I am now just over 1 month into my time in
Bordeaux, and I’m starting to shed my patriotism and accept that there are some
things that the French do rather well. Although I will always argue that they
don’t understand tea, there are some things that perhaps they do better than us...
Bank
Holidays. This week there was a bank holiday that
fell on a Thursday. The French have come up with a genius thing called, ’le
pont’ (‘the bridge’) which essentially means that Friday becomes a day off as
well so that the whole country gets a 4 day weekend to spend by the beach.
McDonalds.
You know how when you walk into a McDonalds in England,
you sometimes feel a bit gross just for being there? The French fast food
establishments are actually quite swanky; rather than going to the counter to
be served, they have machines near the entrance where you enter what you would
like and then wait for your number to be called. Genius.
Cheese.
My local supermarket has two entire aisles
dedicated to cheese, need I say more?
Drinks’
Prices. We all know that wine is cheaper in France
than in England, and that is particularly true when in Bordeaux. However, it
did come as a rather hilarious surprise to discover that it is actually cheaper
to buy a glass of wine in a restaurant than a Coke. Supermarkets trick you into
boozing too; a decent bottle of wine in the South West will set you back just 2 Euros.
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