Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It was still about 2 hours when I was in le Midi, often families all ate together at lunchtime. john -----Original Message----- I?m afraid these days are long gone Douglas. I lived the last 30 years or so of my ? active ? life with a 50 minutes' break maximum. And I was one of those privileged b?ds aka as civil servants ;-) What is definitely true is that dinner is way earlier in the UK for instance. And john is right in this respect. Amities Philippe, about to have a glorious nap now ;-) > Le 20 sept. 2017 ? 13:02, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> a ?crit : > > Nathan, > There are four keywords in your piece that explain France - "generously > long lunch break". > Long may it continue, and may the rest of the world learn from them. > > Douglas > > > On 20/09/2017 05:03, Nathan Wajsman wrote: >> The week was French because I spent the first half of it in Bordeaux, and >> once I was back home, my French cousin came to visit with her husband and >> their daughter. They live in Brussels where the weather is already quite >> autumnal while here in Alicante the beaches are still full of people. Our >> guests really enjoyed it, as well as the food at Hostal Maruja and >> elsewhere. Lots of happy people here, beautiful modern art from Bordeaux, >> sunshine, and interesting architecture here: >> >> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws/?page_id=1971 >> >> As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated. >> >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// >> <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: >> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >> <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> >> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator >> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> >> YNWA >>