Just a quick comment. It's not just the Americans who have found the French to be less than hospitable. All of Europe dislikes the French, especially Parisians. I loved my time in Alsace Lorraine and found the people very friendly. I'd like to visit the Loire Valley and maybe take a river cruise, but I'll pass on Paris, even though that means missing the Louvre. Ask the average Brit, German, or Swede what they think of the French. I don't know why, but the animosity is almost palpable and almost universal. Of course, ask the Brit about the Germans or the Germans about the Slavs or Italians or the Poles about the Germans or the Russians or any of them about the Turks.

The Merry Minuet by Sheldon Harnick (as bit dated, but still applicable)

They're rioting in Africa
They're starving in Spain
There's hurricanes in Florida
And Texas needs rain
the Whole world is festering with unhappy souls
The French hate the Germans, the Germans hate the Poles
Italians hate Yugoslavs, South Africans hate the Dutch
And I don't like Anybody very much.