[Stealth]

check your link DG

[CP5670]

Take the airport shuttle.

Anyway, try using a taxi or a bus; the buses are cheaper while the cabs are not limited to bus stops. Of course, the best option is to not travel at all and just stay home.

what country do you live in? here, trains are as cheap as it can reasonably be ( plus usually I have 50% discount, but right now, I have free tickets coz I'm searching for a job - isn't France cool, after all?  )

I think he was referring to interstate trains; local trains are usually pretty cheap (the fare for the metrorail system here in the DC area is only a dollar or two) but more long-distance trains (amtrak, etc.) can indeed cost nearly as much as the plane fares.

No... I don't mean to offend the French (and you), but learn to speak English damnit. I happen to speak French but the rest of my family besides my parents don't. It's VERY annoying that 99% of all French I encountered didn't speak a single word english... All my bro got as a response was "Que? Je ne parle pas Anglais....".

My parents and brother spent a few days in paris a couple of weeks ago; I should ask them if they had the same experience, since they don't know a word of a french.

[Nico]

Originally posted by Tiara

No... I don't mean to offend the French (and you), but learn to speak English damnit. I happen to speak French but the rest of my family besides my parents don't. It's VERY annoying that 99% of all French I encountered didn't speak a single word english... All my bro got as a response was "Que? Je ne parle pas Anglais....".

Though its a nice country for sight-seeing

mmh? most french I know speak english.
I know more french people that speak english than the other way around
btw, it's "quoi?", not "que" ( que might have been used around 1600, tho ) - and "quoi?" isn't really polite ( it's "what?" ).

Originally posted by Hippo

J'ai un poisson dans mon pantalon.  

That must not be very confortable

Originally posted by CP5670
I think he was referring to interstate trains; local [...]the plane fares.
 

well yeah, USA is large, but still I can't see how it can be as expensive as plane . Unless you have some train like the TGV ( fast train in France that goes at 320 km/h ), it should still be cheaper...

[Hippo]

Originally posted by Venom


That must not be very confortable

Il y-a un grenade du main dans mon hampster aussi.

Regarder le forchette! Craignez la fourchette! Tu ou vous a une cuillère? Don mois le cuillère!. *Explosion forte entendue dans la distance.*

This is all I ever did in french for a whole semester...

[Nico]

Originally posted by Hippo


Il y-a un grenade du main dans mon hampster aussi.

Regarder le forchette! Craignez la fourchette! Tu ou vous a une cuillère? Don mois le cuillère!. *Explosion forte entendue dans la distance.*

This is all I ever did in french for a whole semester...

you need to train a "bit" more
mmh...
no, actually, you don't. I can't understand why someone who doesn't live in a french-speaking country would learn french

[Tiara]

Originally posted by Venom
no, actually, you don't. I can't understand why someone who doesn't live in a french-speaking country would learn french

Standard on every high school here (With some exceptions to that rule). You AT least 2-3 years of French.

[delta_7890]

ANYWAY.  To get back on topic..  A bus or motocoach would indeed be the best bet it seems, as far as cost, but..the problem is finding out weather or not she'd be able to get to the airport, or even Birmingham, in a timely fashion..

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Originally posted by Venom

no, actually, you don't. I can't understand why someone who doesn't live in a french-speaking country would learn french

So that people don't complain.
"They teach English in France, so surely we should teach French in England."

Which is missing the point entirely.

[Grey Wolf]

Originally posted by diamondgeezer
You can always try Zen navigation - just pick a car that looks like it knows where it's going, and follow it. You may not neccessarily end up where you wanted to be, but you quite often end up somewhere useful and/or interesting

That's from "The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul", isn't it?

[Unknown Target]

A Bike. You could always bill yourself as a enviromental concious, healthy guy.

[Nico]

Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB


So that people don't complain.
"They teach English in France, so surely we should teach French in England."

Which is missing the point entirely.

Yeah. People who don't give a damn about English in France will remain bad, no matter how many years they're forced to learn it. just like anything else.

[diamondgeezer]

Originally posted by Stealth
check your link DG

God damn it, it worked earlier. Maybe we raped their bandwith cap or something. Anyway, try this one instead; an0n will appreciate it even if no-one else does

[CP5670]

ooh the front wheel has planetary gears in it...

poisson

hey this was the name of a mathematican; so it is a normal french word as well?

well yeah, USA is large, but still I can't see how it can be as expensive as plane . Unless you have some train like the TGV ( fast train in France that goes at 320 km/h ), it should still be cheaper...

I don't know; that is what I have heard anyway. Maybe the train is more luxurious or something; they must have some advantages or the train companies would be out of business by now.

Standard on every high school here (With some exceptions to that rule). You AT least 2-3 years of French.

It is similar here, but it can be any foreign language. They should drop these weird requirements and put in more math ones instead...

[diamondgeezer]

Originally posted by CP5670
hey this was the name of a mathematican; so it is a normal french word as well?

Funnily enough, it means 'fish'. Lucky for us Mr Scruff isn't french...

[tEAbAG]

Originally posted by CP5670

I don't know; that is what I have heard anyway. Maybe the train is more luxurious or something; they must have some advantages or the train companies would be out of business by now.

If the American government didn't give them huge subsidies the interstate passenger train system (except for the new england area) would have gone out of buisness long ago.

[Goober5000]

Originally posted by Venom
I can't understand why someone who doesn't live in a french-speaking country would learn french

Because 90% of Europe speaks either French or English.  Or both. Probably true of most of the rest of the world too.

In my school, we had a choice of either French of Spanish to learn as a second language.  We all did French. I actually thought it was easier to learn than Spanish.

Originally posted by GalacticEmperor
Trains rock. There's no driving at all, you can just sit back and relax, read a book or whatever. It's also much more spacious than an airplane. Tell her to look at Amtrak or whatever tickets.

I agree.  I've taken the train tons of times to commute back and forth from college.  Have a look around - you're bound to find a local train (e.g. Septa) that connects to a main line somewhere.  At least on the East coast.

[Zeronet]

I spend 5 years learning french or more accuractly, drawing stuff in my french jotter. I wish it had been japanese instead, so i could of actually learnt something useful.

[Nico]

Originally posted by diamondgeezer

Jayce!!!! i always bothered me: that series ( don't remember the english name, wheeled warriors or something? ) was made to sell the toys, but the toys don't look like the vehicles in the series , and they actually look bad ( the cartoon ones rocked ).

Originally posted by Gobber5000
Because 90% of Europe speaks either French or English. Or both.  Probably true of most of the rest of the world too.

well, in fact, now that you mention it, there's more european countries that speak french compared to english, indeed.

[kasperl]

well, to be honest, i ahte French, as a language. i've had 3 years of it now, and i'm going to have to take another one before i can drop it in favour of German. also, in those 3 years, i didn't even learn enough to ask for a bloody bread without a pocked dictionary, and pointing what i want.

about the transportation thing, as i said earlier, see if she can get a ride from a neighbour or friend.

[Martinus]

[color=66ff00]I think french is quite a lovely language. *shrugs*

As for the transport question, I doubt anyone who did not live witing the vicinity of where you reside could give you a good answer. Personally I'd call in a favour from a friend or someone you know with a car.
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