Over the years I have heard that Parisians are rude.
I have never found that to be true — well, with the possible exception of *that one* taxi driver in 2002.
In fact, while visiting Paris in 2009, Carrieanna and I found the exact opposite to be true.
As noted in a previous blog post, we were in Paris to celebrate Carrieanna’s birthday.
Carrieanna’s Aunt Becky speaks French and loves Paris – she has been there many times.
In April of 2009, we three — Rich, Carrieanna and I — spent three days in Paris.
This was Rich’s first visit; he wrote the following letter to Becky:
This is a very short post, because I want to share a link to Global Access News. Lots of good information therein!
And many thanks to my LinkedIn acquaintance, Les Seracs L, who owns a wheelchair- accessible apartment for rent in the heart of Paris, for sharing this info.
We are both members of the LinkedIn group “Accessible Travel for Persons with Disabilities” – another great resource!
I believe I first became infatuated with Paris as a seventh grader, when I chose to take French as my foreign language class instead of Spanish, which would have been far more useful, but not nearly as romantic!
However, it wasn’t until 2002 that I actually visited the City of Light, and that’s when I fell in love with Paris. And realized that a 12-day visit was not enough. I wanted to go back someday.
That “someday” occurred in late fall of 2008.
According to Rick Steves’ book “Easy Access Europe” (copyright 2006, Avalon Travel Publishing), “In a recent study, the Dutch people were found to be the most content people in Europe. In another study, the people of Haarlem were found to be the most content in the Netherlands.”
(The following post was written in May of 2007, although some of the photos are more recent.)
Just back from eight days in Amsterdam with my 25-year old friend, who gets about primarily in a wheelchair . . . and with her dad, my boyfriend.
Anything Is Possible Travel 