CHANGE IS IN THE AIR
Next year will bring a couple of big changes for the people of France. One that a lot of us are particularly looking forward to is the smoking ban (no smoking in bars/restaurants/cafes).... for many people this will be a huge shock as lots of Parisians spend most days with a cigarette glued to their lips. At the moment you can still smoke in restaurants which is really gross...
Another big change will be for families with school-age kids. Currently, French schoolchildren attend school on Saturday mornings, but not Wednesday afternoons. How crap is that? Imagine being the parents - no sleep-in on Saturdays! And no weekend trips either..... From next year kids will attend school only during the week, and in line with the French's love of holidays, probably Wednesday afternoons will remain free. To compensate for this, school will be from 8:30am until 4:30pm on the other days.
Once again, the French are taking the motto "work to live, not live to work" very seriously!
Next year will bring a couple of big changes for the people of France. One that a lot of us are particularly looking forward to is the smoking ban (no smoking in bars/restaurants/cafes).... for many people this will be a huge shock as lots of Parisians spend most days with a cigarette glued to their lips. At the moment you can still smoke in restaurants which is really gross...
Another big change will be for families with school-age kids. Currently, French schoolchildren attend school on Saturday mornings, but not Wednesday afternoons. How crap is that? Imagine being the parents - no sleep-in on Saturdays! And no weekend trips either..... From next year kids will attend school only during the week, and in line with the French's love of holidays, probably Wednesday afternoons will remain free. To compensate for this, school will be from 8:30am until 4:30pm on the other days.
Once again, the French are taking the motto "work to live, not live to work" very seriously!
posted by Alli at 11:18 AM
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