09-02-2014, 01:50 PM
The guy who wrote that blog sounds a bit pretentous. My first trip to Europe was Paris for 7 days and I have to say the people were very friendly and nice to us and it was very romantic. All spoke English and kind of smiled at my feeble attempts at French, jumping right into English to help me out. Yes, there are areas close to Paris where less than savory types lurk around at night and some frequent the Metro but I wonder if this fop ever spent a night out on the streets in some parts of NYC or in the subway there.