“The French cannot get the hang of queueing. They try and try but it is beyond them… you see orderly lines waiting at bus stops, but as soon as the bus arrives the line disintegrates into something like a fire drill at a lunatic asylum….” – Bill Bryson – ‘Neither here Nor there’
Today we planned to take a bus ride to Saint Martin-de-Ré on the Ile de Ré that was about an hour’s journey away, so, knowing that the French are the World’s worst queue jumpers we arrived at the bus station in good time to find the departure point and stand with sharpened elbows at the front of the line. There was no line of course, just a disorderly crowd of people that was steadily getting larger and more excitable as we waited for the bus.
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Nice island been there vive la difference!!
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You have been everywhere!
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https://paris1972-versailles2003.com/2016/06/19/ile-de-re-the-old-poitou-charentes/
just one post of several , cheers
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The photos of the stationary bikes are just gorgeous as is the table and chair. They would look stunning if framed upon a wall!
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Thanks Sue.
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I’ve always heard what a lovely place it is, Andrew. Despite the French 🙂 🙂 They are quite busily invading our shores right now.
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It all adds to life’s diversity. Walking today?
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Day off! Portuguese class this morning 🙂 🙂
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boa sorte!
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I particularly like the bike and window shot.
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Thanks Derrick!
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Neither the French nor Italians like waiting in an orderly queue which is why in so many of their shops you have to take a ticket and wait your turn. Failing which, as you said, deploy sharpened elbows.
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The Greeks are not so good either.
Worst queues I have ever encountered are at bus stops in Malta!
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Best queuers are the Japanese
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Standing with sharpened elbows, eh?!!
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Kim is especially good at this!
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Well, and butter wouldn’t melt….
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That last photo with the bicycle and the green door and shutters is perfection.
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Thanks. Bikes and shutters are easy to find on Ile de Re
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How wonderful!
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Thank you for sharing
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