Les Choses Part 2

Some additional things to note about life in France.  At gas stations they provide gloves, so you don't get gasoline on your hands.

They also keep sand handy in case of fire and to soak up overspill gasoline.

 In Paris, we went to a cooks' shop.  They had loads of wedding cake toppers.  Some were a bit unusual.  First, two grooms.

 Then, two brides

Next, an interracial couple

Finally, an older couple like Ron and Barbara

Outside pharmacies in vending machines, condoms are sold.  The word for condom in French is préservative.

The French adore their books - vraiment.  The sign below indicates that there is a book exchange in town.  You just leave your already read books in the plexiglas shelf for others and help yourself to another.

Here's our friend Alexis helping himself.

Not all books and material can be digitally downloaded as the French are determined to protect independent booksellers.  You may have seen the vintage booksellers with their green stands along the Seine in Paris.

During a holiday market in Tours, a vintage bookseller offered this enormous volume on Napoleon.