went to france this past september for a week to see my sister....had the BEST time....did the paris thing (which, WHOA, is
great), but also saw chartres and versailles....versailles is a personal fave b/c i SO had some pretty heavy deja vu there, so yeah.
it was AWESOME!
she's now in germany, and she loves it there as well.....such the lil voyager.....so jealous! she lives in regensburg, about an hour from munich, and always talks about great lil clubs and stuff. will get names from her to help ya out there when you get tired of seeing the "old stuff"
she's also been to italy...never been there, myself, but i can relay the message of how beautiful is it....although, avoid piza (or however it's spelled)...she said the
only thing there is the leaning tower, and that's it....then you wait around for 4 hrs for the train to come back to pick your sorry butt up. just buy a postcard.
the best advice i can give ya, though, is how to snag a european man.
ya know how us americans, we see a guy, we kinda stare, but then as soon as he looks our way, we kinda look away...don't wanna get busted (well, most of the time, anyway)....DO NOT do that there. you see a hottie, you keep your eyes on him, get that eye contact, and i GUARANTEE he will walk yo'way. my sis kept tellin me i would just have men on me left and right walkin down the street....2 days into it, and i got nuthin. i got pouty, no lie. then she informed me i was playin the american games, and needed to realize i wasn't in america anymore. she showed me how it was done--sho'nuf got herself a nice policeman to turn around and talk to her. it was hilarious and encouraging all at the same time. so i learned from then on how to play, and had no issues after that.
work the french men....it is easy and WORTH IT!
don't call it "french kissin" for nothin!
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never experienced any rudeness from young french guys....i speak some french, but not fluent...can carry on a decent convo.....the only ppl you should worry about if you can't speak any french whatsoever: ANY french female, and OLD french guys. period.