2 The local pub. It's not that we spend a lot of time 'down the pub' but there isn't anything quite like a pub in France. There are lovely cafes and bistros but they're not quite the same somehow.
3 Fish and chips Again, we don't have fish and chips every day or even every week but it's such a comfort on a cold, busy day when you need something hot and tasty, fast. I spent my early teen years hanging around the chippie with my friends and it brings back many memories.
4 Take-aways There are almost no take away food shops in France. There is the occasional Chinese restaurants which does take away, and lots of rather expensive pizza parlours which do take aways, but many small towns have NONE.
It came as quite a shock when, after a long day doing things in the house, my husband went out for a take away only to find there wasn't one anywhere at all! Quel choc!
5 Church In most parts of France you won't find an English speaking church, let alone an Anglican church so we will have to go to a local Roman Catholic church. Having said that, the liturgy is not too hard to follow though I can't follow a sermon yet. They talk too fast! But the Catholic church in the old town of Vichy is an absolute gem. Originally a very old church, it got bashed about at the revolution but was rebuilt and has marvellous mosaics all over the walls and ceilings. It gets a huge congregation on Sunday morning and the only drawback that I can see is that there isn't a boulangerie near it for us to buy our Sunday loaf and by the time we get back to where there is one it's usually closed. Quel horreur!
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