tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758163124780584881.post36483938938572743..comments2023-11-05T09:51:52.274+01:00Comments on Life at La Bastiole: À peu prèsMadame Marron...http://www.blogger.com/profile/13870412392584733634noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758163124780584881.post-65660786537856725072009-03-10T11:35:00.000+01:002009-03-10T11:35:00.000+01:00Although the UK isn't as laid back as you picture ...Although the UK isn't as laid back as you picture there, it is far more comfortable than America. Even parts of America that aren't city stress about time. <BR/><BR/>Not sure about restaurants...the point about those, in the back woods I came from, that there weren't any... And from what I remember, you would probably be frustrated at what they considered reasonable opening times. I should think it was more like "7:30? We will be closing soon."<BR/><BR/>I do hope you settle well when you go back. The culture shock is not a wonderful experience. We coped with it for 4 months 19 years ago, and haven't gone back for more than 2 weeks since!<BR/>Sandy in the UKSandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04978514536651961190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758163124780584881.post-83598673348944300732009-03-09T19:50:00.000+01:002009-03-09T19:50:00.000+01:00As a Californian, the most difficult thing about m...As a Californian, the most difficult thing about moving to the East Coast was being forced to be early, making reservations and waiting in line. In California, we weren't like that. I think I'd like living in France. Their Time Sense is like Italian Time, which is to say, flexible.Little Hunting Creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15581836733935812927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758163124780584881.post-25512828146298959492009-03-09T19:07:00.000+01:002009-03-09T19:07:00.000+01:00Sigh. I'd love to live my life in "a peu pres" mod...Sigh. I'd love to live my life in "a peu pres" mode. We're all so constricted by schedules here - mine follows me on my BlackBerry, which, I admit, is the only way I'd remember "Pick up child 1 for dance by 4:30 and bring a snack." <BR/><BR/>Today was a "daylight savings" time change here, and I woke up at 7 to the local NPR personality telling me it was "news time - 8 am" and hit snooze, certain that he was confused. When I heard "news-time 8:10," I assumed child 2 had changed my clock - he loves to play with "the technology." By 10:30 a.m., I finally realized the time had changed and--even with all my tech gadgets, facebook, computers, etc.--I'd been completely unaware.<BR/> <BR/>I'm sad that you'll have to end this story when you move back to the states, but I look forward to your "culture shock" blog about readjusting to American life.Laura Salmonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10197319169852065368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758163124780584881.post-64367783490852469952009-03-09T18:30:00.000+01:002009-03-09T18:30:00.000+01:00I love this!I love this!Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800995892415893734noreply@blogger.com