Journal #6364

"Je ne parle pas Francais"
I do not speak french
"Tu parle englais?"
(Roughly) do you speak english?
Remember these and you should be okay, as long as you stay at the wedding.

Then you stay home alone and bring your girl over. A whole week? Hell yeah.

Depends on which part of France we're talking about. If it's south - go for it, should be pretty damn beautiful there this time of the year (I'm assuming it's semi-spring with pleasant weather and temperatures.) If not, re-evaluate. Visiting a new country or a week of doing whatever the fuck you like with no-one stopping you.

Weddings in foreign countries rule though. My cousin held hers in Mexico. While the event itself wasn't anything much, the chance (and excuse) to go and visit that country was great. Had an amazing time there, saw places, and had some plain R&R of the highest quality. So yeah, I'd go if I were you. Never mind that language barrier, you'll manage. :]

A language barrier is nothing to be terrified of. I took a vacation to Acapulco, Mexico with my family back during middle school and we didn't know a lick of Spanish. We didn't have any problems that week.

I say go for it. A week alone is nothing special, and you're getting a multi-thousand dollar trip for free.

And really, if you absolutely have to talk to someone, clever use of hand gestures and body language can get simple messages across.

I dunno...France...
I hear it smells funny over there.

@srry: You should go for it anyway, it's not everyday one gets to travel so far away. You just never know what new neat surprises could come up about. And who knows, you just might meet a nice French girl.

@Daubster & Soup Miner: So, while you were in Mexico, how was that tequila? I also bet you were in food heaven too!

Drowned in both, Tito. Had some of my best drinking sprees there. The weather cleared any hangovers instantly. ;o

Never miss a chance to travel abroad. Even if you expect it to be boring, it's most likely it won't be. Seeing a new place, new geography, new weather, new everything... maybe you'll even feel like in some movie (of course, if you stay home and bring your girl for the week, it could also be like a French movie without all the travel )

stay home alone and bring your girl over.
bring your girl over
your girl
my girl

AHAHAHAHAHAHAAhahahaaha. HAaha. Ha. ehhh... :'( sniff sniff

Yes, it is in the Southern part of France. Apparently some little village outside of Millau.

Well, at least I hear that French wine is considered the best in the world, so that might be one of the good things to look forward to.

Tito's second to last comment prevails then. Look forward for one of those gorgeous French girls. With hairy armpits

Also, maybe you'll tour around someday. It's not too far from Marseille, you should check that out. Anywhere along the Mediterranean coast is just beautiful.

Stay, nothing at there will probably add up to your life imo.
Try to use your time on something more usefull instead.

On the other hand, you won't be doing anything that week that you wouldn't be doing any other week. That is, unless you really plan to spend that whole week doing porn.

I wouldn't miss this opportunity for the world.

I traveled to Prague alone and spent two weeks walking and riding trains all over the country.

Not being able to speak or understand czech is part of the fun and adventure.

Do it!

If you've got a laptop you can bring then I'd say go. Lack of internet access was the hardest thing for me in Portugal, everything else was awesome.
Every country I've been to, enough people speak enough English for you to get by. And generally words in european languages are similar enough to English for you to get the gist of what they're saying.

Fuck internet access. It will only divert you from having an awesome trip, you might regret it later.

So long as you're not paying for it, I'd go

TJB: People who can't go a week without internet access might as well never leave their house. I'm not an internet addict, it won't be a problem.

Go, for sure!

I've turned down a lot of oppertunities to do stuff just to stay at home and do ... nothing at all. I later came to realize that doing so is extremely stupid. Don't repeat my mistake