With apologies to my good French friends.

A tourist in London was walking down the street and had to go to the toilet. He goes into an alley and a police office sees him. The officer tell him he can't do that there and to follow him. He walks the guy down the alley, around the corner and opens a gate and tells the guy to go in there and do it. He comes out and says that place was beautiful with cut grass, beautiful trees and flowers. What was that place? The officer replies, "that was the French embassy