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Thoughts on France

  1. Paris is synonymous with intense traffic
  2. Speaking in english with a french accent does not equate to speaking french.
  3. Holy crap azerty is really odd to type with. Who the fuck decided that to access numbers you need to hit shift? Did they really need µ to be on a key by itself? What about ¤? Personally, Portuguese qwerty is still the keyboard of choice for romance languages. 
  4. We have no idea what to do for New Years.
  5. Paris is also enormous.
  6. It is close to impossible to eat cheaply. Most restaurants, across town, seem to start at 12,50€ (which times the day’s exchange rate, is like $17). When you factor in that that’s tax+tip included, that’s actually not terrible, but it’s still a mental shock to overcome.
  7. My goodness, I hate the automated internationalisation most professional sites do by ip.
  8. Bread is awesome, and cheese is plentiful and cheap here. Supermarkets are a bit like heaven.
  9. I cannot say Champs Elysee without feeling whimsical.