I'm a phony, and a charleton, and everyone will know it when I get ...

I've traveled a bit in Europe - to the UK and Italy - so I have some modest experience. However, once my initial excitement about going to Paris has mellowed, I find myself in a bit of panic. I don't speak French. ... We are staying in the 5th arrondissement very near the Pantheon at the Hotel Claude Bernard Saint Germain. The reviews I've read is that it is a nice moderately priced hotel, and the biggest complaint is that it has an unusually small lift, ...