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RETURNED FROM FRANCE

so... now I have officially been to the infamous europe. (france, specifically)

let me give you the Run Down.


1 - do not go to versailles, it is not worth it, marie antoinette is dead and they don't even have drag performers imitating her (missed opportunity), also there are too many portraits of old white guys with wigs like who cares dude

2 - promenade plantée is a cute park built on an abandoned railway

3 - go to antique and thrift stores (although I imagine this applies no matter where you are in the world, they are just so cute)

4 - beware of the french carrying baguettes, a known weapon, they will bludgeon you.

5 - if you don't speak french they'll bludgeon you harder, I can't advise this.

I can't personally recommend or even describe paris since I avoided it like the plague.

milly-la-forĂȘt has a cute market every saturday. ate a wicked donut there. also jean cocteau's house is cute, I don't really care about the guy but it was neat to see anyhow.

transit was pretty good besides a few things:

- if you are travelling to the airport make sure you buy an airport specific transit pass because they will fine you a ton if they catch you without it

- where I was in the countryside (essonne) I generally noticed there was not much for accessibility

did I enjoy it? overall, yes... would I go again? no idea.

also the food is good as hell. if you eat the bread be warned that you may never again see north american bread the same...

keeping this short and sweet because I'm tired of talking about france. if you have any questions feel free to ask #Peace Out

- love, olivia



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loldog

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what great wisdom! if i ever find myself in france (may i never see the day) i'll make sure to refer back to your principal points. how awesome you got to see jean cocteau's house...


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HELL YES!! im glad youll consider this... also yeah it was pretty cool to see his house...

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i would looove to go anywhere in europe but france is definitely at the top of the list... 3 but i'm too scared to go because as you said, they will berate me for my incorrect french


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all jokes aside its actually not bad at all, from my experience pretty much everyone was very kind even if our french was a little clunky - i speak french somewhat fluently but my mom can't and she got around just fine, if worse comes to worst you can always rely on google translate like she did! if you want to go there you totally should

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