Shorts in South of France?
Aug 17th, 2017, 01:22 AM
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Shorts in South of France?
Heading to Nice and Avignon in September. Naturally I will check the forecasts right before leaving.
Assuming temp forecasts (reliability always in question) to be mid-80s (which is the current forecast), I am mulling over the number of pants vs. shorts to bring.
Where is it inappropriate for a man to wear shorts?
Thanks.
ssander
Assuming temp forecasts (reliability always in question) to be mid-80s (which is the current forecast), I am mulling over the number of pants vs. shorts to bring.
Where is it inappropriate for a man to wear shorts?
Thanks.
ssander
Aug 17th, 2017, 01:54 AM
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Sure, if it's warm enough. It may well be in September.
I think it's inappropriate to wear shorts in a nice restaurant (fine for pizza/burger places, not so much for Michelin-star type restaurants). But there is normally not a dress code. I've seen men wearing shorts to dinner in fine restaurants on the cote d'azur in summer.
I think it's inappropriate to wear shorts in a nice restaurant (fine for pizza/burger places, not so much for Michelin-star type restaurants). But there is normally not a dress code. I've seen men wearing shorts to dinner in fine restaurants on the cote d'azur in summer.
Aug 17th, 2017, 02:23 AM
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I am wearing shorts right now.
I was yesterday in an upscale restaurant and had pants on because I am a pompous a$$ but my friend and half the customers were wearing shorts.
Jus as long as they are clean and correct.
I was yesterday in an upscale restaurant and had pants on because I am a pompous a$$ but my friend and half the customers were wearing shorts.
Jus as long as they are clean and correct.
Aug 17th, 2017, 02:34 AM
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Define "correct" please, Whathello. Are those shorts which make your "thing" look bigger? Smaller?
This whole notion about not wearing shorts in Europe is bogus unless we are talking about a house of worship.
This whole notion about not wearing shorts in Europe is bogus unless we are talking about a house of worship.
Aug 17th, 2017, 02:40 AM
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Dukey1... (not exactly what I was concerned about, but probably should be. 
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Nice 4 nights
Avignon 7 nights (with train day-trips to Nimes & Arles and possible bus excursion to Pont du Gard)
Overnight driving trip to Roussillon
I guess I need not be too concerned about wearing shorts.
ssander
)Nice 4 nights
Avignon 7 nights (with train day-trips to Nimes & Arles and possible bus excursion to Pont du Gard)
Overnight driving trip to Roussillon
I guess I need not be too concerned about wearing shorts.
ssander
Aug 17th, 2017, 02:48 AM
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My things are big enough thanks Dukey ;-)
Correct in my mind means not iverwirn with stains of paint or such.
I just bought a new one and am looking around.
9 out of 10 men are wearing shorts right now.
30 c. Riviera. Small town. 2 pm.
Correct in my mind means not iverwirn with stains of paint or such.
I just bought a new one and am looking around.
9 out of 10 men are wearing shorts right now.
30 c. Riviera. Small town. 2 pm.
Aug 17th, 2017, 05:14 AM
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Dukey, it is only Americans who think Europeans, of whatever gender, do not wear shorts.
Europeans know better, and Aussies and the like are self confident enough not to care what we might think of them.
If you like wearing shorts wear them. Ditto denim jeans, Capris, Hawaiian shirts, baseball caps and white trainers. There is no dress code for Europe.
Europeans know better, and Aussies and the like are self confident enough not to care what we might think of them.
If you like wearing shorts wear them. Ditto denim jeans, Capris, Hawaiian shirts, baseball caps and white trainers. There is no dress code for Europe.
Aug 17th, 2017, 05:27 AM
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What is "overnight driving from Avignon to Roussillon"?? Is Roussillon the perched village 30 mins from Avignon, or the region in southwest France around Perpignan?
Why would you have a car to drive to Roussillon but take trains & a bus to visit the sites around Avignon?
Just curious!!
Stu Dudley
Why would you have a car to drive to Roussillon but take trains & a bus to visit the sites around Avignon?
Just curious!!
Stu Dudley
Aug 17th, 2017, 06:05 AM
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The short of it is shorts are perfectly fine just like at thome. Where you would wear them at home wear them there.
Been this way for years now.
Why do Americans think French are any different than us in this matter?
Been this way for years now.
Why do Americans think French are any different than us in this matter?
Aug 17th, 2017, 11:51 AM
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There's no dress code for Milan, either. You see people dressed in all kinds of outfit there, even in Piazza della Scala. Shorts are perfectly fine.
<i> I think it's inappropriate to wear shorts in a nice restaurant (fine for pizza/burger places, not so much for Michelin-star type restaurants). </i>
Between pizza/burger places and Michelin-star restaurants, there's a whole gamut of restaurants where you'll see plenty of people wearing shorts.
<i> I think it's inappropriate to wear shorts in a nice restaurant (fine for pizza/burger places, not so much for Michelin-star type restaurants). </i>
Between pizza/burger places and Michelin-star restaurants, there's a whole gamut of restaurants where you'll see plenty of people wearing shorts.
Aug 17th, 2017, 12:22 PM
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I find Torino much more casual in every way than Milan. However, I must be honest. I do see lots of people wearing shorts in Milan, including teenagers with ripped shorts that don't come down to the tops of their legs.
Aug 17th, 2017, 03:34 PM
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Stu...
Our plan is to take a leisurely drive to Roussillon, stopping here and there (not firmed up yet), spend the night and most of the next day in Roussillon, and then drive back, taking a different route (also not firmed up yet).
I am reading your treatise (2017 revised) for ideas.
ssander
Our plan is to take a leisurely drive to Roussillon, stopping here and there (not firmed up yet), spend the night and most of the next day in Roussillon, and then drive back, taking a different route (also not firmed up yet).
I am reading your treatise (2017 revised) for ideas.
ssander
Aug 18th, 2017, 05:18 AM
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>>Overnight driving trip to Roussillon<<
OK - now I understand. I originally thought you were embarking on a nighttime drive to Roussillon - either the village less than 1 hr away or the region many hours away.
I'm still curious as to why you would take a bus to the Pont dy Gard instead of driving there so you could visit Uzes and other sites in that same area. Same with taking the train to Arles, where you could also visit Les Baux.
Stu Dudley
OK - now I understand. I originally thought you were embarking on a nighttime drive to Roussillon - either the village less than 1 hr away or the region many hours away.
I'm still curious as to why you would take a bus to the Pont dy Gard instead of driving there so you could visit Uzes and other sites in that same area. Same with taking the train to Arles, where you could also visit Les Baux.
Stu Dudley
