I caught these two visitors from Kansas doing the “touching the top of the Eiffel Tower” photo on the Champ de Mars. And bravo, I say! Being cool is for nightclubs, trendy restaurants, and boutiques where the socks cost what you make a month. Unless you run into someone from back home (which is actually a strong possibility around Parisian tourist sights), who cares how stupid you look?
Actually, I have run into friends from home more than once in Paris, and not just at the top tourist spots! Suppose there is rather more travel between Montréal and Paris than most places, though…