Travel Reference
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Your hosts will expect you to be on time, although their
concept of this may differ from yours. People generally arrive
between 20 minutes to half an hour after the time called for
the rendezvous. Never arrive even two minutes early or 10
minutes after—you might be interrupting your hostess in the
midst of dressing or doing something in the kitchen.
Expect some physical contact. Colleagues and
acquaintances shake hands when they meet and at the end
of the encounter. When you know people a little better, they
may lean with their face forward, indicating that they have
moved from the handshake to the bisous —two kisses, one
on each cheek. In other areas of France, some people do
three and even four kisses, but two is generally the norm in
Paris. These are small, friendly greeting kisses and are often
repeated at the end of the rendezvous. Women also do the
bisous with each other, as do men who are family members
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