France seemed much friendlier at first sight than the US did to Hari and I. Immigrations and customs were a breeze and our luggage was intact. The French drive on the same side of the road as the US so no adjustments were needed there. We got lost a few times before getting to Fontainebleau.
Then came the fun part: We parked in a store parking lot qnd wanted to go ask for directions. Hari and I fought over who should have the first pleasure of encountering the Frenchies:-).Hari won and I had to go and ask a few questions in French.Mind you........NO-ONE speaks any English. The storekeeper squinted at me not understanding the French I was speaking: not sure if it was the words or the accent or something else:-) The good news is we made it and since then our French encounters hqve been getting better. Less squinting and more smiling!!!!!
Since then we have found a lovely country house made of stone in the middle of French country forests and vegetable farms. Given that both Hari and I are big city people, this is going to be fun:-)))
French creperies are a dime a dozen too.............yummmm!
Some things I noticed:
1> Lots of old people out and about in France and I truly mean LOTS
2> OF most people that own real estate to rent out, it is generally the women that managed the renting out......maybe they are considered good at it or maybe it is because seemingly French people think abt women as homemakers primarily and hence women would fit this sort of role best.
3> Unlike popular belief French babes are not necessarily very pretty looking. French guys are flirty
4> French people dress phenomenqlly well. One finds very few people wearing sneakers. Each town also seems to hqve an abnornally largz number of hair dressers [coiffures]
Au revoir for now and bonvoyage to us. We finally head out on vacation before school starts. First stop: Brussels.
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