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The best way to find a taxi is to go to a taxi station, generally at the corner of the street (there are 15.000 taxis in Paris but it is not enough for the demand). But if its roof light is on, you can call a taxi by the street when you are sufficiently lucky. There are 3 places in a taxi, 4 if the driver accepts a person at its right (we are not in London). The taxi drivers do not generally speak English (some do not speak correctly French) and they are often rude because it is not a profitable job. Be indulgent. There’s no better way to bring a city’s culture and history to life than through a guide’s anecdotes, character sketches, jokes, and tons of background details. Local guides who concentrate only on one city or sight are usually experts, not tour bus escorts who’ve merely memorized a canned spiel for each town, stop, and sight along the way. Guided Specialty Walking Tours For some walks, you must reserve in advance; for most, you just show up at a specified place and time and pay the guide a nominal fee ($4 to $10). Unordered items—Easy to do when you cant read the language well so its hard to tell whats what on the scribbled bill. Fictional surcharges—Though in some countries a cover charge is perfectly legal, check your guidebook for the local norm. Some Tricks Doubled taxes—Lets see, thatd be 15% for the government, and 15% for the waiters pocket. Simple shortchanging—Scrutinize the bill carefully, but surreptitiously and politely—no need to offend the thousands of honest waiters by being obvious about your suspicions. Europe still harbors a few countries where they count pocket change in increments of a thousand. In these places especially, many unscrupulous types try to catch new arrivals by confusing them with all those zeros, giving change for 5,000. They may even try this in a country that uses Euros because, until you get the hang of the currency, a 10 and a 100 might look pretty similar (in that neither looks instantly familiar)