Things to do when visiting France:
Buy a stack of postcards, and ask the baker, the waiter, the bus driver, the cafe owner, the lady with a poodle… to write a note for you to mail to your friends back home. In French of course.
Go to the open market, buy a baguette, some olives, a bottle of wine, some fruit and cheese. Have an impromptu picnic.
When visiting Paris, take bus #69 from the Eiffel Tower until Pere Lachaise, and back. Every time the bus stops take a photo.
Go skinny dipping in the Mediterranean.
Collect the ordinary, the little treasures that often are disregarded.
Learn to say three words in French: MERCI-thank you, BONJOUR-hello, and OUI-yes.
Strike up a conversation…by asking for directions, even if you know your way around.
Take a paint set and paper, hike to the top of St Victorie and paint a homage to Cezanne.
Write a love letter and slip it under the mattress in a bedroom at Chateau de Chenonceau or your hotel room.
Record church bells.
Sign up for a cooking class. Or go to a grocery store and ask someone how they make a Tarte de tomate.
Take a deck of cards and play card tricks at a cafe.
Find me at the brocante.
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