Summering in the French Riviera
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@Horace said in Summering in the French Riviera:
This year I am summering in the French Riviera. Where are you summering this year?
I am not sufficiently WASPy as to verb seasons.
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DON’T let them eat cake.
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@jon-nyc said in Summering in the French Riviera:
I summer in winter.
I bet you weren’t expecting me to spring that one on you. Did you fall for it?
I autumn known you would pull something like that.
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Joe Biden has so much to answer for. The restaurants here are twice as good at half the cost. Everything on these plates was better than anything I get in America and this plus two espresso drinks plus a dessert was 58, and no tipping. Picked this place out of a hat and it was all but empty. Just another restaurant around here.
Then there’s the undersold AirBnB listing that turns out to be a room built into the side of a mountain in a 400 year old village, with spa and swimming pool. For about one price of a Best Western in a big city.
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@Horace Nice!! Very cool! Enjoy the trip.
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@taiwan_girl said in Summering in the French Riviera:
@Horace Nice!! Very cool! Enjoy the trip.
Literally Nice! We’re going there tomorrow.
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@Horace said in Summering in the French Riviera:
Joe Biden has so much to answer for. The restaurants here are twice as good at half the cost. Everything on these plates was better than anything I get in America and this plus two espresso drinks plus a dessert was 58, and no tipping. Picked this place out of a hat and it was all but empty. Just another restaurant around here.
I'm a softy. Does it make you want to pay more for the meal? Great quality, not crowded. Glad you're having a good time, though!
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Might get stuck in Paris. Our first flight is delayed and we’ll miss our connection in Paris unless it’s delayed too. And the Air France rules are that we pay the difference in any rescheduled flight price. One way from Paris to America in the next day or two are many thousands of dollars.
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Hope you make it back safely. And these are the stories you will remember (along with all the good ones from your vacation).
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It was a memorable and enjoyable trip. We're already thinking about where to go next year. Lots of stress and lots of work in lots of ways, but that's part of it. I didn't remember making a choice to rent a manual transmission, but I apparently did make that choice. Luckily I had driven one 25 years ago, and it came back quickly, after I googled the trick to allow the shifter to go into reverse. Lots of twisty mountain roads and parking structures put a high premium on shifting well. Only stalled once, but I think the transmission is slightly worse for wear. Beautiful lavender fields and mountain views. Refreshing swimming pools. Delicious food. Got yelled at by two local shop owners for using their facilities without being customers. Once for sitting at a table apparently owned by a place next door to the bakery we got food at, and once for using a trash can just inside the open door of a small market, without going inside. Oh, and I got admonished in French for driving too far up a mountain where a restaurant was. Just following google. Little did I know that to go to this village, you needed to park before you got there, and walk the rest of the way. Instead, I ended up being directed to park in a very awkward place in front of a small shop, where the car stayed for several hours as we ate. When I got back, new people were there, and I'm sure they did not hear of the reason for my car being there. Luckily we couldn't communicate, so I was only subject to dirty looks rather than words.
