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Aug 02, 2010
I would like to know why French men feel it's their given right to urinate anywhere they so choose. The other day, my bus driver peed outside in front of the bus, for all of us to see. Then he casually resumed his position, giving change and administering tickets. I simply don’t witness this behaviour in other countries and have developed a
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Aug 02, 2010
We saw the disruption caused by the recent AC/DC concert in Nice, then the havoc of the Franco-African summit when even bicycle paths were banned. Now we’re promised that the next G8 will happen here, no doubt with extreme security measures everywhere while inconveniencing millions of locals. That will mean serious hassle for residents and nothing
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Aug 01, 2010
Low-cost airlines always advertise their prices as "from".
Even if I travel without baggage and meet all the other conditions to get the cheapest price, these "from" prices never seem available to me. I don’t know of anyone who gets those prices so it must be a con.
Chris Malden, by
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Jul 31, 2010
I’m British but I’ve wandered the world a lot and finally decided that the Riviera is the place I’d like to settle. Never having been in one place long enough to call myself a resident I am now wondering in which country I should put down as my official "home". I presume I could choose Britain or France at will. Any guidelines?
Name withheld by RR,
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Jul 31, 2010
Being sarco about Sarko
Forgive my obvious sarcasm but as it’s pretty obvious that the Reporter backed Sarkozy for President, how do you feel about that monumental error now? He’s shown himself to be guilty of outright nepotism and - in a lesser way - despotism. He started his "reign" (think Napoleon) by giving himself a massive pay rise while
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May 10, 2009
Because it could save someone’s life – maybe yours! With reference to Jill Penton-Browne’s article in your June/July Issue 127, I totally agree with her comments and would like to draw your readers’ attention to the far more serious implications of not speaking French.
Many of us move here during our middle to later years, more or less at the same
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May 08, 2009
Coincidences can be strange. As I mull over my French income tax declaration I coincidentally have Larry King on the CNN satellite channel in the background. And what was his guest, the buffoon Michael Moore - I'm not his greatest fan - going on about? Comparing French taxes to American ones. According to Moore, Americans pay more tax than the
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May 06, 2009
When you buy something for €7 and hand over a €20 note you expect €13 change. Not, however, in Cannes during MIPTV. One brasserie-tabac this morning calculated my change as €3. Thankfully I only gave them a €20 and not a €100 note.
The lesson, I suppose, is to go to the till with the money and ask for a bill, hand it over while looking into the
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May 06, 2009
Having read your 'Travellers Tips' article in issue no 131 I feel I must respond to the article regarding Emirates.
We regularly use Emirates on our frequent trips to Australia and have nothing but praise for the company. A couple of years ago we were 'marooned' in Dubai airport as an accident caused the airport to be closed for 36 hrs. On our
Posted by: Letters to Editor in Uncategorised on
May 06, 2009
The Riviera Reporter has been critical of the Nice carnival in the past.
The first time I saw the Nice carnival seven years ago with some guests, we had great expectations based on Nice's reputation and that of the Côte d'Azur. Well, it was quite ordinary, even dowdy, and a let down for us all. I quite understand why you offered a similar opinion
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May 04, 2009
Your interview with Christian Estrosi and the taxis in Nice was interesting reading and prompted me to the keyboard.
I live in Nice but work now and then in Stockholm so I often go by taxi between the airport and my home in Cimiez. Daytime, with an honest driver, the fare should be 18 – 20 euros. But if I am not watchful, the meter most of the
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Jan 29, 2009
President Sarkozy is cutting back on the public sector and in the light of the recent financial crisis, Gordon Brown is too. This similar attitude in France and in Britain ignores some elementary worries.
Firstly, unless there is room for them in the private sector, cutting back on civil servants isn’t going to save anyone money. As we’re not going
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Jan 28, 2009
It is a pity that the only topics you suggest for Anglo-German discussion relate either directly or indirectly to the Nazi past and thus help to perpetuate atavistic stereotypes.
Whilst the Nazi era cannot be forgotten or glossed over (statements, such as that attributed to the rightist politician Franz Josef Strauss, to the effect that an
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Jan 27, 2009
Privacy seems to be a two-edged sword in France.
If a photograph is taken and published anywhere in the media without your permission, you have the right to sue for invasion of privacy.
If you buy a portable telephone you expect that to be privy to you and those persons to whom you give the number - yes? But NO!
It seems that the service-provider,
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Jan 27, 2009
A couple of years ago you ran a story about a con man cadging money at the airport. I think it was a well-presented guy who asked for a couple of hundred euros for a taxi. Last week I was caught at the airport by a character who sold me some story about not having euros for changing his ticket because he had missed his plane to Newcastle the
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