Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From the French side, I sense Nick is very close to getting at the heart of the matter. And yet, there are plenty of ever so nasty people the world around - but also and fortunately so many more very nice and friendly ones everywhere. God, this list is just one of the many instances that people with different cultures and approaches can get along so fine with others. Forget about Paris, forget about New Orleans, we're only humans here, raring for Leica gear and more importantly pictures and sharing Phil...x Nick Roberts wrote: >Paris has changed a lot over the last 20 years - or rather Parisians have. >Sure they took a long time to forgive the US and Britain for liberating >France, but that's national pride - we would probably all think a little >like that in their shoes. And they've never liked US cultural imperialism, >as defined by Hollywood and Macdonalds, preferring their own rather more >highbrow alternatives. Don't blame 'em. That used to extend to the use of >English, but these days, these Internet days, many actually prefer to speak >English. If US tourists aren't made to feel welcome now, it's either as a >result of antipathy towards the current administration, or far more likely >because the tourists themselves are behaving boorishly. That the French >cannot stand, and who can blame them. Paris isn't my favourite city, but >that's because I've had to go there too many times for work; however, it is >a beautiful and fascinating one, and the inhabitants are much the same as >those of any other capital ! > city - too rushed to be really polite, but generally decent people. And > some of the best shops stuffed with Leicas I've ever seen! > >Nick > >----- Original Message ---- >From: Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com> >To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >Sent: Wednesday, 28 February, 2007 8:07:37 PM >Subject: Re: [Leica] Seen In New Orleans > > >Paris is the most amazing place in the world.(not that I've seen that >many places) But the natives seemed much more inclined to take care of >German tourists than American ones and this seemed puzzling. Perhaps I >expected more because my father spent a year in a German POW camp after >trying to liberate Paris. His father did some time in the trenches circa >1917/18 for the same reason. Go figure? > >Walt > > >Steve Unsworth wrote: > > >>Gotta disagree with that Walt, Paris is the finest place I've ever lived. >> >>Steve >> >> >> >>On 28/2/07 01:56, "Walt Johnson" <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >>>But just as the French go out of >>>their way to spoil Paris... >>> >>> >>> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >___________________________________________________________ >Copy addresses and emails from any email account to Yahoo! Mail - quick, >easy and free. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/trueswitch2.html > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >