I went to France and I found the French to be very pleasant people. The Parisians were in a hurry and a little pushy, but no more so than in any other city I've been in. And most people were very tolerant of my pidgen French. The Eiffel Tower seems kind of small and sedate by today's standards (compared to the CN Tower, for example) but it's still a great piece of engineering and a lot of fun to go up.
"Which do you mean? An American or European robin?"
I was just astonished to learn that AltaVista is still around.