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Due to popular response from my last news letter….here is another round of…
An African in Europe…
If you are traveling to France here are somethings you should do and shouldn’t do…
In a taxi, or a bus, or a car…the amount of seats that are there, are for the amount of people…there is not always space for one more…and every one wears seatbelts…and drives on the right side of the road…which is indeed the wrong side, but its on the right.
Go for a Champaign cellar tour…it will cost a lot to drink what you see getting made, but its an amazing experience! Or do what I do…just enjoy the glass that they give for free at the end of it…
Go down to the Paris Subway, buy a ticket, pick a line, pick a stop, and jump out and just walk around…you will always find something new and brilliant…and a bakery!
The Vuvuzela is not a popular instrument in the rest of the world. People look at it with this curiosity, thinking “Is that it” and when you blow it…they are not that curious any more, in fact they are angry with you. I heard some one say the other day that “No-one in the world had any idea what the Vuvuzela was…and then the world cup came around and every one in the world wished that they didn’t know what a vuvuzela was or how it sounded.”
Europe in general is a great place to own a bicycle… and in France.they know how to deal with them. Plus some of the villages, you want to walk around, or ride around….if you in a car you would miss it!!! They that small…
That rumour about… Dont speak English in France… it’s not that bad. I mean one or two people might not help you, but in general they will do their best to explain to you what you need to do using hand signals, and speaking in French! Which makes sense…if some one came to South Africa and asked me if I spoke another language, and in broken English asked me to go some where…if I don’t know their language I will do my best to explain where to go using hand signals and speaking English! The French are a wonderful culture!
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Sit back on a park bench in Paris, and enjoy the number of street performers. Or find a big station, and just walk around, you will come across the most amazing street musicians. Who needs to pay money to see a big concert, or watch a play, you can see it all for free!
But what ever you do…don’t let some one tie something around your wrist and start making a string bracelet thing…in fact if you see people doing it, don’t make eye contact. They will expect you to pay for it…and you didn’t even ask. Thankfully I didn’t make that mistake…but I saw a lot of arguments happening with people who did.
More to follow…soon.
