We thought the big trash bins in this village with rock motifs on them were excellent, and the trash is carefully sorted into various bins. France really didn't seem to do much recycling when I came here 20 years ago, and now they use the trash to generate power and over 80% of the big stuff people toss out gets sorted locally and a lot can be cleaned up and reused (such as furniture). There is near-full employment where I live and as long as you have no criminal record, you can generally get at least "some kind of honest, declared work." It was the spouse's idea for me to make this clip. I must say, most of France is not at all adapted to disabled people. Really, you have very ancient buildings and streets here and a lot of stuff is actually scaled to people being so tiny in past centuries.
I hear you! He was utterly vexed and baffled, his first attempts at getting around in the rental car here! The old quarter of Hyères was even worse, really. The tiny streets have 20% grades and are usually two-way! He often had to use the car to drop me off up high, then I'd wait, he'd go park the car God-knows-where and zip up to me. Fast! The street we rented the house on in Hyères leads up to the ancient castle tower, and luckily ours was the first house on it. I just about fell over backward the first time getting up to the front gate! That road is only semi-paved, too, and the people who live above obviously were limiting the movements of their cars! The last day we were there, I saw a couple coming down in a little car from on high and the grade was so steep, I could see them almost to down to the waist! There are advantages and disadvantages to the rental cars, we find. This one was so cheap, 220 euros for two weeks, we "had" to do it. In places such as Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, which we both agree is "perfect," the place has something for everyone and the 17th c. house we rented there was a major bargain, being so old and drafty (but super charming), you really don't need a car and there is plenty to do right in the village for a week! Sports, museums, nature, food, quite a few Brits sitting and happily drinking beers (Brits tend to love the Dordogne and have "always" been there) and although there are so many fabulous things around to drive to, really, staying a week, even two, just enjoying the village on foot or on a good rental bike is highly, highly doable. Of course you have to get to these places! The train we took, the ride was four hours because after Aix or Avignon I think it is, the bullet trains have to go at "normal" speeds. Since I am forbidden to drive, we always have to stay overnight somewhere going to and getting back from "down South," if we use our own car, and even with finding the bargains we have in Tournouse and Tournon I think it's called, that still adds money to the cost of the trip. I am quite amazed at the places he has found us to rent. Most have been excellent -- we didn't like Rignac but it was out in a cow field in a vacation village and I loved the swimming pool but he hates that kind of family ambiance and it had no interest for him. In such rentals, they are way more sterile and standardized and I understand some people like that, but really, having the personality of a privately managed house or apartment is way, way more fun. The house we rented in Gordes is just incredible. We "shouldn't have been able to afford" that village, which is you know is gorgeous and pricey. Yeah it is a tiny rustic stone shack and I could barely manage in that minuscule kitchen, but having a deck, a garden terrace with grill, a balcony, another large garden, two entrances and being so close to the village parking lot, which we only had to pay ten euros for for the week as we were "guests," having that private pool all to myself, and such a stunning famous view, I was delighted. Buying food in Gordes is a rip-off but Coustelet is down the mountain and their Sunday morning market is epic. Right next to a hypermarché, too, so you can get supplies of a boring but necessary nature. It would be worth taking a taxi to Coustelet from Gordes once or twice a week to stock up on supplies. Long answer, but I enjoy hearing from you!
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Some cool looking trash bins and what a ride, thanks!
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*James*
We thought the big trash bins in this village with rock motifs on them were excellent, and the trash is carefully sorted into various bins. France really didn't seem to do much recycling when I came here 20 years ago, and now they use the trash to generate power and over 80% of the big stuff people toss out gets sorted locally and a lot can be cleaned up and reused (such as furniture). There is near-full employment where I live and as long as you have no criminal record, you can generally get at least "some kind of honest, declared work." It was the spouse's idea for me to make this clip. I must say, most of France is not at all adapted to disabled people. Really, you have very ancient buildings and streets here and a lot of stuff is actually scaled to people being so tiny in past centuries.
Now I remember why I don't like renting and driving a car in the south of France. What a drive! Thanks.
I hear you! He was utterly vexed and baffled, his first attempts at getting around in the rental car here! The old quarter of Hyères was even worse, really. The tiny streets have 20% grades and are usually two-way! He often had to use the car to drop me off up high, then I'd wait, he'd go park the car God-knows-where and zip up to me. Fast! The street we rented the house on in Hyères leads up to the ancient castle tower, and luckily ours was the first house on it. I just about fell over backward the first time getting up to the front gate! That road is only semi-paved, too, and the people who live above obviously were limiting the movements of their cars! The last day we were there, I saw a couple coming down in a little car from on high and the grade was so steep, I could see them almost to down to the waist! There are advantages and disadvantages to the rental cars, we find. This one was so cheap, 220 euros for two weeks, we "had" to do it. In places such as Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, which we both agree is "perfect," the place has something for everyone and the 17th c. house we rented there was a major bargain, being so old and drafty (but super charming), you really don't need a car and there is plenty to do right in the village for a week! Sports, museums, nature, food, quite a few Brits sitting and happily drinking beers (Brits tend to love the Dordogne and have "always" been there) and although there are so many fabulous things around to drive to, really, staying a week, even two, just enjoying the village on foot or on a good rental bike is highly, highly doable. Of course you have to get to these places! The train we took, the ride was four hours because after Aix or Avignon I think it is, the bullet trains have to go at "normal" speeds. Since I am forbidden to drive, we always have to stay overnight somewhere going to and getting back from "down South," if we use our own car, and even with finding the bargains we have in Tournouse and Tournon I think it's called, that still adds money to the cost of the trip. I am quite amazed at the places he has found us to rent. Most have been excellent -- we didn't like Rignac but it was out in a cow field in a vacation village and I loved the swimming pool but he hates that kind of family ambiance and it had no interest for him. In such rentals, they are way more sterile and standardized and I understand some people like that, but really, having the personality of a privately managed house or apartment is way, way more fun. The house we rented in Gordes is just incredible. We "shouldn't have been able to afford" that village, which is you know is gorgeous and pricey. Yeah it is a tiny rustic stone shack and I could barely manage in that minuscule kitchen, but having a deck, a garden terrace with grill, a balcony, another large garden, two entrances and being so close to the village parking lot, which we only had to pay ten euros for for the week as we were "guests," having that private pool all to myself, and such a stunning famous view, I was delighted. Buying food in Gordes is a rip-off but Coustelet is down the mountain and their Sunday morning market is epic. Right next to a hypermarché, too, so you can get supplies of a boring but necessary nature. It would be worth taking a taxi to Coustelet from Gordes once or twice a week to stock up on supplies. Long answer, but I enjoy hearing from you!
You capture the soul of the country, well done.
Thanks, I like France!