Thoughts from the RER: Mistaken for Americans

I opened the RER doors on Monday and discovered 5 people wearing cowboy hats. I really truly thought they were Texans that were coming to Paris, until they started speaking French! It turned out that they were coming back from Texas and they found it hilarious each time someone opened the doors and saw a sea of cowboys. Obviously, everyone else thought like me, "what kind of American comes to France dressed as a cowboy?!"

Then yesterday, I was sitting on the train going back home. At each stop someone yelled the name of the spot. And I looked up and saw a sea of John Deere hats. First, I

thought they were Americains again, because they didn't look like real French. They were blond, so it kind of made sense.

But they were French coming back from the Salon d'Agriculture which is going on just until Sunday and they must have decided to buy out the whole John Deere store.

Do you have any stories about mistaken identity?