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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1925679, member: 39&quot;]Last time I was in France for more than a few hours, it sort of came back. That was in November when we stayed at a farmhouse type B&amp;B near Reims. First I thought, oh dear, but after a while it worked fairly well. I would not be able to conduct a business conversation in French <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> but for &quot;everyday&quot; stuff it was OK.</p><p><br /></p><p>From my experience, people in France (and also Spain for example) do not really expect everybody to speak French (or Castilian Spanish); what many dislike though is English language visitors who do not even have the courtesy of asking whether the person they talk to understands English. Kinda like Germans in the Netherlands or Mallorca, hehe.</p><p><br /></p><p>Side note: On my cell phone I sometimes use Google Translate which even pronounces the &quot;target language&quot; text. Usually works reasonably well ... and if it does not, I can still play the result to a local, and get some laughs. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Another helpful site is <a href="http://www.forvo.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forvo.com" rel="nofollow">www.forvo.com</a> which I find very helpful especially when it comes to place names ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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