Friends in Services

Peruvian Lady working at the Sheraton Preimier in Vienna (Virginia, USA). A very sharp and warm-hearted lady indeed (April 2006). Happy to meet again (August 2007).
1. Hilton Lady in Milan. She is a cheerful Italian lady (November 2003).
2. This Hilton lady came from Germany, and is now a hostess at the Hilton Copenhagen Airport (June 2002). Earlier, she worked at the Hilton hotel in Arlington near Washington, DC (U.S.A). Since I live in the Washington area, we had many things to talk about. Indeed, Hilton knows how to run the hotel business.
3. Paris Hilton at the Charles de Gaulle Airport. This delightful lady came also from Germany, and was very kind to me when I was staying in the hotel (May 2005). Hilton seems to be consistent with German ladies.
4. Stockholm (Sweden). Hotel Adlon conveniently located near the central railroad station (June 2005).
5. Jordanian Lady who speaks Arabic, English and French. She works at the cash counter of a five-star hotel called "Hotel President Wilson" in Geneva. Her mother is an American lady. She knows how to talk to oil princes from Arabian countries. Photo taken in April of 2003.
6. Crowne Plaza Hotel in Montreal (Canada 2004).
7. President Hotel Kievsky is one of the upscal hotels in Kiev (October 2006). Receptionists are well trained to greet international guests.
8. Receptionist at the Holiday Inn in Avignon (2017).
9. Receptionist at the Grand Hotel St. Michel in Paris (2017).
10. This receptionist at Metz's Ibis hotel is saying Good Bye to me (2012).
11. Receptionist at the Hotel Mercure in Strasbourg.
Receptionist at the Chagall Museum in Nice (2017). Another photo.
1. Lalique. French ladies working at the Lalique headquarters store in Paris (July 2002). I bought an item at this store. They were very happy to have a photo with me.
Promotion. In 2000, she was working at the Kiev in Kharkov restaurant, but she became promoted to the manager's position when I went to Kharkov again in 2001. She was birght, cheerful and warm-hearted. It was a pleasure to see her again.
1. Another set of Happy to See You Again! at the Hotel Metropol in Kharkov (2002). One year earlier in 2001 at the same place.
2. Kazan Restaurant. During the Soviet era, all restaurants were run by the government, and only high-ranking members of the communist party were allowed to the restaurants. This tradition lasts now for their new riches. The service people were also carefully selected. This Russian lady looks like an airline attendant serving the first-class cabin (1999).
3. Italian Restaurant in Kazan (2009). The owner of this restaurant is in this photo.
4. Krakow's Jarema is a traditional Polish restaurant with an interesting history. Krakow is the culinary capital of Eastern Europe, and there are more than 300 restaurants around the city center square. Nice food should be accompanied by an intelligent talk mate (November 2002).
5. Lady from El Salvador, working at the Sir Walter Raleigh Inn (American-style restaurant) near my house (2002). El Salvador is a small country, but it produces many people. There are many Salvadoran ladies in the Washington area. They are all cheerful ladies.
6. at the Brasserie Les Halles in New York these ladies were eager to make me very happy (2006), but they seem to be happier without me. I went there again in 2009.
7. at the Grand Cafe near the Paris Opera House (2010).
8. Two Hostesses at a classy steak house called "Le Keg" in Old Montreal (Canada 2004).
9. Alps Water served by two Alps ladies at Saas Fee (Switzerland, June 2004). The Alps water of course comes from the Alps snow caps during the summer months.
10. French lady working at a hotel restaurant in Qingtao, China (2016).
11. Texaco gas pump. There used to a petroleum company called Texaco in the United States, but no longer. I was very happy to spot this Texaco pump in Metz. These charming French ladies think it is still a major petroleum company in the United States.
French Chef in Paris in front of Cafe Deux Magot, in le martin de Paris (the morning of Paris).
1. Danish Pastry Shop near the central railroad station in Copenhagen (Denmark 2006).
2. Two French ladies at a pastry store in Metz. French pastry stores are like art museums.
3. French Chef in Hamburg. French cooking is respected throughout the world.
4. French Chef in Nice (2017).
Gift Shop in St.Petersburg. There are many gift-shop girls in Russia looking like her. This girl speaks both English and French fluently. She has been to the United States. Many service-related ladies have relatives in the U.S., and they have been to New York, Boston, and/or Los Angeles.
1. Amber Museum in Kaliningrad. There are amber stores in this museum. From this lady, I bought an item for my friend in the United States (2005). Kaliningrad is the amber capital of the world. Do you know where this city is?
2. Fruit Vendor in Moscow (1999).
3. Horse Trader in Guadalajara (Mexico, 1995). She came from Germany with the horses she raised there.
4. Flower Vendor in Kharkov (1999).
  Another Vendor in Kharkov (1999).
5. Gold Dealer, from Thailand. There are many gold mines and processing plants in Thailand. She is wearing a gold necklace. This photo was taken on an AirFrance flight from Venice to Paris, directly above the Alps (June 2000).
6. Bohemian Crystal. Crystal store named "Celetna Crystal" in Prague. I bought a set of cordial glasses here (July 2001).
7. Ticket Lady in Prague. She was selling concert tickets in Prague (2001). I knew the concert was one of those popular ones and not up to my standard, but she was so persuasive that I had to buy a ticket. The program was the Mozart Requiem, and it was not bad. She said her dream is to come to the United States and share the excitement with the young people of the world.
8. Gift Shop in Budapest. There are many gift shops aimed at tourists. These ladies work at one of the exclusive gift shops. Items there are so expensive that they do not have to deal with many ordinary customers, and they have enough time to smoke outside their shop (2003).
9. Bolivian Lady working at one of the crystal shops in Stockhom (June 2005). She is very happy with me because I bought a gift item for my daughter in law. She is holding a credit-card slip (money!) which I signed.
10. Gift Shop at the Hotel Rus in Kiev. This lady is very happy because I bought gift items from her (October 2006).
11. Gift Shop in Kharkov (Ukraine, November 2001). Can you tell these two different pictures contain the same set of people?
French police officers in Marseille (July 2008). Very cheerful ladies.
1. Two officers working for the city hall. I met them at one of the restaurants in Metz. They are competent administrators, and they know how people live. We had very interesting conversations on many things in the world.
Airline Hostesses are highly educated professionals. They set the standad for service industry.
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