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2022-08-01 Europe

France's most beautiful villages: marketing the country's heritage

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Posted by Besoeker 2022-08-01 04:25|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Additional travel links and info.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-08-01 04:39|| 2022-08-01 04:39|| Front Page Top

#2 France is truly blessed. Sure, geography arguably played a huge role in its development with rivers, canals, and two seas to aid in trade, but areas such as the Loire Valley, the Alps, Brittany, the vineyards....so nice.

Posted by DooDahMan 2022-08-01 04:56|| 2022-08-01 04:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Fortunately outside of Channel ports and major cities, most of the 'migrant' and unassimilated population have avoided these quaint parts of France.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-08-01 06:43|| 2022-08-01 06:43|| Front Page Top

#4 /\ The 'migrants' are tethered to government services which are more available in major, sanctuary cities.

Yes, a familiar trend here as well.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-08-01 06:52|| 2022-08-01 06:52|| Front Page Top

#5 Rural folks can be very welcoming. Or not, depending on how the outsiders behave in their communities.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-08-01 06:55|| 2022-08-01 06:55|| Front Page Top

#6 Paris has beautiful buildings, cultural sites and truly obnoxious people.
The villages have common folk that are common: some nice some not.

Posted by magpie 2022-08-01 11:38|| 2022-08-01 11:38|| Front Page Top

#7 I must say I've never had a bad, rude experience in Paris. And, I didn't even have to dodge any dog poo when I was there.

Posted by DooDahMan 2022-08-01 18:16|| 2022-08-01 18:16|| Front Page Top

#8 If I must be in the capitol of a former empire, I much prefer Vienna, which seems now relieved to be comfortable rather than important, while London is currently a center of finance, which gives its cleverer residents adequate scope for their abilities. One may be assured that one cannot eat badly in Paris, but I have done so — and resentfully served, too.

In Normandy, for instance, upon exiting a three star restaurant I was stopped so that the trailing daughters’ table manners — at the ages of 3 1/2 and 5 — might be praised, which would have endeared the entire village to me even were the meal not exquisite and well served.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-08-01 18:56|| 2022-08-01 18:56|| Front Page Top

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