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I hope the weather is better for your trip - lots of France is having big transport problems with the cold - even in the south:

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As one resident said: "This is not Marseille" - skiing by the port ! :-)

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Even in Nice there's light snow on the hills:

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Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.

by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Thu Jan 8th, 2009 at 02:20:23 PM EST
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Aix had 20 cms and all the schools closed.

You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Jan 8th, 2009 at 02:23:59 PM EST
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This did cross my mind, because trying to drive through snow and ice would probably be suicidal.

But there's a thaw forecast for next week.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Thu Jan 8th, 2009 at 02:39:11 PM EST
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You'll want to check out the mountain passes crossing into Spain.

Sounds like you're heading south then across at Perpignan-Barcelona, which is probably good.  The passes in the Basque country and Navarra have been closed the last couple of days.

And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg

by ManfromMiddletown (manfrommiddletown at lycos dot com) on Thu Jan 8th, 2009 at 03:18:07 PM EST
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I was banking on dual carriageways all the way...

Is taking the Lyon route to Perpignan better than going south through the Massif Central to Toulouse and then Perpignan?

Crossing the Pyrinees from Toulouse into Aragó to Zaragoza would indeed be suicidal this time of year.

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 8th, 2009 at 04:25:34 PM EST
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Unless you were bringing a pristine copy of the Saragossa Manuscript.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
by Crazy Horse on Thu Jan 8th, 2009 at 04:53:52 PM EST
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Apparently the reference was lost, but there really was a point to the comment.  I've seen the film and it's awesome.

The Manuscript Found in Saragossa.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 04:00:07 AM EST
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As a result, Fillon is finding the unpreparedness to clean the snow "scandalous" and thinks things need to be done about it...

Spending millions on preventing two days of snow every ten years is waste, but appearing on the TV too important...

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 10:20:30 AM EST
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