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Saturday, May 31, 2003 Les Pensées des Toilettes Paris functions very differently than any major American city; one of the most obvious ways is bathrooms. You have to plan carefully, or you'll end up paying money to use the restroom--there are what look like Porta-Johns along the side of most streets, but you have to pay to get in--and/or they'll be dirty. Even more troubling, restrooms are scarce to be found in many places. Sometimes they even lack toilet paper (apparently this is not unusual). Thank goodness for hotels and McDonalds; they're always free. On a random side note, I've gotten to use my French quite a bit in conversations with everyone from students to people working at food stalls. It's definitely getting better, although it's still much harder to express myself; I was told before I came (by people at home) at the French will often speak back to you in English when they hear your (American) accent in French, but I haven't found that to be the case. There's so backlash against Americans here, at least not more than any other country I've visited, and people have sometimes seemed bemused but have always replied in French. Now if only I could get that accent down.... ^ Top | 10:31 AM | | | 
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