Something about French People

I would like to visit France sometime soon. First off, I've got to say that I like France and all but it starts to freak me out when some people I know say that French are really unfriendly and unhelpful ppl (Only when going for a trip and besides that I don't really know). The thing is that when they(My friends) traveled to France and didn't know the places very well, so they asked the French as to how they could get to the place and the French were kind of rude, some walked away while being questioned (Because they couldn't speak English). One thing I find it very funny when French is asked in English but speaks French in reply (I don't know whether that would imply as sacarsm or not). Anyway, a few friends of mine have some good experiences about French people though. Well, you can see that not all French are bad. Some ppl say the new French generations will treat the foreigners better than the old French generations. In fact, this is true. And in my experience, I have a friend which is French. I've known him for 2-3 years now and I still keep in touch with him. He is very polite, educated, smart, and very friendly person. Btw he is very good in English and I was surprised at first because French don't like to speak English and try not to speak it(racism related). But since he isn't old, then no doubt about that. Well, I talked to him about several things. We have talked about the U.S. once and he seemed to hold a negative view towards the Americans. In my opinion, he spoke from his experience but I guess he actually isn't biased for some reasons. Overall, I can't judge one French person from the whole France. But from what I heard, there are more rude French than the polite ones when you as a non-French speaker live, study, or go for a trip there. Also my sister has been to France once. She said to me, when you get lost in France without knowing French language, it's like no one would help you and no one cares, such a disaster! But I think that does not always happen. Well anyway, I hope it will be better in the future that I will hear most French are friendlier and more open-minded to people from abroad. I think France is already great in all aspects and if most French are said to be nice people to all foreigners, then it'd be marvellous

Asian's Point of View 18 May 2008, 09:03 - Report