I understand that smoking inside public premises will be banned in France from January 1st - do you think this regulation will be obeyed in the countryside?
It depends on what you want to see! If you want look big monuments, go to Paris’center. if you want the sea and sun, go near saint tropez. If you like the beautiful montain landscapes, go in te Vosges or in the Alpes, if you like the campaign, the stone houses, go in Bretagne, if you like the nature and if you want to bathe in rivers you can go in the Ardèche…
My other half is French, and she does shave her pits
Why don’t French people wear stripey jumpers, berets, ride pedal bikes, with a string of onions round thier necks & baguettes in the front basket…all to the sound of an accordian?
Been to France a few times and they don’t seem to do it anymore. Why is this?
Why are English people so stuck in these stereotypes…read something other than the Sun, you inbred island monkeys!
Kerjo arrives and offers his help and the first 10 posts are hilarious repetitions of YAAAAAAWWWWWWWNNNNNNN boring stereotypes that have been around since the bloody middle ages…
LB Community Spirit…no points…Null Points…no points!
How does that work in practice? Does it apply to second hand bikes or just new? If so, then is everyone hanging on to their old bike/importing bikes from other countries? Are bikers just buying bikes up to 600cc now?
Why is it that everytime I go to Lille there is always a massive bike rally? I never could find out what they were rallying against. 3 visits, 3 massive ride outs with 100’s of bikes.
Also, which is the prefered way of greeting fellow bikers, we have the nod, do French bikers prefer a wave or is sticking the leg out the way to go?
So, I’m never go to Lille but I think you aren’t very lucky!!!
In France, which is the prefered way of greeting fellow bikers is a sign with the hand when you meet one, we have the nod too when we are stop at a red light. When I exceed a motorcyclist, I do a sign with my leg for thank missed me
What do you think is the fundamental attitudinal difference between biking in the UK and in France.
For example: the number 1 new bike sold in France in 2006 sold more units than the UK top 10 new bikes put together. Side-car use in France is estimated to be around 200 times more than in the UK too. Why is this? Surely it’s not just the weather…