So---if you imagined a tour to Spain, France and Italy, wouldn't you imagine some delicious cuisine at local restaurants? So far, the food has been quite disappointing. All of our dinners have been included. I guess they think that we Americans only eat meat and fries. The first night was fried chicken breast with tons of french fries. We ate it and smiled. The next night was some soup and fries. The third night was weird spam/hamburger patties with french fries......and last night we were all guessing what the food would be.......we were mostly right, about the French fries, at least---huge undercooked sausage links and french fries!!!! Nobody touched them!!! Oh my!!!
Today, we drove into France. We visited the castle at Carcasonne. It was really nice. We had quiche for 5 Euros. At least it was pretty tasty. It was funny though, because the waiter was smoking a cigarette while he was waiting for our order to be put together. Can we say, Smoked Quiche? Mmmmmm.......
So the French are so different from us Americans. Cassy, from my group, accidently left her digital camera in the taxi yesterday. She was so sad but decided to buy another one today. We went to the Carrefour grocery store. We got there at 8:55 and it closed at 9:00pm. We found her the perfect camera. However, when she finally decided to buy it, they told us the place was closed. It will also be closed tomorrow for Sunday. I asked him politely in French if he could please just help her get a camera and he said, "No! We are closed." So they started turning the lights off on everybody and we brought our drinks to the front to buy. I felt so bad for Cassy. I explained, though, that the French mentality is different than ours. In France, they live for getting off work and going home. In the USA, we would never give up another sale like that.
Tomorrow we are going to be in NIce before heading to Italy. Hopefully we will get some para-sailing in. I talked that up to the kids on the tour so much and now I think we are feeling rushed.
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Cuz, I've heard that the French have 30-35 work weeks. There is a huge cultural difference. Americans seem more driven to have $$, while French seem to want to relax and do little. America flourishes because of hard working people. What a tough way for that girl to learn that lesson. At least she hasn't been pickpocketed. I'm glad you're out of Spain. France is way better anyways!!!! This country WILL be better!
True, cuz! The people in France were so much friendlier than in Spain..but maybe it was just the cities we passed through.
Charlotte, When I went with your Grandma VanWagenen to Europe 22 years ago, we had the "chicken and pea" tour. Our dinners were included and that's what we were served over half of the time. So I'm not sure which is worse: "chicken and peas" or "meat and fries."
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