This kind of cuts both ways...the propaganda & the reality. I had some trepidation traveling to Europe with all of the articles about no-go zones with their muslim population. But I saw very little of muslim influence in London or Paris, & the only thing I saw in Scotland was a sign for an Islamic mortuary. :-)
Of course, these folks are not visiting our worst places. But it is heartening to see the reaction when they see our beautiful country.
My older daughter loves to travel to Europe, especially France and Switzerland. She has never seen any of the bad muslim behaviors we hear about. A district manager at the company I worked for before retired, who was an East Coast elite type, retired to live in Paris. I’ve often wondered how she fared there.
Our experience in connection with a bucket list visit to the Normandy Beaches in 2017 (20 years after our first two week sojourn in France) was marred by the fact that my backpack was stolen less than 1 hour into our trip which required a detour to Paris to the US Embassy for a replacement so I could return home. The Champs Elyses, on our walk to the Arch was overrun with panhandling Muslim women with a gaggle of kids on the iconic street flanked by stores such as Gucci, and Yves St Laurent. The place was awful, and smelt terrible. Couldn’t wait to get out of Paris to the Champagne countryside; wouldn’t care to go there again!