Travelling in the South of France
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I am travelling to old cities in the South of France, the Midi. In
Nîmes, there are very beautiful roman buildings but in Narbonne, the
big roman city left very few. However the people living here have
roman virtues:
- courage — nobody complaints, even if the city is quite poor;
- sense of hospitality — more so than on the French Riviera;
- lapidary formulations — a girl explaining to her mother about the
family of his boyfriend: "They have a very different standing than we
do. They are from north, you see, from north!"
- sense of humor and derision — a fourteen year old girl dressed and
made up like a twenty-four year old woman surrounded by three boys of
the same age saw a seven year old girl carefully eating a huge ice
cream. She stops the little troupe by shouting, "Watch out for the
lady!" And then to the little girl: "It is safe to go, lady."
