Monthly Archives: June 2019

You know you’re in Fr.. er..anywhere #15

Posted on 14 June, 2019 by jb

..when your swimming pool has 10 loungers, 8 of which have been towelled/badetuched* by the sodding Krauts-in-residence (Ms jb excluded) * https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/5934002/How-the-Germans-won-the-War-of-the-Beach-Towels.html

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You know you’re in France #14

Posted on 13 June, 2019 by jb

…when they spell “teatime” differently. Tastes a bit funny, too…. Tea bowl by mon ami Jean-Nicolas Gerard

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You know you’re in France #13a

Posted on 12 June, 2019 by jb

…when you burn more calories *getting* the baguette than it actually *contains*….

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You know you’re in France #13

Posted on 12 June, 2019 by jb

…when – on Friday afternoon – the travailleurs du bâtiment (who are spending the rest of the year digging holes and ripping up tarmac all over Apt) corral all their kit into about 10% of the area they occupy during … Continue reading →

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You know you’re….anywhere #12

Posted on 11 June, 2019 by jb

….when you join the cluster of blokes (“Stand over there with the rest of the idiots and don’t do/say anything stupid. And TRY and look as if you’re ENJOYING yourself…”) while the wimmin shop for sodding CLOTHES at the marché … Continue reading →

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You know you’re in France #11

Posted on 10 June, 2019 by jb

…when the a la carte menu offers some stunning stuff, but your 2 course formule lunch only costs as much as a starter. With the same quality….. L’Estrade, St. Saturnin lès Apts

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You know you’re in France #10

Posted on 9 June, 2019 by jb

…when it’s 30 degrees in the shade, the ice cream parlour was meant to open at noon, it’s 3pm and it’s CLOSED. And no, it’s not Samedi….

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My elderly Cousin Ruth reckons….

Posted on 8 June, 2019 by jb

….that you can tell a good restaurant if it provides fish knives pour le poisson. (She’s been known to fire off  incendiary missives of heavy duty bolleauxing to places that slip up that atomise restaurant manages in milliseconds….) So she’d … Continue reading →

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You know you’re in France #9

Posted on 8 June, 2019 by jb

…..when all the postcards are purple…

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You know you’re in France #8

Posted on 7 June, 2019 by jb

…when it’s wall-to-wall mediaeval wherever vous regardez..

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