[Idyllchat] Rick Steves Books

[GRAYGOOSE at aol.com]

I chuckled at the ideas that folks seem to be "bound" to the Rick Steves  
books. We are guilty to an extent as we don't always rely on them to get about.  
However, when we on the Paris Untour we did have it with us. We decided to 
take  in the Impressionist collection at the Musee d'Orsay but opted to have 
lunch  first in their resturant. A young woman seated us and lingered a bit 
looking at  the RS guide book I had in hand. She finally asked the question that was 
on her  mind. "Pardon, Madame, what is that book you are carrying? I believe 
every  American that I have seated here has one". I explained to her what it 
was and  she thanked me and as she left said, "Ah,but there is too much in 
Paris to  be in one book". Truer comment could not have been made.
 
A few days later we went up to Montmarte. We stopped for lunch in a small  
Rick Steves recommended restaurant which was quite crowded, with what seemed to  
be, locals.We were seated at the last available table (for 4) which  happened 
to be by an open window. I placed the guide book on the table next to  the 
window. Soon a couple strolled  by and then came back to the  window. The woman 
held up her copy of Rick's Paris guide and said, "I knew  you were Americans 
because we saw the guide on the table" She then held up her  copy and asked, 
"Would you mind if we came in and joined you?" Of course we  invited them in. 
They turned out to be a very lovely couple from Oregon and we  had a great 
conversation with them.
 
Just two examples of Rick Steves popularity in Paris.
'
Nina
<BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free 
email to everyone.  Find out more about what's free from AOL at 
http://www.aol.com.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.dca.net/pipermail/idyllchat/attachments/20070312/5523f548/attachment.htm