Language Barrier

The last stop on my trip overseas was Paris. I stayed there for about a week. One of the issues with Paris is that Paris is in France. They speak French in France. My French is, to put it bluntly, somewhat less than good. Indeed, the word‘crappy’ comes to mind, followed shortly by the words‘extremely crappy’.

Nevertheless, I did try to use what French I knew when I was out and about. It wasn’t too horrible when I was buying something from a store (e.g., a croissant) since simply saying the na...