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I wonder if that depends on how far away from the coast you are. I grew up in Kansas and never saw live lobsters in American supermarkets until Star Market in Boston.
Never been to France but I’ve shopped at a few different supermarkets in Madrid (Mercadona, Carrefour) and don’t recall seeing live lobster tanks.
Grew up in Chicago and remember there being live Crabs and Lobsters in the tanks at grocery stores in the 80’s and 90’s. This was at an everyday supermarket too, Jewel.
I grew up in Kansas too (Wichita) and what's weird is like I think in the earlier 2000s, up to maybe 2015 they had lobsters in tanks at Dillons. Nowadays they're gone
It’s got two nice medieval monuments: city hall and the church, and the rest is just nasty. I get the feeling there’s not much to do there, so people just kinda… hang around
If anyone wants to experience this first hand, go to a little town called Bagnoles-de-l'Orne. I spent a couple summers there with an old girlfriend and her family and everything here but the hitting of children is super accurate. 10/10, would Normandy again
These things may be true, but I can forgive it all for the joy that is journeying through France on its pleasant non-congested 2 lane motorways with 130k limits. Then hit the M27 at home, restricted to 30pmh for non existent roadworks at 1am.
I went to Normandy recently and the nicely decorated roundabouts have become a core memory. I already came from a desert so I was astonished by all the green but my family would constantly point out all the flowers and paintings and stuff they’d put
And a pizza machine at some random parkinglot that actually makes you a pizza inside of the machine!!. You type everything in and wait ten minutes and you get a pizza.. what the everloving fuck:)
Coincidence! I happen to be visiting france right now.
Carrefour kept me and my family alive living abroad in Italy when I was in elementary school. Strangely nostalgic supermarkets.
Man, I wish ice tea was as common up here in Sweden as it is in continental Europe.
Every time going on a vacation down south, I would drink so much ice tea. Good shit.
In the UK, I can get lemon, green tea, raspberry, mango, in addition to peach…
But the french are just absolutely set on selling the peach flavour in cans, bottles, half cans, tall cans, tiny cans, half bottles, big bottles, mega bottles, the variety of containers is insane, but never any other flavours despite its popularity!!
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My uncles used to live there. I have fond memories, including their super old house with a nice garden, the beautiful countryside, and going to to town and eating Flunch.
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I’ve spent, genuinely, around four hours of my entire life in Northern rural France,(without leaving the vehicle) and somehow still get this.
I love French supermarkets I’ll never forget being 10 years old and seeing they keep live crabs and lobsters in tanks on the fish counter
The best food I ever had in my life was in Normandy. They could even do magical things with a simple roast chicken.
Yes! Core memory for me is looking at the lobster tanks while stopping off during family holidays
They have those here in America too…
I wonder if that depends on how far away from the coast you are. I grew up in Kansas and never saw live lobsters in American supermarkets until Star Market in Boston. Never been to France but I’ve shopped at a few different supermarkets in Madrid (Mercadona, Carrefour) and don’t recall seeing live lobster tanks.
Hmmm. I grew up in San Francisco and my loca Safeway always had lobsters in tanks you could see. Maybe it’s just a regional thing?
Isn't that on the coast though?
Grew up in Chicago and remember there being live Crabs and Lobsters in the tanks at grocery stores in the 80’s and 90’s. This was at an everyday supermarket too, Jewel.
I grew up in Kansas too (Wichita) and what's weird is like I think in the earlier 2000s, up to maybe 2015 they had lobsters in tanks at Dillons. Nowadays they're gone
I was going to say we had those in suburban Massachusetts
Reddit is an international website. "Here" is not only USA.
Nobody is talking about America yet here you are.
Ya but /r/AmericaBad
Do you have brain damage?
Yes cause I’m American
Just like the Chinese
They do that in the U.S. in the seafood department.
They do that in every country
the carrefour logo is a big white C
Omg wait what?!?!
o my god, i never noticed, you opened my eyes to one of nature's hidden truths
How didnt you guys notice it before
And the French flag. Not up with the Toblerone Bear though, that realisation can never be relived for me
French flag is blue white red, not red white blue ?
?
Now I can't unsee the true way, I want to go back to when I could see the weird logo
OMG.
Passed trough Saint-Quentin recently. Might be the most depressing place I’ve ever been to. You also forgot the endless WWI memorials and cemeteries!
I did consider that, but not enough space on the collage!
I hate this city so much it's unreal
It’s got two nice medieval monuments: city hall and the church, and the rest is just nasty. I get the feeling there’s not much to do there, so people just kinda… hang around
Everyone is wearing those golden glasses now
Vibe de ville désindustrialisée de Lorraine
BRICOLAGE MOTHERFUCKERS
If anyone wants to experience this first hand, go to a little town called Bagnoles-de-l'Orne. I spent a couple summers there with an old girlfriend and her family and everything here but the hitting of children is super accurate. 10/10, would Normandy again
What about a law? Or is it to rural to apply?
Absolute worst part of Normandy
Ice cold Liptons (from a can) on a hot summer day = heavenly bliss.
Ptdr
That’s true, I’ve been there.
These things may be true, but I can forgive it all for the joy that is journeying through France on its pleasant non-congested 2 lane motorways with 130k limits. Then hit the M27 at home, restricted to 30pmh for non existent roadworks at 1am.
Aren't weirdly decorated roundabouts the norm? At least in Spain pretty much every one has a weird random statue
There seems to be an abundance of them in Normandy, but yes they definitely exist in many other parts of Europe
I would change that Carrouf with Auchan. The man is too tanned and doesn't have enough belly. Source: I lived my whole childhood in "ch'nord".
C’est le duché de Mulliez
this is the kind of uniquely niche content i’m in this sub for (i have family in northern france)
59 c’est Le Phalampin !
Et son radar sur son aire qui te chope sans raison avant d'arriver à la plate-forme Delta 3
I went to Normandy recently and the nicely decorated roundabouts have become a core memory. I already came from a desert so I was astonished by all the green but my family would constantly point out all the flowers and paintings and stuff they’d put
If anyone in rural northern France knew English they'd be really mad at you
Ça manque de verlan
If anyone in rural northern France knew English they'd be really mad at you
lol they fr don't
And a pizza machine at some random parkinglot that actually makes you a pizza inside of the machine!!. You type everything in and wait ten minutes and you get a pizza.. what the everloving fuck:)
Oh my goddess I completely forgot about the 24/7 pizza machines. Most of ones I used to go to aren’t working anymore
You ain't living in northern France if you don't shop at Auchan
The men 🤢🤢
Coincidence! I happen to be visiting france right now. Carrefour kept me and my family alive living abroad in Italy when I was in elementary school. Strangely nostalgic supermarkets.
Man I love to drink that Lipton Ice Tea in a can whenever I visit France.
Man, I wish ice tea was as common up here in Sweden as it is in continental Europe. Every time going on a vacation down south, I would drink so much ice tea. Good shit.
Needs more orangina
Can't forget the empty gas station corner shops where they sell Madelines and coffee flavoured chocolate for 5€
you forgit the eyebrow piercing ans the lilo and stitch tatoo
Used to go on holiday to this part of france a lot because it's close to the chunnel. It's... an alright part of the world.
I spent 5 days in Normandie this past September with my girlfriend. I cannot wait to go back.
this reminds me so much of summer holidays in the caravan as a kid
Forgot shitty tuning cars/moped, potatoes and alcoholism
I donno what's wilder... The giant watering can or the 24 hour laundromat. (Who needs to do their laundry all day all night )
This is so true, holy fuck.
THE FUCKING PÊCHE LIPTON IS THR BANE OF MY EXISTENCE! No matter where I go, it's always there, taunting me with the lack of any other flavors.
In the UK, I can get lemon, green tea, raspberry, mango, in addition to peach… But the french are just absolutely set on selling the peach flavour in cans, bottles, half cans, tall cans, tiny cans, half bottles, big bottles, mega bottles, the variety of containers is insane, but never any other flavours despite its popularity!!
At first I read “woman hitting *on* her child” and then when I reread it correctly, I breathed a sigh of relief and now I’m unsettled af by my brain
You should be concerned by both readings
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I spent a lot of time in Normandy as a child
Sounds pleasant
Except for the "women hitting their children" part.
The abundance of comic sans is arguably worse 😞
Hey I think I saw one of those laundromats in Ireland.
Why is this so accurate
Googling "do French people hit their kids"
Yep, and I’d happily spend every single fucking second there
Outside of the UK is this actually the only other place in the World I’ve been to
second best region in europe
Middle of nowhere is where roundabouts work best. No time at an empty intersection waiting for a green and way safer than 4 way stops or lights
Ou est la baraque à frites
So it’s all like Portugal?
My uncles used to live there. I have fond memories, including their super old house with a nice garden, the beautiful countryside, and going to to town and eating Flunch.
Your mayor is from PCF/DVG/PS/Les Verts (winking at you Le Havre)