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To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (10006)	5/4/2004 2:57:06 PM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 20773

Funny - that describes many groups of Americans I saw in Amsterdam, and most groups of German tourists I have ever run across anywhere. There is a weird dynamic when tourists go in groups. I can't stand it myself; I would rather get a free ticket to Baghdad than get stuck in a tour group in Europe.

To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (10006)	5/4/2004 3:15:31 PM
From: rrufff	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20773

It goes to show that pre-conceived notions of haughtiness or civility are not the monopoly of any one group. Broad brush strokes should not be applied. My kid just returned from Paris and her first comments were how dirty it was, nothing like the "city of love" about which she had read. "It's just like NY." I'm just relating not preaching here about who has better cities. It shocked me as I'm used to the negative comments about our culture, our cities, our civility, our people, our eating habits, our literature, etc., etc., from the "old world."