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.”
Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
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liz ryan 09.04.09 | 3:10 PM ET
Yes, Paris has its own subtle code which repays at least minimal courtesy study before embarking for the City of Light…as do most cultural codes. Swamped as it is by tourists, Paris often feels a need to go on the defensive, which is its way of coping with a permanent tsunami of foreigners that could otherwise be quite overwhelming in a relatively small city. Very beautiful, deliciously romantic…but like most destinations, the more you put into it, the more you’ll get out of it.
Vive la belle France.