Nice, Avignon, St Remy and Toulouse trip report.
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nice detailed report, to some new areas.
I don't know what the deal was with the cabdrive in Toulouse and your CC, but your comments on restaurants is really unusual to me (that you had to use CCs sometimes). I can't even remember the last time I've been in any restaurant anywhere in all of France in the last decade where they didn't take credit cards. And I've been in some rather small towns. Of course, I usually pay cash if I'm just getting a coffee or something at some sidewalk cafe, but I still think your experience is pretty unusual, if you were buying anything over 10 euro. For a restaurant where your bill was 100 euro or more, that is really surprising to me, but maybe there are a couple wellknown places that are expensive where you are just supposed to know that. Most places advertise in the window or something anyway if they take credit cards, or on the carte.
I don't know what the deal was with the cabdrive in Toulouse and your CC, but your comments on restaurants is really unusual to me (that you had to use CCs sometimes). I can't even remember the last time I've been in any restaurant anywhere in all of France in the last decade where they didn't take credit cards. And I've been in some rather small towns. Of course, I usually pay cash if I'm just getting a coffee or something at some sidewalk cafe, but I still think your experience is pretty unusual, if you were buying anything over 10 euro. For a restaurant where your bill was 100 euro or more, that is really surprising to me, but maybe there are a couple wellknown places that are expensive where you are just supposed to know that. Most places advertise in the window or something anyway if they take credit cards, or on the carte.
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sorry on the misspelling!
..yes we were surprised too about using cash for the restaurants(especially over 100 euros). The one ,which is tiny, we knew about.. but the others just had it inside the menu... sometimes at the very bottom of the menu, or even the back page. Maybe they are just doing a preferred type of thing and locals know they will really take cards. It was more in Nice.. well two out of three dinners.. One also in Arles, which was small.
..yes we were surprised too about using cash for the restaurants(especially over 100 euros). The one ,which is tiny, we knew about.. but the others just had it inside the menu... sometimes at the very bottom of the menu, or even the back page. Maybe they are just doing a preferred type of thing and locals know they will really take cards. It was more in Nice.. well two out of three dinners.. One also in Arles, which was small.
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A few years ago as part of a Provence trip we trained from Avignon (our base) to Montpellier.
We were quite taken by the city.
We're thinking of spending a few days in Montpellier and doing some day trips from there as well.
Since the plane would arrive in Toulouse, we could spend a few days there and do fay trips to Carcassonne and Albi.
You mentioned that you didn't think Toulouse was a tourist town. Was that before or after being there?
We aren't really museum goers. We like to wonder around a city/town and just see the sights and various areas.
We were quite taken by the city.
We're thinking of spending a few days in Montpellier and doing some day trips from there as well.
Since the plane would arrive in Toulouse, we could spend a few days there and do fay trips to Carcassonne and Albi.
You mentioned that you didn't think Toulouse was a tourist town. Was that before or after being there?
We aren't really museum goers. We like to wonder around a city/town and just see the sights and various areas.