Comments on: Gay France Part 1.2

By: Regarding

Regarding — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:37:44 +0000

I had no idea!!!! I really didn’t!! I thought the internet was universally accessible, except in China or North Korea or whatever. Shows how much I know!

By: Cindy

Cindy — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:09:30 +0000

Maybe I have been in England too long, but I got a little miffed at your disbelief that Hulu is not available in France. It is not available outside the US, period, and it is annoying when you read American blogs that link to Hulu, and it’s like a big stars-and-stripes middle finger to the internets.
Sigh.

By: chancel

chancel — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:27:34 +0000

– PUBLIC TRANS IN EUROPE
– when we were in Paris, we stayed across the bridge and two blocks up that street from Notre Dame. I can totally picture the heineken-drinking youth around that little restaurant diagonal to the plaza there.
– my favorite thing about Paris is how much ridiculous baroque stuff is plated with gold. GOLD, seriously? I know you love yourself, Napoleon, but JEEZ.
– Indian food in Paris instead of going up the Eiffel tower = much better, and with blue aperitifs for no apparent reason to boot.

By: freddy

freddy — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:15:28 +0000

I have never been one of those water-guzzling Americans. I just don’t get that thirsty, and all my systems seem to do alright. Now I see the truth: I must actually be French!

By: ericka

ericka — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:11:32 +0000

That is funny about the water. When I was in Viña/Valparaíso, Chile, which is directly under the hole in the ozone layer, I too was astonished at how people didn’t just walk around with water all the time, and how they really more like sipped the water they had with meals (although Chileans, too, drink a lot of wine). The quantity of water that I, personally, drink with each meal is enough to drown several children. Anyway one day I overheard the woman with whom one of my friends was staying – telling a friend of hers, as they were setting up for a little afternoon party: “You would not BELIEVE how much water these gringas drink.”