The french

[sus]

@Linebaugh Istanbul, and the Princess Islands

 

[sus]

one of the most beautiful cities in the world—not in the same way eg Paris is beautiful—but the ferries, the gulls, the sea and the Bosphorus, the old city and the mosques, the Hagia Sophia, the tiles and pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods, what a place, breathtaking

 

[Mr. Tea]

England runs on tradition, France on logic

They're well into homeopathy, though.

 

[IdleRich]

@Linebaugh Istanbul, and the Princess Islands

Istanbul and Tblisi are the places I must want to go - debatable whether either is in Europe though, I guess half of stamboul is.

 

[vimothy]

He hates French food thiugh he says its muck

french food actually is muck - they put cheese and ham on absolutely everything

 

[woops]

my diet is 99% cheese and ham, i'm about to have some for breakfast

 

[craner]

I remember the Tricolore textbooks we had in school made France look like Moldova or something. I was amazed when I finally made it to La Rochelle, and it was beautiful and sophisticated, and not grey and grubby and scattered with French teenagers wearing mullets, leather jackets and acne.

 

[craner]

The idea that France was an aspiration or a place to be envious of would have been laughed out of the classroom in 1991.

 

[woops]

One character in tricolore was Claude leclochard, which translates roughly as Bill the tramp

 

[IdleRich]

I remember the Tricolore textbooks we had in school made France look like Moldova or something. I was amazed when I finally made it to La Rochelle, and it was beautiful and sophisticated, and not grey and grubby and scattered with French teenagers wearing mullets, leather jackets and acne.

They were already seeding us with pro-brexit propaganda.

 

[martin]

I had the opposite experience; saw La Rochelle as this fantastic port, full of boulangeries and friendly teenagers. It even had its own pop group.

I signed up to the school penpal scheme but, despite requesting a girl, they teamed me up with a boy in Montmarte, so I never replied. Later I went to Marseille and thought "If La Rochelle's like this, it probably sucks."

 

[Mr. Tea]

I had the opposite experience; saw La Rochelle as this fantastic port, full of boulangeries and friendly teenagers. It even had its own pop group.

I signed up to the school penpal scheme but, despite requesting a girl, they teamed me up with a boy in Montmarte, so I never replied. Later I went to Marseille and thought "If La Rochelle's like this, it probably sucks."

Have you ever thought of writing a best-selling series of travel guides?

 

[woops]

It even had its own pop group.

Was that Les Feux Rouges (the Red Lights)?

 

[craner]

I had the opposite experience; saw La Rochelle as this fantastic port, full of boulangeries and friendly teenagers. It even had its own pop group.

I signed up to the school penpal scheme but, despite requesting a girl, they teamed me up with a boy in Montmarte, so I never replied. Later I went to Marseille and thought "If La Rochelle's like this, it probably sucks."

That poor boy in Montmarte, crushed by a callous, horny British teenager. That was probably the beginning of his downward spiral.

 

[martin]

Was that Les Feux Rouges (the Red Lights)?

I can't remember, but that sounds about right. I'm guessing they were a Police knock-off.

 

[martin]

That poor boy in Montmarte, crushed by a callous, horny British teenager. That was probably the beginning of his downward spiral.

Yeah, not one of my proudest moments. Though probably not as bad as the obscene garbage I might have sent some unsuspecting fille.

 

[catalog]

i remember the tricolore textbooks. for some reason the phrase <<son et lumiere>> with quotes like i've written them sticks in my head from them. there was always something about going to watch a sound and light show as an evening activity. and i always wondered what the hell they meant.

 

[yyaldrin]

i've always been told that the british hate the french because the french are so beautiful and smell good. is that true?

 

[catalog]

the british hate the french because of the enlightened attitude towards sex and drinking.

 

[Mr. Tea]

i've always been told that the british hate the french because the french are so beautiful and smell good. is that true?

That's not the stereotype, at least.