[Tennessee Nana]

When i was in Europe 40 years ago, France was the only country that was hard to get around in due to language barriers.....

In the others Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Italy some people could speak English or tried but not France...

Germany was the easiest to travel in...they learnt English in school so most people spoke it well..

[BobL]

“In the others Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Italy some people could speak English or tried but not France...”

I was there a bit after you. I now believe that they actually do know English fairly well, as they have to speak it to the rest of the continent - but they WILL NOT speak it to help others - it’s an attitude thing. Basically, don’t bother coming here unless you learn some French. Well, I didn’t, and I NEVER went back.

[Windflier]

When i was in Europe 40 years ago, France was the only country that was hard to get around in due to language barriers.

It was still like that in 1989, when I visited there. I only ran into a couple of people who knew even a few English words.

Fact is, English (for better of worse) is the global language of planet Earth. It's just a fact.