Yes! Wonderful choice, Kelda....
Del, sorry for hijacking your thread here. I guess we should give you some more Paris sightseeing tips. Let's see...every shop you go into, they will say "Bonjour madame" to you. Make sure to reply "Bonjour" or "Bonjour madame" (for a woman). It is considered incredibly rude not to reply.
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No problem.
Along with having to take my own non-sugar sweetner what else do I have to know about cafes?
Do you wait to be seated or seat yourself and they come to you? Do you pay at the table or at the bar or up front at the door?
I've read not to ask for a "menu" as I'll get a 3 course meal with a set price, but to ask for "a la carte". Is that correct?
MOST IMPORTANT!!Since I am of Hispanic descent and look vaguely Hawaiian/Turkish/Eastern Indian, I've been yanked out of line at Customs before and searched (to my sister's grand amusement), and I read that French policemen have every right to stop you in the street and ask for your ID - BUT I've also read
not to show
anyone my ID.
If a policeman stops me should I ask for his ID? And if so, how do I do that?
My brother traveled a lot in Europe. With his handle-bar Texas mustache, he looks vaguely Turkish as well and with all the immigrant problems some countries in Europe were having he got a lot of cold shoulders. I kind of expect the same.
What do you think?
