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JerryM · 10-25-2006, 11:06 PM

I spent a year stationed in the vicinity of Catanzaro Lido, Italy and would much rather be there than Paris. I realize the French culture is "truly superior" to anything to be found in Southern Italy, and if the French didn't have the "superior attitude" to match their culture I would probably have enjoyed the week I had planned to stay in Paris in the fall of '66, but after a single morning I moved on to Amsterdam. If I had been able to afford doubling back, I would have spent another week in Italy (in my mind, either Rome, Naples, or Catanzaro Lido would have been preferable to Paris).

Don't forget, that most French asset of all, French Cuisine, is based on the skills of the chefs brought to France by Catherine di Medici:

http://www.naciente.com/essay93.htm

note - I have been told the phrase you want, especially if you have a good French accent, is " Je ne parle pas Francais". It seemed to work well for me during the week I spent at Villefranche sur mer (where people were slightly less obnoxious than in Paris)

Jerry Murdock

10-25-2006, 11:06 PM	#7
JerryM Writer of Writings Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Onalaska, Texas Posts: 14	anywhere in Italy I spent a year stationed in the vicinity of Catanzaro Lido, Italy and would much rather be there than Paris. I realize the French culture is "truly superior" to anything to be found in Southern Italy, and if the French didn't have the "superior attitude" to match their culture I would probably have enjoyed the week I had planned to stay in Paris in the fall of '66, but after a single morning I moved on to Amsterdam. If I had been able to afford doubling back, I would have spent another week in Italy (in my mind, either Rome, Naples, or Catanzaro Lido would have been preferable to Paris). Don't forget, that most French asset of all, French Cuisine, is based on the skills of the chefs brought to France by Catherine di Medici: http://www.naciente.com/essay93.htm note - I have been told the phrase you want, especially if you have a good French accent, is " Je ne parle pas Francais". It seemed to work well for me during the week I spent at Villefranche sur mer (where people were slightly less obnoxious than in Paris) Jerry Murdock __________________ I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America. Alexis de Tocqueville Last edited by JerryM; 10-25-2006 at 11:12 PM.