Christmas Market

24 Things I've Learned While in France

1. Baguette is one of the messiest breads ever. I find crumbs everywhere. All the time.
2. KD is a wonderful food, but doesn't work so well with farfalle pasta (though you do get little nooks of pure cheese which are a tasty surprise).
3. Avoiding eye contact is one of France's greatest secrets to not getting hassled.
4. Drinking someone else's alcohol at a party is acceptable, even encouraged.
5. High heels and cobble stones don't mix.
6. Buying lots of the same item at the market usually gets you some kind of discount.
7. English movies playing at a french theater are usually still in English, only with subtitles.
8. You have to ask for a "satchet" when buying groceries, otherwise you have to magically
balance/carry everything home.
9. Baguette gets stale after about 8hrs.
10. Nutella and pasta are stock, must-always-have-on-hand items.


See anything familiar in this photo?




11. You're not allowed to hand in assignments in any colour other than blue.
12. The lines on lined paper are ridiculously small and impossible to write on neatly.
13. The lined paper also has four holes instead of three.
14. When french people hear you're canadian, they automatically ask you if you're from Quebec.
15. Buying tram tickets is for suckers.
16. When travelling on the tram without a ticket, look out for "controlleurs" or you get fined 20 euros.



Look again!


17. Just because there weren't any "controlleurs" on the tram when you got on, doesn't mean they won't come on at the next stop.
18. When people ask you for money, don't pretend you can only speak English, because they can usually speak English too.


19. Volaille ≠ bird. Volaille = liver = disgusting = like eating hardened intestines with the poop still inside. Never again.
20. A scarf is a necessary accesory for any outfit.
21. Political correctness is an unknown concept.
22. Whoever said the portions were smaller were mostly talking about coffee. Itttty bitty little cups...
23. Don't buy your general groceries at the local epiceries. They practically rob you. (A box 20 stale Twinings tea bags cost me 4,00 euros).
24. Though outdated, mail is one of the most beautiful inventions in the world.

Bonus: 25. France is gorgeous. But there's no place like home.

This guy is actually like.... 6'5 and wearing something that looks out of a Sinbad movie. I was shocked at first at how high he could sing. It wasn't a recording or anything either. And his voice was a normal man's voice when he talked...