Just spent 5 days in Paris and I am back in London.
Here are my impressions
- The metro in Paris stinks of wee, but there is always a tube when you need one.
- Lots of homeless people and drunks in the metro. Probably contribute to point 1
- Drinks in paris are more expensive than London. Food is better on the whole but also expensive.
- For hotels, you generally get better value for money then in London.
- Clothes in Paris are cheaper than in London.
- Parisian barman are mostly Wnkers who have over-inflated egos. Customer service is not high on the list of priorities. In the UK you are sometimes met with indifferecne whereas in France, often rudeness and aggression if you have any issues with the food etc.
- The woman in London are prettier.
- Although on the whole, I think Paris is a prettier city than London, it lacks the energy and it feels less vibrant.
- Any Frenchman over 60 seems to spend all his time drinking coffee, ricard, smoking Gitanes and p!ssing his pension money away on (Rapide, their version of lotto I think)
- When you walk arounf London you hear evry language under the sun, and when you walk around Paris you mostly hear french and arabic on the odd occasion.
- In London neighbourhoods and bouroughs are all mixed up whereas in Paris they seem to have compartmentalised all the immigrants to ghastly estates outside Paris.
- On the whole, although the UK has its problems, I think that Britain is generally more enlightened and takes a more progressive attitude to immigration and cultural integration than Europe(IME France and Holland). Europe is great if you are white, but I would hate to live there if I was Asian or Black.
- My French sux badly and I need to practice.
A lot to say after 5 days but any other opinions woudl be interesting
Here are my impressions
- The metro in Paris stinks of wee, but there is always a tube when you need one.
- Lots of homeless people and drunks in the metro. Probably contribute to point 1
- Drinks in paris are more expensive than London. Food is better on the whole but also expensive.
- For hotels, you generally get better value for money then in London.
- Clothes in Paris are cheaper than in London.
- Parisian barman are mostly Wnkers who have over-inflated egos. Customer service is not high on the list of priorities. In the UK you are sometimes met with indifferecne whereas in France, often rudeness and aggression if you have any issues with the food etc.
- The woman in London are prettier.
- Although on the whole, I think Paris is a prettier city than London, it lacks the energy and it feels less vibrant.
- Any Frenchman over 60 seems to spend all his time drinking coffee, ricard, smoking Gitanes and p!ssing his pension money away on (Rapide, their version of lotto I think)
- When you walk arounf London you hear evry language under the sun, and when you walk around Paris you mostly hear french and arabic on the odd occasion.
- In London neighbourhoods and bouroughs are all mixed up whereas in Paris they seem to have compartmentalised all the immigrants to ghastly estates outside Paris.
- On the whole, although the UK has its problems, I think that Britain is generally more enlightened and takes a more progressive attitude to immigration and cultural integration than Europe(IME France and Holland). Europe is great if you are white, but I would hate to live there if I was Asian or Black.
- My French sux badly and I need to practice.
A lot to say after 5 days but any other opinions woudl be interesting
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