My experience too: the French were friendly, generous, smart. I have no idea where the negative stereotypes came from. I have been to France about a dozen times over the last 20 years and I always had a great time and made new friends. If you visit the cemeteries in Normandy and the Muese-Argonne, you will be blown away with the beauty and reverence they have shown for our honored dead.
The only disagreement I have with the author of the piece is that the food is sensational everywhere. If you’re looking for American chow, not too available. If you’re looking fine dining, France is the best.
“If you visit the cemeteries in Normandy and the Muese-Argonne, you will be blown away with the beauty and reverence they have shown for our honored dead.”
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The cemeteries are pristine, as they should be to honor our revered dead. However, they are maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission..not the French.