Help me to decide where to go for these holidays!

This summer I’m going to visit … well I haven’t decided yet where to go. I can’t decide between France, Portugal and Sweden. I’ve been already to some of these countries actually. But some of them are just so magnetic and attract me again and again when I’m trying to plan my vacation. This time I would like to go somewhere I haven’t been to yet… or may be not. I do not know! Help needed!

Frankly speaking I haven’t been to France. For me to go to this country means to go with a man you love ardently. The image of the country is very romantic and it has been nurtured by movies and French music (especially by Serge Gainsbourg and Charles Aznavour’s songs). But they say that France is overcrowded with tourists at the time, especially Paris. Well, it is not a problem at all for me even though some tourists are so annoying! Anyway the problem for me is absolutely different. Recently I have surfed the Internet and found many articles and posts on myths and stereotypes about France and French people. For example, they say the French are very arrogant and rude. So you are obliged to speak fluent French and if you ask the way in English you will hardly get an answer. Probably they would understand you and wouldn’t tell you a word. Pretty unpleasant information, right? Hopefully this is just another cultural difference and misunderstanding appearing between the French and those who do not know basic terms of this country.