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You know you’re in France #20

Posted on 20 June, 2019 by jb

…when they have laws against painting stuff….

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You know you’re in Menerbes #19….

Posted on 19 June, 2019 by jb

….when that washing machine noise you think you’re hearing is heaps of folding stuff being recycled. Dude #1 has bought an old structure (probably belonged to the larger structure on the left…)  just below the village. Thought it might be … Continue reading →

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Is this the new Johnny Hallyday…?

Posted on 18 June, 2019 by jb

Certainly seems very popular, this Don Desang chappy. Concerts all OVER the place and pretty much every day, although I wouldn’t be too interested in fronting up in the late afternoon for a singalong… Funny lot, these French…

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You know you’re in Menerbes #18

Posted on 17 June, 2019 by jb

….when the cafes and streets are deserted, because all the Yanks and Brits are drifting around elsewhere on a pilgrimage to track down Peter Mayle, advertising guy who bailed out and wrote “A year in Provence” which kicked off the … Continue reading →

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You know you’re in France #17k

Posted on 16 June, 2019 by jb

…… when the rusty French (that was actually *really* good 55 years ago) let’s you translate stuff like this in a flash – “The wine in front of you” -, but you have *no* idea (if you ever knew…) that … Continue reading →

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You know you’re in France #16

Posted on 15 June, 2019 by jb

…when you can bike over le pont Julien, a 3BC Roman bridge over which passed the Via Dolomitia, connecting Italy with its Gallic provinces. Although you don’t have to be in the Luberon to negotiate ancient structures (open to all … Continue reading →

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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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