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Europeans of Lemmy, what places in Europe should foreigners avoid at all cost? (self.asklemmy)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

I really liked Paris 🥲 I did go during the end of October though, so that might've have been a factor. People still didn't want to talk to me in French, but they weren't rude about it.

My favourite place to visit in France was La Rochelle, I feel like I got most of the benefits of visiting Coastal France but without the Marseille/Toulon/Monaco crowds (yes I know, Monaco is not France).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I've been to Paris 3 times, I'm from BC in Canada. April, May and October I went. Had an amazing time every time, people, food, places. It's one of my favorite cities.

[–] menemen 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I also liked Paris and I've been there twice in summer. People weren't actively going out of their way to be unfriendly to us, so this was great compared to the rest of france.

Everyone we asked for help did their best to help us, though we have 0 french knowledge. I had very different experiences elsewhere in France (we quickly learned to only speak to arab people outside Paris, if we needed help, worked fine).

We skipped most touristy places and just had a few relaxing days there both times. So that might also be, why we had a pleasant time in Paris.