I got back yesterday from a 3-month business trip to Paris. My company maintains an overseas office, and one of their workers was out on maternity leave when the office hit a particularly rough patch. I speak French, so I was shipped over to fill in.
I'd been to France before, but not recently and never in a non-tourist capacity. But during this stay, I lived in an apartment, mingled with French people and generally tried to live like a Parisian. I learned from this some very interesting things:
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