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I take half an ativan (relaxant). Just tell your doc you need something to relax you because you are nervous flying. It puts me nicely to sleep for at least a little while, and one time I woke up as we were landing.
Interesting. I've never been to Paris, or hardly much of France, but I know what you mean about enjoying other towns and the countryside so much more because that's how it's been for us in Italy and Great Britain + Ireland. But I have had a notion to get some "cheap" flight deal direct to paris and go for a few days, stay in some nice hotel in town and just eat. What do you think of that? (assuming that the flight vs stay time & cost is balanced out enough)
That's a bit extreme, especially since I take it you've never been there. But I assume you feel the same way about Chicago since it is also corrupt and unsafe.
I've been to Mexico and Chicago and I'd go back to Chicago.
We drove in a caravan from El Centro, CA to San Felipe, MX. Several times we were stopped by men with machine guns. We were warned not to drive back alone as people disappeared.
This was ten years ago, and as far as I can tell things haven't gotten any better.
About ten years ago, I was part of a group invited to present at a conference at McGill University. People were rude to us everywhere we went. I've been to France several times and never been treated quite like this.
At lunch, people at the conference would speak French, leaving us out of the conversation. They could all speak English. In fact, sometimes would ask us in English how it felt to not be able to understand what was being said.
It was the darndest thing I've ever experienced.
If tourism is a major part of their economy, I'm not surprised that Montreal's economy lags behind that of other Canadian cities. It was one of the most unwelcoming places I've ever been.
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