France Trip by Point Form

THINGS DISCOVERED/CONFIRMED/DEBUNKED

French aren't as rude as people think, their English is much better than my French

The bread is even better than advertised

The wine can be cheap and decent (3 Euro/bottle), but you are better off spending around 6-8 Euros.

Paris restaurants are overrated

The girls are really that good looking

The washrooms are really that small

The trains are really that good

Cheese is considered dessert (I still disagree)

Coffee in France is really bad

Do NOT buy water in France (6 Euro/Litre, WTF!)

The produce is amazing, every supermarket is like a mini Niagara-on-the-Lake (bright red heirloom tomatoes at 24-hour grocery/convenience store?!)

The smoking isn't as bad as I thought, but it's still bad

Banette to Tim Hortons, is Paul to Second Cup

I can fit my windbreaker into a peanut butter jar (still need to shoot that video)

I have a weakness for girls that serve me samples/food

North Americans really wear their clothes poorly in terms of fit and coordination

We could really use an outbreak of a Canadian Revolution here

RANDOM AWESOME THINGS

Lyon has public water fountains where you turn a crank, and the water comes out of a lion's mouth. I want one. BADLY

There's a huge badminton facility in Strasbourg, and I saw a girl on the Metro in Lyon with a badminton racquet, I can officially move there.

This girl Elizabeth I met in Marseille from Cincinnati, talking about food and french culture.

Everybody goes for lunch outside and has picnics, we're talking everyday.