On 18/11/10 18:24, Owen Rudge wrote:
- if you're flying into Charles de Gaul
airport, bring 8 euros *in
coins* for the train ticket into town
Does the machine not accept Euro notes? Since that might be a problem
for most of us I imagine!
Some do, some don't. You'd often get a row of machines, where only the
one at the end accepts notes. In theory, "information" might be kind
enough to break your note into coins, but:
- I have never tried this
- The common notion is that French don't like to help English
speaking foreigners. I should add right now that my personal experience
from over 15 years that my sister lives in France, and therefor having
had multiple visits here, is 100% contradicting to this notion. Ask a
random person on the street for help in a polite and quite manner, and
they'll do their very best to help you, language barriers not
withstanding.
Shachar
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Shachar Shemesh
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