Re:London is too damn expensive, Paris is fine (Score 1)

I'm VERY aware of the type of Americans you're referring to, and I've seen them on 4 continents acting the exact same way. It is extremely embarrasing, and on several occasions I've even felt like claiming Canadian heritage after seeing a particularly obnoxious American act just moments before. However, in every other place I've experienced, if you approach people respectfully, you have NO problems, reguardless of where you are from. In Paris, I CONTINUOUSLY got snubbed after being as polite as I could possibly be in broken French. Two friends of mine, who I consider to be extremely cool people, not the oblivious beer-guzzling neo-Fraternity Jerry Springer is quality entertainment types you mentioned, also got continuosly slammed by rudeness. My girlfriend, who is VERY worldly, and an absolute sweetheart, spent a long time in Greece, where they seeminlgly hate Americans, and had the time of her life, meeting many great friends, but on her way home got caught in the Paris airport, and nearly burst into tears at how awfully she was treated by everyone there. I agree that hordes of "bad" Americans ruin it for everyone else, but I also think hordes of Parisians are dealing with that situation in the wrong way. Bigotry is bigotry, no matter how you justify it, and it seems that Paris is crawling with it.