July and August in France: Les Grandes Vacances, Episode 32
Join Us in France Travel Podcast
Annie Sargent
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 6 September 2014
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Join Us in France Travel Podcast
This week on Join Us in France we talk about the many things that happen in France as soon as school vacations roll around. Every year it's the same: most French people go into vacation mode and many things change all around the country. Does that change anything for visitors?
Yes, it certainly does! To paraphrase Benjamin Franklin, let us say that an ounce of vacation planning is worth a pound of cure. We touch on summer traffic jams, how French people return to family homes, the difficulties of finding a restaurant open on a Sunday night, and the general ambiance in various regions along French coasts, and much more. Enjoy the show!
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| 0:00.0 | This is a join us in France episode 32. |
| 0:03.2 | Hello, I'm Annie and I'm Elise and we welcome you to the join us in France travel |
| 0:08.0 | podcast. |
| 0:09.0 | Elise is a professional tour guide, art historian and a wonderful storyteller. |
| 0:14.3 | Oh, do I have stories? |
| 0:16.8 | That's good. |
| 0:17.6 | On today's show, we'll be talking about vacation in France |
| 0:21.9 | and what it means for travelers. Yes, there are some things you need to know about coming to France, especially if you come in August. |
| 0:29.0 | Especially. It will save you some time and some aggravation. Now to find show notes and all the useful |
| 0:36.3 | links we'll mention in this episode go to join us in France.com forward slash 32. And now a little music to get us in the mood and we'll get right into it. the Hi, Lisa. Hi Elise, it's so good to see you again. |
| 1:15.0 | It is good to see you again. |
| 1:18.0 | We haven't recorded one of these episodes in like two months or something. |
| 1:22.0 | That's right. |
| 1:23.0 | You know why? |
| 1:24.0 | It's because like a good French person, |
| 1:26.0 | you went on vacation back in the United States |
| 1:29.0 | and me like a good American. |
| 1:31.0 | I worked and then went on vacation in France. There you go. It makes |
| 1:36.0 | perfect sense. Well a lot has happened during the summer, mostly good things I'm |
| 1:41.8 | happy to report. |
| 1:43.0 | Listenorship has grown quite a lot and we're tickle pink about that. |
| 1:47.0 | And I want to make an announcement today. |
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