Hello Elfeba, Some have the impression that French tend to be associated with snobbism and a bit of racism as well, the later tending to be truer. If you mingled with french ,spoke their language and know them well they are inclined to be simple people ,however the prejudgments in general are inadvertently misleading; contrary to legend, at least from my experiences, the French are very helpful if a foreigner tries to speak their language, for which they have great reverence. However in Geneva airport *french speaking yet not french* I had a worse experience, although it being an international location where English speaking is a must; maybe the employee there was hardly trying to protect his Swiss french from the "franglais" influence., je ne sais pas quoi ;) Living in France and being an immigrant would put you in another situation regarding your job opportunities etc , but as you are going as tourist attending a festival so no worries. If you mingled a lot you might feel some xenophobia *abnormal fear or hatred of the strange or foreign* in the air, but certainly you could end up making nice friends. By the way are you heading Paris ? I assume ? French waiters tend to be rude ,but that is not because of your nationality ,so just smile and be patient and don't take such attitudes personal ;). Have a great trip "Bon voyage" :)

Hello, I agree Cherry. I'm french and I think frenches can be very friendly but the problem is their relationship to another language. We're very bad at foreign language even at english that is the first language we learn (until 11 years old). So If you can only speak english or turkirsh and if the person you talk to can only speak french and only a bit of english, you will have difficulties to become friends. Concerning your nationality and religion, like in other countries there is racism ( I don't think french are the champions of racism but it can happen sometimes, unfortunately :( ) Bye, and I wish you a good trip in France! ;)

hystorically we have said that except for french people, france is a very good country. it is true that lately france has a lot of social problems of ethnic component. french are not friendly at the beginning, as it is not any european people i know. it all depends on the places you move, the groups, the age, the soorundings, etc. if you dont expect too much it can be ok. i have been a lot of times in france and it is true that the less you interact with them, the better. but this is a personal opinion. there is one thing for sure, the more polite you are, the more they make an "effort" not to be really disgusting. anyway, you take your conclusions when there.

When I was in France 2 years ago I found them very pleasant and friendly despite my basic level of French.

i dont have much idea of french people.. but only one thing that i know for my own if your going to some place or anywhere show them that you came their to learn,work or to have friends. i am sure that not all the people are the same in one place. but if your afraid of what you heard to others well for your own safety i think you should stay in a safe place where you can still enjoy what you came for. @ Joseph i agree for that you said.. take care buddy have a nice trip... cowboy..