France

[PaloAltoCougar]

I think almost all tourists suck. I won't limit it to a nationality, because it depends on that individual person, but most tourists think the city they're visiting is their playground and don't realize people actually live there. There are some considerate tourists, but again, I won't limit it to a nationality.

I'll agree with the sentiment that Australians are great to travel with.

Paris is like New York, there are plenty of arrogant jerks from there, just look at Viking, or Oxcoug.

As long as we're stereotyping ethnic groups, don't forget the Romanians (or whatever Eastern European country that bus group hailed from) who, while walking through the Bayeaux Tapestry presentation, were essentially reenacting the Blazing Saddles campfire scene. It lent a certain realism to the "fog of war" and "stench of battle" motifs.

[filsdepac]

As long as we're stereotyping ethnic groups, don't forget the Romanians (or whatever Eastern European country that bus group hailed from) who, while walking through the Bayeaux Tapestry presentation, were essentially reenacting the Blazing Saddles campfire scene. It lent a certain realism to the "fog of war" and "stench of battle" motifs.

Agreed, also helped us appreciate certain rules of the Geneva Convention.

[TripletDaddy]

This thread seems to be a safe haven for xenophobia, so let me throw my hat into the ring with a Luxembourg rant.

Dealing with them has proven to be a huge hassle. I have been unimpressed with response time of everyone with whom I have worked in Lux, not just any one particular firm. Im working with 2 banks, a notary, legal counsel and a company that specializes in cross border incorporations. Everyone seems to take forever to get back to you (even in an email), there are work holidays every other week, nobody takes cell phone calls, and forget about getting anyone to accommodate an international conference call across multiple time zones. Monarchies. Yawn. No wonder these guys were annexed by Germany so easily. You have to ask yourself as a country, if you were occupied by France (of all the armies out there), you may want to do some serious introspection about your work ethic. The French army outworked you! You have some serious issues.

[thesaint258]

When I lived in Paris I hated the American tourists, who I found to be completely inconsiderate of anyone around them. The Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Brazilian, and even Japanese tourists were considerate, but the Americans were flat out inconsiderate and annoying. There's just something about snobby Americans that travel in packs of 20 people that are all wearing huge backpacks and are all trying to cram into the same metro car all while pushing people out of the way.

Americans are also loud. While on my mission in Vienna, we used to play "Spot the American Before You Hear Him" during the summer. It was hard to do.

[PaloAltoCougar]

Americans are also loud. While on my mission in Vienna, we used to play "Spot the American Before You Hear Him" during the summer. It was hard to do.

Ah, Wien, Wien, nur Du allein, sollst stets die Stadt meiner Traueme sein... When my parents and sisters arrived at Schwechat Airport to pick me up at the end of my mish, they couldn't believe they didn't blend in with the Europeans. Their conversations were even louder than their '70s American fashions, and that was saying something.

When my wife and I were touring England two years ago with her very sophisticated bro and SIL, we decided to embrace our American-ness and often utilized the volume and argot of Texas wildcatters: "Hell, boy, you call that cow? One mah steers can crap bigger 'n that!"