[AGL] Paris and Prague

[Jon Ford]

Mike-- funny, I never carried my passport in Paris and never had any trouble 
on that score. The one time I did carry my passport, someone in a movie 
theatre stole a little bag I was carrying all my stuff in. Apparently 
someone found the bag (minus my cash) and returned the passport to my 
apartment. That was about 20 years ago, though-- Frenchies might not be so 
honest today.One thing about traveling to day in Europe, everyone is eager 
to proctice their English on you.


Jon


>From: "Michael Eisenstadt" <michaele at ando.pair.com>
>Reply-To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 
>60s<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
>To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 
>60s"<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
>Subject: Re: [AGL] Paris and Prague
>Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 17:40:56 -0600
>
>Jon,
>
>But i dont speak Czech. Whereas in paris
>i get to practice my fractured french.
>
>Did i tell you about going to the police
>station? I wanted to ask a cop if i
>really had to carry my passport around
>or would they accept an American
>drivers license if i was stopped and asked
>for my papers. Vos papiers d'identite
>s'il vous plait Monsieur. That's what they
>say. So i went in and first i said Je suis
>un touriste americain. Puis-je vous
>demander quelque chose? He gave me a
>fishy stare and said j'ecoute. im listening
>
>so i fractured some french to the effect
>of did i have to carry my passport
>bla bla bla.
>
>He said Yes.
>
>Then he asked if i had my passport
>with me. Oui oui monsieur  i said and i
>departed out of that gloomy substation
>(in a store space).
>
>part of the fun of being in Paris is fighting
>your way through the resistance of their
>otherness. it's an effort but it's also to
>be in a magical kingdom if you find that you
>are actually pushing your way through
>the resistance.long live fractured french.
>
>Mike
>

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