Agreed, Big Mick. It is a troll. Making a generalisation like that is inaccurate and deliberately provocative.

I felt I had to say something here, particularly because right now I have my brother and his delightful French family visiting here. He left Oz in 1973 and makes his living in Paris as a musician - His wife is part of the group, and a lovelier person you could not hope to meet. I've been over there three times and spent quite a lot of time mixing with the locals, and it's all been positive. Love the place and love the people. If they told me tomorrow I couldn't live in Sydney any more, my next choice would be France - Paris in particular. My French is rather shaky, but I try, and people respect that. I have found everyone I have met extremely friendly and helpful.

We've all seen the loud obnoxious tourists who expect their hosts to be the ones to adapt to them. I suspect that many of those who have negative experiences when travelling cause those situations with their own ignorant and arrogant attitudes.