A TOUR DE FRANCE WITH BILL AND ELIZABETH
JULY 24 MORE REMARKS ABOUT FRANCE
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JULY 8TH FRIDAY DAY ONE
JULY 9 SATURDAY STARTING TO TAKE IT ALL IN
JULY 10 SUNDAY A DAY FOR THE BIRDS
JULY 11 AT LAST SOME REAL SOUL FOOD
JULY 12 MERDE, IL PLEUT
JULY 13TH IF I RULED THE WORLD I'D BUILD A PLACE LIKE THIS
JULY 14 VENI VEDI VICI ON BASTILLE DAY
JULY 15 TRAVEL TO ST ETIENNE
JULY 16TH WEDDING OF SEBASTIAN AND EVELYN
JULY 17TH IN TRANSIT TO CAUX
JULY 18TH VISIT RON AND LESLEY IN CAUX
JULY 19TH TRAVEL TO CANNES
JULY 20TH CANNES THE FIRST DAY
JULY 21 GRASSE THIS TOWN STINKS
JULY 22 THE BANK OF MONTE CARLO BROKE US
JULY 23 OUR MISADVENTURE THANKS TO WOODY ALLEN
JULY 23 SOME WISDOM FROM MY TRAVELS
JULY 23 SATURDAY LAST DAY ALL DAY IN CANNES
JULY 24 FROM CANNES TO LYON
JULY 24 MORE REMARKS ABOUT FRANCE
JULY 25 LYON TO PARIS AND ELIZABETH'S BIRTHDAY
JULY 26TH. FIN!!!....MY LAST COMMENTS ABOUT FRANCE

NOBODY WRITES ABOUT THE DOWNSIDE OF FRANCE IT SEEMS EXCEPT ME.

  • Don’t wear white pants or shorts when in France.
  • Do take plenty of toilet paper. Get the point.
  • The interior of the Casino in Monte Carlo is like many churches on low lighting and can’t see the grandeur of the place. It’s better in the movies.
  • You have to pay to get in and play at Monte Carlo. 10E entrance another 40E and we were through. It took all of 20 minutes.  $70 our contribution.
  • Monte Carlo with its teeming tourist had the feel of Niagara Falls with all of the members of the United Nations visiting.
  • Cannes is more fashionable then Paris. All women no matter what age dress up more so then in Paris. In the evening most woman wear high heels. Yes there are the minority of those who dress American style with genes and a sloppy top.
  • Nowadays you either pay cash or a credit card. I remember travelling in Europe in the 60’s with American Express certificates that you had to show your passport to have them cashed.
  • Businesses generally take off two hours mid day and stay open until 7 p.m.
  •  Television in the hotels has 8 English channels from CNN, BBC, MNBC FRENCH CHANNEL IN ENGLISH, BLOOMBERG and others. I switch to French news sometimes to compare their coverage to English channels. They are less squeamish about showing dead bodies then the English channels.
  • The French Ego is built into every building they put up. This is especially true at the end of the 19th century and the begining of the 20th century when they still had an Empire. The Eiffel Tower and Grand Palais are left overs from the world fairs Paris hosted in 1889 and 1900.