Joie de Vivre

WOW, It has been a really long time since I last posted. France was amazing. I have such a wonderful time. I hope to get to go back someday. We started in Paris, traveled south, and left from Nice. It was so beautiful and the people were wonderful. Americans are always freaking out that the french dont like us, and are rude to us, but that's really not true- or at least not in my experience. Sure, there were rude french people, but no more then there are rude american people. In general, it seemed that the french are nice, polite, and helpful to any tourist as long as you are nice and polite to them. Try to speak their language, and they will be even more helpful. Smile, and they will smile back. say "Bonjour" and they will say it back... it's just a matter of courtesy. T'were a french person to come to the USA, and not try to speak english, not smile, not be polite, not be courteous, we would not be gracious- its the same way in france. Anyway, France was awesome- There was such a joie de vivre - such a joy of living- that it made the whole experience amazing. I just hope the Lord will allow me to someday re-visit this magical country- maybe, even, live there for a while... i can only wait and see.