Believe it or not, going to Paris will really make you doubt your life.

Paris is known as "the capital of art", "the capital of fashion" and "the city of romance". Indeed, Paris seen from TV and magazines is perfect and romantic. However, the real Paris may disappoint you. Especially free travel, because traveling with a group will only take you to the most beautiful and safest place in Paris, but the scope of your free travel in Paris will be much larger, and the Paris you see and feel will be very different.

But believe it or not, going to Paris will really make you nervous.

A popular saying among travelers is "Paris syndrome". The so-called "Paris syndrome" first refers to the mental symptoms such as nausea, insomnia, indescribable fear, inferiority complex and persecution paranoia when foreign tourists (outside France) arrive in Paris and witness the great difference between the real Paris and the Paris in their hearts. "Paris syndrome" first appeared in Japanese tourists (it was not very common for China people to ride donkeys in Europe at that time), and this syndrome was officially reported in the French psychiatric magazine Nervure in 2004.

When traveling to France, Asian faces are the worst. If it is an Asian face carrying a luxury brand bag, there is a high probability that it will be targeted. In recent years, most of the incidents in which French tourists and Chinese in China were stolen in Paris occurred in the so-called "unsafe zone", but now the financial invasion in Paris has gradually spread to the "safe zone", which is not absolutely safe.

June 5438+last year 10, the French discount season, my husband and I came to the legendary Paris. From the airport to the hotel, the city appearance of Paris left a good impression on us. 65438+1October 1 1 Yesterday, I went to the Champs Elysé es with my newly bought Chanel bag, and came to the landmark Arc de Triomphe in Paris with my husband, ready to take some nice photos.

After the summit, we no longer need a tripod. After taking photos with Paris in the entrance direction, my husband habitually hangs a tripod on the camera edge and puts it in a small corner, so it's not too late to take photos after taking a lap. However, our simplicity cost us a tripod from China!

Because tripods are not expensive, we can't delay the trip for hundreds of dollars, but we can only suffer from this boring loss, but I didn't expect that the real excitement is yet to come. Because the tripod was stolen, the mood of the next trip and the night scene shooting were discounted, so we strolled around the Arc de Triomphe, took some photos, found a cafe to eat something and prepared to go back. For convenience, we specially took an Uber. As a result, I never dreamed that someone would smash the window with a stone and take away the Chanel bag I put on my leg at the moment when the traffic jam stopped, and I was cut by broken glass slag at the moment of fighting! It was all blood. I was so scared that I suddenly exclaimed. My husband reacted and got off for a second. Uber driver was a little scared and asked me in accented English, how am I?

65438+1October 12, because I hurt my hand and lost a lot of money, we were all in a bad mood. I was forced to rest all day, thinking about sorting out my mood, and then I faced this surprise Paris.

65438+ 10/3, we went to Notre Dame de Paris for a stroll. This time, we learned the lesson, tightly framed the bag and camera in the line of sight, and quickly left after taking the photo. Everything is going on nervously. Not only that, we rejected all foreigners who talked to us like they had post-traumatic stress disorder, and the whole process accelerated. We are a little afraid of this trap-filled Paris.

65438+1October14th, our last day in France, we met our long-lost French friend Adolf. When asked about the hand injury, we told him that we lost a tripod and an expensive Chanel bag this time. Adolf looked at us regretfully and said that he forgot to remind us not to show off our wealth in Paris, especially Asian faces like you are more likely to be targeted. We asked him curiously, isn't France the birthplace of luxury goods? The street is full of passers-by carrying luxury bags.

Adolf explained to us: In recent years, due to public security problems, many French people began to use China's bags in order to reduce losses. For the French, the quality is the same. China's and LV's are completely similar in appearance, which has become a "loss" choice for many French people. Even if they are robbed or stolen, they will not lose too much. According to him, many China products, such as Super A Globe Mail, have opened pop-up stores in the flea market in Paris. The cheap prices not only attract local people in Paris, but also attract many foreign tourists to visit here.

Not only that, people who steal for a living also know that people with Asian faces who can travel to Europe have certain financial resources, and they will definitely dress up when they travel. Cameras, luxury bags, and a lot of cash are only on Asian tourists, and they will definitely be true. Unlike foreigners who carry luxury bags, it may take some effort to buy inexpensive substitutes from China. More importantly, tourists in foreign countries don't have enough time to deal with emergencies. If they delay the later trip for this matter, they will only lose more than they gain. Therefore, ordinary foreign tourists who meet such people in Paris can only swallow them silently.

In fact, it's not just Paris that disappoints us. Problems of one kind or another exist all over the world. We need to look at a city, a thing and a person comprehensively and objectively. We can't just see beauty and aura and take it for granted that this is all. We should also understand and accept those shortcomings and deficiencies. Only in this way can we really love a city, a thing and a person.

There are 1000 Paris in the eyes of 1000 people. Whether it is waves, floods, robbery, theft, deception, or countless Chanel, Dior, luxury goods, historical buildings, famous paintings and statues, it all depends on our experience here. Perhaps it is because of too many immigrants, complex ethnic composition and different upbringing and educational backgrounds that the complex environment here has been created. Of course, I'm not an expert in this field, so I won't comment. I'll leave it to you to experience.