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When I was in Paris in the nineteen seventies, we were warned that the French people are not friendly to Americans. We were prepared.
When we went to buy perfume ( at a good price, they say) we were told to go up the stairs of this building and ask for Miss Esther and she would take care of us because she liked Americans. We saw her and she was quite eager for the sale and was very pleasant. The other sales people were not that friendly.

When we went to two night clubs, the Lido and the Moulin Rouge (possibly they are not in business now, I do not know), they were not that friendly to us though they were happy to take our money.
Do they not remember how America helped them in World War Two.
When we went on some sight seeing tours, they were not that eager to please us.

We enjoyed Paris,the Montmartre, the Louvre and everything we had heard about from reading books. We loved seeing the Mona Lisa in person and every piece of art that was there. No one went out of their way to please us in an extra manner. We survived and had a very good time.

I would recommend a trip to Paris and I would advise the would be travelers that you are going for the trip itself and what you will see and feel. If the natives of the particular city you visit are not that friendly, then you can try to be pleasant and then leave it at that. You are not going there to become friends with a stranger and if they are stupid enough not to value tourists,so be it. You can enjoy the adventure of going there and you can overcome the attitude of most of the people. You are there to have a good time, to see that part of the world and if they do not appreciate our money so be it.

We know that the youngsters should be taught in school how the United States of America helped France to survive a terrible war.

We do not need their thanks, we could use a bit of pleasantry and decency as all visitors to any country deserve.Everyone that patronizes a foreign country is entitled to courtesy and kindness. So if France continues to be hostile to American tourists, eventually we will stop going there and then they will realize that their economy depends on tourists.

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