We went to Paris in a rainy November, took public transit exclusively and stayed in a building with an elevator that could fit one suitcase, by itself, and a sh

We went to Paris in a rainy November, took public transit exclusively and stayed in a building with an elevator that could fit one suitcase, by itself, and a shower about the same size. We saw some homelessness and scams. And yet it was absolutely lovely. I could talk endlessly about the people, the sites, the food (and hardly just French food) and the museums. I'm sort of dumbfounded at people who can't see that. No one was rude to us, even outside of tourist areas, mostly just professional. Of course it's not Disneyland. We had to learn language basics, checkout travel books and scour the internet. I think this gave us rational expectations. Semi-related, I live in Portland, OR which has a similar climate, possibly similar civic challenges and interestingly, a similar fascination from Japan. https://www.wweek.com/we-went-to-japan/ https://www.wweek.com/we-went-to-japan/ Oregon even uses Japanese style animation in ads, presumably because of that. https://m.youtube.com/user/oregon https://m.youtube.com/user/oregon