"JohnT" wrote:
"Martin" wrote in message
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On Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:12:27 +0000 (UTC), Erilar
wrote:

Martin wrote:
On Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:19:53 +0200, "Tim C."
wrote:

On Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:01:12 +0000 (UTC), Erilar wrote in post :
:

So the local French agency provided poor bread. That doesn't mean that
the French don't have good bread.

They wanted us to be so unhappy with France that we'd stay away forever
after???

Probably.

Do you think it was personal?

Inasmuch as I was fairly anonymous in a group of Americans, and there were
some other goodies like downgrading our first accomodations from a hotel on
the beach to a B&B across town from it and the planned activities, I think
it was more likely the nationality. 8-)

Your nationality?

They must have been picking on you, because I have always eaten well,
often too well, in France, even in a FF6/night for half board Paris
hostel. I don't recall any French person being rude to me. A customs
official in New York was once very rude to me, despite my diplomatic
visa, but I never considered him as being typical. I've avoided
mentioning American bread.

I have met people who were on Elderhostel trips several times in the USA
and everyone spoke well of Elderhostel. Presumably they outsource their
trips outside the USA and I do hope that Erilar made a very strong
complaint upon her return to the USA. My visits to France have been far
fewer than those of Martin and, in general, I have found the natives to
be polite. Perhaps less so in Paris, but that is true of almost any
Capital City. And over the past few years I have found a great
improvement in the quality of American bread. But no-one in that Country
seems able to make an edible croissant!

Oh, I told Elderhostel about that program in detail! Except for that trip,
I have always been happy with most aspects of other Elderhostel/Road
Scholar trips I've taken, including most of the food(I don't blame them for
my avoidance of a few items). Unfortunately, I just can't keep up with the
group amy more, and haven't taken one lately.
--
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist with iPad