‘A User’s Guide to Understanding Parisians’

Travel Blog  •  Michael Yessis  •  09.04.09 | 12:12 PM ET

Among the tips from longtime Paris residents Pauline Harris and Simon Kuper: Know their codes. “When Parisians are rude to visitors,” they write, “it is often because they think the visitor has been rude. This city has an old-fashioned etiquette, and unlucky tourists trample it with both white-sneakered feet.”