"Bonjour ! Vous-parlez anglais ?" .. And that is how I have been starting conversations. The French refuse to speak English to you unless you ask them first (in French) whether or not they can speak the universal (in my humble opinion) language. No wait, first, you've to greet them. In French of course. For quite a few hours, I wondered why they were so rude. Typical scene ... (Me approaching random stranger) "Hey hi, do you know .." (Str...

Greetings from Paris, France ! We were picked up from our hostel early this morning by our Topdeck leader, Scott. Introduction went like this, "Hi guys ! How are you this morning ! I'm your tour leader and my name is Scott as some of you already know. Scott from Scotland ! Just to confuse you a little more, our tour driver who is waiting for us in Paris is called Scott too. You can call him Scottie though." I like my Topdeck leader already. So we c...