British Journalist Says "Paris Isn't Paris Anymore"

Are you going on a European vacation making the rounds to London, Paris and Rome? If so, think again about Paris. The last time I was in Paris it was PARIS with French language, French people, French food, French culture. But Paris isn't like that anymore. It's unsafe, filthy, dangerous and most people living there don't speak French.

My personal suggestion is this: don't go to Europe unless it's Poland, Hungary or Czechoslovakia - the three Eastern European countries not taking in migrants and as a result are therefore still safe. If you opt out of choosing Europe, go to Central or South America. Antigua, Guatemala and Quito, Ecuador are safe and economical with great food and friendly people. There are no terrorist attacks and no frightening mugging-type bracelet scams (shown in the video below). 

Be aware that Europe is changing into a third world continent. Do not assume that bringing unlimited numbers into Europe means that within a few years the migrants will be good Europeans contributing to European culture and civilization. It hasn't worked out that way. Watch the video (Language warning!) and be wise. (This video is by The Iconoclast. His YouTube channel is HERE.)

SHAKEN EARTH

SHAKEN EARTH

by Martin Mariano Barillas

 

At times the best way to learn about another country is not from an academic history book, but rather from historical fiction, principally written by an author whose family lived that history which was handed down orally through generations. Such is Shaken Earth, a dynamic first novel by Martin Barillas whose father lived in the Guatemalan era of the 1930s and beyond. This novel should be required reading for anyone traveling to Guatemala today.

Guatemala is home to many volcanoes and earthquakes, hence the name Shaken Earth, however the earth shakes in other ways there with dark politics, insurrections and the overthrow of Central American governments in order to build banana republic dictatorships created to accommodate United Fruit Company and vast international coffee plantations. Barillas describes Guatemala in the 1930s as a country “where there was a scrim of European culture overlying a Creole blending of Spanish conquistador ethics and Maya traditions with the addition of Yankee business and diplomatic acumen.”