Les Parisiens

So far, so good. While Parisians have a reputation for being surly, we have not yet encountered it. We've found the locals to be friendly and helpful. A few have even gone out of their ways to help us. This isn't a surprise to me as it is consistent with what I have experienced in my handful of trips here over the last couple of years and in the some of the responses we received to our home exchange inquiries -- where complete strangers offered to help us in any way they could should we need something when we got here.

I'm sure we'll run across some real rough ones before long but I hope our efforts and improvements in speaking French will continue to pave the way to these positive interactions.