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Hi alkadmzu and welcome to the Forum. You are automatically excused from any mistakes you may make in English. If you ever heard my disastrous attempts at French, you'd understand why.
Here's an example: my wife and I were in Cannes back in 04 and went for a drive along the coast. On the way back, we stopped at a beach-side bar for a glass of wine. Before we sat down we found the bathroom which turned out to be a single, one person at-a-time affair.
Anyway, my wife went in first and, when she came out, I walked her to a table and we ordered a glass of wine each then I walked back to the bathroom to find it now occupied. While I waited two elderly women came to wait behind me and it was clear one had to go very badly.
So, when the guy who'd been in there came out, I turned to the one woman, motioned for her to go in next and said in my faltering French, "Apres vous" but the scary thing is I got a bit rattled and almost said "Avec vous" . I probably wouldn't be here telling you this if I'd said that. I told my wife after wards and she sighed and ordered another glass of wine
On the plus side, I can order a glass of wine like a local.
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