of Americans, and the English. They are very hard to conversate with.. Luckily, I speak French pretty well, so it's not so hard on me. If you speak French with them for awhile, and get stuck, they will eventually speak English with you. They all don't know English though and the majority who do speak English.. It is not very good.. I always look at it this way.. We're going there.. and for me.. if they come to the States.. Shit, if they're English is bad.. How do they get around.. There's not vast majority of Americans who speak french. English is the international language of Business.. But it is respectful to a culture to try and speak a little of the language unless you know nothing. I always found in the first months, if I was polite, and used the Basic hello, I would like.. thank you.. please.. everywhere I went I was accepted more kindly. Now I can have a conversation in French, and it's like I live here. They can be nice in some cases, like mine, where I live here, and know a certain number of resteraunts and bars where they know me by name.. Can be very friendly people on that level.

 

[flex229]

oh, i tried to speak French...they still treated me like shit.

theyre a disgusting people.

Depends.. I agree on that, the funny thing is, that's what they in turn think of Americans, and the English. They are very hard to conversate with.. Luckily, I speak French pretty well, so it's not so hard on me. If you speak French with them for awhile, and get stuck, they will eventually speak English with you. They all don't know English though and the majority who do speak English.. It is not very good.. I always look at it this way.. We're going there.. and for me.. if they come to the States.. Shit, if they're English is bad.. How do they get around.. There's not vast majority of Americans who speak french. English is the international language of Business.. But it is respectful to a culture to try and speak a little of the language unless you know nothing. I always found in the first months, if I was polite, and used the Basic hello, I would like.. thank you.. please.. everywhere I went I was accepted more kindly. Now I can have a conversation in French, and it's like I live here. They can be nice in some cases, like mine, where I live here, and know a certain number of resteraunts and bars where they know me by name.. Can be very friendly people on that level.