I was in France 4 times, 2 of them was hitchhiking.
I found them to be extremly nice and friendly, was invited 3 times for the night from normal people right from the street and used it

I love their food (Croissant au beurre= HMMMMMMMMMMMM ),
wine, girls, ----- Paris ----- and their landscape

Only complain is about their toilettes ??? and that they deny to speak any other language than french, glad i had some classes in school

Regards Blitz
btw Politically their government sometimes seems to be a little bit arrogant, but heh, they have nukes 2 ;-)