4 Clichés About French Travelers They Wish You’d Stop Thinking

The following is a guest post about breaking stereotypes of French girls and clichés about French travelers.

When I started traveling and meeting people from all over the world, I soon discovered that many countries seem to have some kind of fascination with the french culture.

Americans, in particular, seem to picture us constantly wearing high fashion and walking around the streets of Paris with a baguette tucked into our little fashionable bags, always in view of the Eiffel Tower of course.

These kind of clichés make me laugh, and some of them are even true. I do wear scarves, love red wine and think french bread is the only kind of real bread. On the other hand, I’ve been sometimes confronted by clichés that are … less funny.

1. We Are Dirty

I don’t know where this rumor started but french people are supposed to be dirty? I also heard many times that french women don’t shave. Luckily, that cliché, in particular, is easy to dispel, I just have to raise my arms!…