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summer in paris

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  • 23-05-2008 9:41pm
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    hippety-pippety
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    i'm thinking of going to paris for a few weeks in the summer, staying with a host family, & attending french language classes while i'm there.
    I'm a little wary of going to paris as it's a big city and stuff, so if anyone has any advice or has been to paris or anything, or gone anywhere alone.. well it'd be great to chat a bit about it :)

    -pippa


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    K4t
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    Paris is friggin awesome!!!!

    Great weather during summer.

    Went there on a school tour, Eiffel Tower, Shops, Cafes, Drink alcohol at 16!!!!

    Also, the red light district is in a normal, safe part of the city centre. :cool:

    Definitely go to France, especially Paris!!!!!


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    1huge1
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    hippety-pippety wrote: »
    i'm thinking of going to paris for a few weeks in the summer, staying with a host family, & attending french language classes while i'm there.
    I'm a little wary of going to paris as it's a big city and stuff, so if anyone has any advice or has been to paris or anything, or gone anywhere alone.. well it'd be great to chat a bit about it :)

    -pippa
    You studying french in college?


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    hippety-pippety
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    um not sure wat u mean.. i'm not going to college. its like a language school for people of all ages, you can go any time of year for however long u like. so i'm going for 4weeks during the summer cos i don't want to work :) & all my friends wil be working.
    unless u meant am i studying french at school, in which case yep i've been doing french the last 6years


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    hippety-pippety
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    K4t wrote: »
    Paris is friggin awesome!!!!

    Great weather during summer.

    Went there on a school tour, Eiffel Tower, Shops, Cafes, Drink alcohol at 16!!!!

    Also, the red light district is in a normal, safe part of the city centre. :cool:

    Definitely go to France, especially Paris!!!!!

    sounds cool :) weird about the red light district, i've heard stuff like that. i'm kinda nervous bt i think like its PARIS, i shud just go.
    so the city isn't too scary or nething?


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    Jello
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    Definitely go! Went to Paris last year for a week on a school tour and it was one of the best weeks of my life! I'd highly recommend it, great city.

    I enjoyed it so much I'm planning to go back in August with a few mates, should be fun :)
    hippety-pippety wrote: »
    so the city isn't too scary or nething?

    The only place I found a bit dodgy were the Metro systems after dark, there's a few hobos, junkies, etc down there. Though I suppose it didn't help that I drunkenly gave some junkie/hobo the finger one night and got a chase, hahah. You should be grand though, otherwise the city is perfectly safe.

    The Red Light District is a laugh. You'll walk down it getting offered handjobs and all sorts of things, but it's not dangerous.


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    The Walsho
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    Nice place, you'll be fine. Quite expensive though.


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    1huge1
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    hippety-pippety wrote: »
    um not sure wat u mean.. i'm not going to college. its like a language school for people of all ages, you can go any time of year for however long u like. so i'm going for 4weeks during the summer cos i don't want to work :) & all my friends wil be working.
    unless u meant am i studying french at school, in which case yep i've been doing french the last 6years
    Actually I mean't did you intend to continue learning french in university and thats why you were going to paris to improve your french, anyway you answered my question. Have a good time over there.


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