European Culture

Between the three places that we've visited, one piece of European culture that I've noticed is the way that the different countries interact with you once they know they are talking to a foreigner. In the Netherlands the native people treated you with warm hospitality, loved to joke around, and are more surprised than angry when you can only speak a limited number of their language. Belgium was in the middle and didn't show too much emotion either way if you didn't know their culture or language. France though is on the other side of the scale. While some Parisians joke around, most are quick to give you annoyed stares or become irritated and snippy when you ask if they speak English. And in a way I can understand this since we're the same way in the U.S. It's hard to come into a country where you don't know the language and expect them to speak in a language other then their native tongue. In  all though all three countries were different in their reactions from the others.