Paris McDonald's; Emily in Paris vs. Reality

[archersangel]

I'm an American who ate at a French McDonald's for the first time, and it wasn't as glamorous as 'Emily in Paris' suggests https://t.co/C5gWfDcVTR
- Insider Life (@InsiderLife) January 6, 2023
In the show, McDonald's restaurants in France are shown as more glamorous than their counterparts in the U.S. But that have an basis in reality

Comments

[manu19]

My BFs mother got her purse stolen at McDonalds in Paris and in general the city isn’t even that great. Too much concrete and stone, too many people but I prefer cities located by the beach anyway.

ALSO they totally fucked up the Eifel Tower Location with all the extra security stuff. I think you can’t even just stroll around, like underneath it anymore? Or it was a construction when I went the 2nd time? Don’t remember.

And who wants to sit at those cafes? You basically sit on each others laps and can hear everything anyone says lol eh I even prefer Madrid.

NYE in Paris was the WORST. So boring.

[lostinshalott]

yeah I'm not a big fan of Paris I too went for new years a few years ago and I just found it dirty but thats cities for you....

[manu19]

We went on NYE 2018 or 2019 to Champs-Élysées and expected a big party with many food and alcohol stands with music, live acts and a big firework (like in Berlin) but there was literally NOTHING but the French constitution being projected on the Arc de Triomphe and people standing around for an hour. It was like wtf? We wanted to go to some bar afterwards but everything seemed to be closed / closing? So we tried to get on the Metro but it was SO full and no Uber available either so it literally took us until 3 am to get back to the AirBnb even though we left around 12:30 lmao the worst flop

[lostinshalott]

omg that sounds like a nightmare how could there not be fireworks!???? tbh when I've been in london I notice a lot of french come over and do new years there so maybe its kind of known to not be a good spot!

[blazingeternity]

Aren't you from Berlin any way? Even architecturally there's not that much new in Paris then, and you can look at concrete, drown in crowds and squeeze in with strangers in street cafés at home as well!

I also found Paris somewhat underwhelming, but I guess for people who haven't seen much of Europe, who have this romantic, almost idolized image of Paris and don't know that type of architecture and vibe otherwise, it's outstanding.

[manu19]

I guess you are right. That's like me going to a foreign city with lots of skyscrapers and skylines. People from NYC are probably like "eh"

[whiterabit]

as a near life long New Yorker, I go to other cities and say "meh". But not all of them. Tokyo and London are the two I liked the least cus it felt the same as being home.

[merel_93]

Paris, of all the major cities in Europe, is the most romaticised. Tourists are better off going to Prague or Budapest and it´s cheaper too.

[swimbee]

My hotel room in Paris had bed bugs and when I went to the front desk to complain about it, the manager pretended that he didn’t know what I was talking about. That whole trip was terrible and I’ve always held a grudge against the whole city because of it lol

[winter_lace]

the floor of my hotel room was so filthy that my feet got black when I walked in bare feet across them. I was shocked