Paris Conditions

Hooray she won't pollute Europe anymore !!!


"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" a écrit dans le message de groupe de
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Jim Cate wrote:
I'm curious. After all this discussion, including a picture of a typical
10-euro menu, does anyone believe me? That there are restaurants in Paris
serving three-course meals for 10 euros, at least in the Left Bank area?
The typical reaction is that, if it's true, the food must be garbage. But
we enjoyed all the meals, in both low and semi-high-end establishments.
Great onion soup, beef bourguignon, duck, salads, profiteroles, bread,
house wines, etc.

Jim

Well, it's true I had to abandon my European travels a few years ago
(retirement on a fixed income will do that), but I certainly enjoyed
plenty of Parisian meals for around ten euros when I was there, and I
was nowhere near the Left Bank. True, they were mostly small
neighborhood-type restaurants, not the big tourist traps, but where else
does one get genuine French cuisine?

Jim Cate wrote on Nov 18, 2010:


"Mike Lane" wrote in message
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Jim Cate wrote on Nov 18, 2010:


"Mike Lane" wrote in message
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Jim Cate wrote on Nov 17, 2010:

I'm curious. After all this discussion, including a picture of a
typical
10-euro menu, does anyone believe me?

I am also curious. As far as I am aware this is a text-only newsgroup.

How and where did you post this picture?

--
Mike Lane
UK North Yorkshire
mike_lane at mac dot com


It was an attachment to my note of November 15.


Usenet does not support attachments.


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Mike Lane
UK North Yorkshire
mike_lane at mac dot com

Sorry. What do you want me to do?


What everyone else does. Upload your image to a media hosting website (there
are many free ones) and post the URL.

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Mike Lane
UK North Yorkshire
mike_lane at mac dot com

"Andy Pandy" wrote in message
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"Jim Cate" wrote in message
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"Mike Lane" wrote in message
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Jim Cate wrote on Nov 18, 2010:


"Mike Lane" wrote in message
dia.com...
Jim Cate wrote on Nov 17, 2010:

I'm curious. After all this discussion, including a picture of a
typical
10-euro menu, does anyone believe me?

I am also curious. As far as I am aware this is a text-only newsgroup.

How and where did you post this picture?

It was an attachment to my note of November 15.


Usenet does not support attachments.



Sorry. What do you want me to do?

Put your pic on a website and post a link is what most people do. Most
usenet servers will strip attachments from text newsgroups.

--
Andy


Sorry, I'm just an IP attorney, not a computer geek. If someone is
interested, I can key in the menu and forward the text.

Jim

My initial post was intended to provide current information about conditions
travelers may experience in France, Paris in particular. As you may recall,
there had been discussions about whether the protests and refinery strikes
might affect transportatation and other services. (And in previous weeks,
they indeed did! Fuel supplies had been short, and transit systems were
slowed. And some travelers apparently took the news reports quite
seriously. - Our Continental flight to Paris was almost empty.) The
substance of my note was that, despite some continuing protests, conditions
seemed generally under control while we were there, and tourists were
minimally affected. So, no reason to cancel a trip, as we had considered.
(Sorry for the detour re 10-euro restaraunts. - My bad.)

Again, for those interested in impressionist art, I highly recommend the
current Monet exhibition in the Grand Palais. It's an unusual opportunity
to see some of the greatest of Monet's paintings from museums around the
world.

Jim

On Nov 19, 4:37*pm, "Jim Cate" wrote:
My initial post was intended to provide current information about conditions
travelers may experience in France, Paris in particular. *As you may recall,
there had been discussions about whether the protests and refinery strikes
might affect transportatation and other services. (And in previous weeks,
they indeed did! Fuel supplies had been short, and transit systems were
slowed. *And some travelers apparently took the news reports quite
seriously. - Our Continental flight to Paris was almost empty.) *The
substance of my note was that, despite some continuing protests, conditions
seemed generally under control while we were there, and tourists were
minimally affected. *So, no reason to cancel a trip, as we had considered.
(Sorry for the detour re 10-euro restaraunts. - My bad.)

Again, for those interested in impressionist art, I highly recommend the
current Monet exhibition in the Grand Palais. *It's an unusual opportunity
to see some of the greatest of Monet's paintings from museums around the
world.

Jim

http://www.tinypic.com/ if you'd like to upload photos and then post
the link.
There is also Flickr from yahoo

On Nov 18, 1:38*am, Mike Lane wrote:
Jim Cate wrote on Nov 17, 2010:

I'm curious. *After all this discussion, including a picture of a typical
10-euro menu, does anyone believe me?

I am also curious. As far as I am aware this is a text-only newsgroup.

How and where did you post this picture?


http://www.tinypic.com/
for an example.
Flickr from yahoo cab be more interesting


--
Mike Lane
UK North Yorkshire
mike_lane at mac dot com

Duh.
Who cares what you got.

"Magda" a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion :
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On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:16:40 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, Mike Lane
arranged some electrons, so they looked
like this:

.... Jim Cate wrote on Nov 18, 2010:
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.... "Mike Lane" wrote in message
.... dia.com...
.... Jim Cate wrote on Nov 17, 2010:
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.... I'm curious. After all this discussion, including a picture of a
typical
.... 10-euro menu, does anyone believe me?
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.... I am also curious. As far as I am aware this is a text-only
newsgroup.
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.... How and where did you post this picture?
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.... Mike Lane
.... UK North Yorkshire
.... mike_lane at mac dot com
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.... It was an attachment to my note of November 15.
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.... Usenet does not support attachments.

I did get the picture nonetheless.


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It sounds much better in French, but then, everything does.

On 2010-11-17, Frank Hucklenbroich wrote:
Am Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:51:43 -0700 schrieb EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque):

Well, many Americans seem to distrust tap water anywhere but at home

Depends where in Europe. Northern Europe is safe, so is France. I would be
a bit careful in Spain, especially on the islands, or Greece. There they
sometimes put a lot of Chloride in the water, you don't really want to
drink that.

Tap water in the US often contains chloride.

On 2010-11-16, Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:

The RER goes through Evian. After seeing what sort of place it
is, the idea that what they bottled there was any sort of gourmet
alternative to the tap didn't seem very convincing. (A London
equivalent might be "Croydon Water").

Eh, Evian is in the Alps, close to Switzerland.

Martin wrote on Nov 20, 2010:

On Sat, 20 Nov 2010 00:44:48 +0000 (UTC), Jesper Lauridsen
wrote:

On 2010-11-17, Frank Hucklenbroich wrote:
Am Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:51:43 -0700 schrieb EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque):

Well, many Americans seem to distrust tap water anywhere but at home

Depends where in Europe. Northern Europe is safe, so is France. I would be
a bit careful in Spain, especially on the islands, or Greece. There they
sometimes put a lot of Chloride in the water, you don't really want to
drink that.

Tap water in the US often contains chloride.

and in UK too. It is better to have chlorine in the water than hepatitis etc.


As I'm sure you know, there's a difference between chloride, and chlorine.

Tap water shouldn't contain chloride ions, but it often used to, some years
ago on Greek Islands, when the underground aquifers became contaminated with
sea water!

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Mike Lane
UK North Yorkshire
mike_lane at mac dot com