Ah ok, you're posting after the fact about things that happened in the past.
So, retired people aren't cool? I think there's so much to be gained by interacting with people who have lived much more life than ourselves, one can learn from their experiences, gain wisdom and have the chance to apply it. Maybe that's not cool, but I think it is.
I totally agree with that, I loved the time in my old job were we had beer friday and I was between all older people since the young people were in school. But Germans and French people usually just speak their own language and I might just not be social enough to start like a conversation with them. Had some conversations in very very broken English with french people but it is just tiring if you can't really talk. It's not a real conversation if you get what I mean. The young people do usually speak english and are comfortable to speak in a foreign language.
Yep, the Germans and the French are like that. In all my travels I've always tried to open every conversation in the language of the country; they realise pretty quickly I can't speak much (although I speak some French and Italian) and they revert to English mostly. I guess they respect that I tried.
That sounds like a good way! But most French people with campers I encountered really don't speak a word of English. It is better under the younger generations.