I think the hardest thing in Paris as any one would assume is the language barrier. For one trying to find a café with internet connection is hard enough. I went to a couple of places that I would consider 'convenience stores.'
The first one I went into they didn’t speak English so they didn’t understand when I was asking for directions and when I was asking them for a calling card.
The third store I went into was run by an Asian family who spoke what sounded like French. Lucky for me, one of them spoke a little English because he had family living in the United States so he was able to help me get a calling card that I could use to call home. It took me awhile to understand him because of the accent but he was a big help.
Later in the day I made it to the Montmartre district of Paris. I went and saw the Moulin Rouge and on the same strip there were tons of sex shops and strip clubs. There were guys standing outside the strip clubs trying to get people to come in all while making gestures at women walking by. I am not sure what they were saying because it was in French, but it sounded like they were, I guess one would say, 'getting fresh' with them.
Liz Mitchell
Public Relations
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