Good grief.....France is getting SMARTER and we are getting DUMBER!!! MORE WINE!! MORE CHEESE!!! MORE SNAILS!!
Some years ago an AF buddy and I took a First Class sleeper train from Madrid to Paris. We got a nice room on Raspiel Street before roaming around that city. We ended up at a restaurant that had steamed scallops, crabs, and a whole bunch of other expensive things on ice. That was worth it with white wine on the side of a street. Talking loudly in English. We caught the next train to Utrecht and went farther north later. That’s the best fun I ever had. The sweethearts there learned to be careful around American guys:)