When I decided to move to Paris, the folks from my home town in Northern England didn’t always get it. I remember overhearing a colleague at my leaving party saying quite literally “Who the hell would want to move to Paris? I mean why? It’s dirty, polluted, crowded, unfriendly… ” bla bla, you get the picture. Like with any new experience, you’ll…
“Bonjour.” It’s just saying hello in French, right? What could be easier? Well, yes but… there are a few interesting subtleties worth knowing as you start mingling with the locals in Paris and. When I first arrived in Paris, I was already pretty fluent but I quickly found myself in a fog of confusion about when and how to greet people. Feeling confident in saying hello in French…