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12. I was so fortunate to visit Paris several years ago.

Tue Jul 14, 2020, 10:48 PM

Jul 2020

Now I am afraid that may never happen again. Americans are now pariahs. No other country can risk allowing Americans to enter their country.

I loved the city and the people. Only ran into a single person with a 'damn Americans' attitude.

While riding on the Metro one day (I think that's what it's called), I was sitting next to a young French man. Me - an oldie. He started talking about how grateful the French were for all the help Americans had provided during WW2 and how Americans would always be welcomed in France. I was stunned to hear that. I still am. And I hope that after this awful pandemic is over.....

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