Shorts?
Jun 15th, 2005, 02:51 PM
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I was just about to post a question on shorts--and here is a thread titled shorts!
We are leaving for Paris on Sat., staying for 5-6 days, then going to Normandy for a couple of days, then to smaller towns in Germany (Mosel, Rothenburg, visiting friends in a very small village). I hadn't even thought about not being able to get in certain places in shorts, but wasn't planning to wear them myself. I thought I might take a pair for perhaps some bike riding in the Mosel area.
My question: can my daughters wear shorts or do these rules apply to them as well? They are 11 and 13. I was planning to take some capris and some shorts for them, but they will be miserable walking around Paris in capris if it's hot. They do have some of those pants that zip off and turn into shorts (hiking type clothes). Perhaps we should take those and put the zip-off legs in our daypack?
Thanks so much!
We are leaving for Paris on Sat., staying for 5-6 days, then going to Normandy for a couple of days, then to smaller towns in Germany (Mosel, Rothenburg, visiting friends in a very small village). I hadn't even thought about not being able to get in certain places in shorts, but wasn't planning to wear them myself. I thought I might take a pair for perhaps some bike riding in the Mosel area.
My question: can my daughters wear shorts or do these rules apply to them as well? They are 11 and 13. I was planning to take some capris and some shorts for them, but they will be miserable walking around Paris in capris if it's hot. They do have some of those pants that zip off and turn into shorts (hiking type clothes). Perhaps we should take those and put the zip-off legs in our daypack?
Thanks so much!
Jun 15th, 2005, 04:16 PM
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Ira giving fashion advice??? Ira, please turn off your lightbulb. A pashmina with shorts? Are you daft?
Ira giving fashion advice is like Beelzebub preaching to the Seraphim.
Put out the light....put out the light...
Shorts are very inappropriate in a large city like Florence. Are you trying to look like a charwoman? Shorts are fine for the countryside, lounging around your villa, rowing a boat up the Arno, visiting lesbian friends in Sienna, etc.
If I saw you in shorts at the Ufizzi, I would throw a profiterole at you.
Ira giving fashion advice is like Beelzebub preaching to the Seraphim.
Put out the light....put out the light...
Shorts are very inappropriate in a large city like Florence. Are you trying to look like a charwoman? Shorts are fine for the countryside, lounging around your villa, rowing a boat up the Arno, visiting lesbian friends in Sienna, etc.
If I saw you in shorts at the Ufizzi, I would throw a profiterole at you.
Jun 15th, 2005, 04:25 PM
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rbnwdln, I am taking a pair of shorts on our upcomming trip BUT they will serve a multi-purpose. I am using them a PJ bottoms and to wear as a cover up at the Blue Lagoon. If it gets very, very hot, I might wear them out and about but my plans for the day will determine if they are appropriate or not. I did not take shorts on a recent trip to Italy and I swore I would not travel again without at least one pair. There were days in Rome and Florence that it was so hot it was miserable. You may want to think about a skort, one that is a bit longer. Not to be indelicate, but your lets won't sweat and rub together and they are dressier than regular shorts. Just a thought.
Jun 15th, 2005, 04:34 PM
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ThinGorjus: LOL..well I guess that says it all. I don't know exactly how to put it but would you go into Macy's in the middle of New York in shorts? Maybe you would. Personally I don't feel shorts are appropriate for a city unless you live there and are spending the day in the park with the kids, or running out to do your laundry. I was in Italy in September a few years ago and it was hot and sticky. I wore some light weight longer skirts with a cotton slip. I did wear a couple of sleeveless tops but had a light weight gauze type fabric overshirt that I could put on when going in the churches. I was as comfortable as I could be with the heat..I live in the very dry desert so the Bay Area feels humid to me anymore...When I was in Paris when we went to breakfast every morning, there was a family in there usually when we were and their daughter was probably 15 or so. She was always wearing flip flops, shorts so short you could see the bottom part of her rear end and a little crop top. I could only hope that she changed her clothes before starting her day in the city. I'm sorry, call me an old bag or what ever you want, but this "dressing down" stuff has gotten rediculous. However, having said that, I never gave the nymphette another thought during the day..she's not MY kid and I didn't know them, wasn't traveling with them, so...whatever.
Jun 15th, 2005, 05:34 PM
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Now that I'm done googling profiteroles (yum, those look good!), here's a half-serious shorts related question:
What is appropriate dress for a Segway Tour of Paris in hot weather? I fear that if I wear a skirt I'll be flashing everybody with no hand free to readjust (that would be a sight, huh?). I am packing a pair of longish dressy shorts for our Giverny day. It's forecasted to be in the 80s the day of our Segway tour so I'm NOT wearing pants!
What is appropriate dress for a Segway Tour of Paris in hot weather? I fear that if I wear a skirt I'll be flashing everybody with no hand free to readjust (that would be a sight, huh?). I am packing a pair of longish dressy shorts for our Giverny day. It's forecasted to be in the 80s the day of our Segway tour so I'm NOT wearing pants!
Jun 15th, 2005, 06:08 PM
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Yikes, I didn't say I planned to wear shorts to dine with the pope! I just wanted to know if I should take a pair in case. As for wearing shorts into Macy's in New York, well there are many people in shorts in NY in the high heat of summer. When NY hits the 90's and the humidity is hovering around 100% as it was a couple of summers ago when we visited we wore nothing but shorts. Since I tend to be dressier than most people, I will most likely never wear the shorts, but I will toss them in the suitcase.
Jun 15th, 2005, 06:40 PM
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I don't wear shorts at home, and I don't wear them on vacation. I like a nice casual skirt just to the bottom of my knee. I can dress it up or down.
I also think they are much cooler than shorts.
I am bringing two skirts to Vegas. It is so hot there. At least it was when last I was there. 90 degrees at 1:30am is hot for me.
I also think they are much cooler than shorts.
I am bringing two skirts to Vegas. It is so hot there. At least it was when last I was there. 90 degrees at 1:30am is hot for me.
Jun 15th, 2005, 06:45 PM
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That was my point and I think the point most posters were trying to make. You wear what is appropriate. A Segway tour of Paris is not the same as going to the Vatican in Rome. Actually the thought of "breezing" through the streets of Paris with one of those gauzy skirts billowing up around ones ears...well, lets just hope you rinsed out your panties the night before..remember what your mother told you about that.
Jun 15th, 2005, 06:55 PM
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mesia, if the hem of the skirt is just below your knees, then you will be fine. If you mean the waist of the skirt is just below your knees, they probably won't let you in.
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Jun 15th, 2005, 06:55 PM
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I miss a poster who always joked about wearing a pareo but I find it is one of the best things you can pack as it is light and you can cover up in an emergency, as a sarong skirt or as a shawl. Mine is now used as a table cover.
Jun 15th, 2005, 07:49 PM
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At least in Paris, shorts are fine for young people and quite common in warm weather. I've never seen anyone turned away from Notre-Dame for wearing shorts. But Paris is a very large and cosmopolitan city, so you can pretty much wear anything you want.
I wear shorts myself, but I'm unusual in that most French males over 18 have a strong taboo about wearing shorts. I don't like to suffer in hot weather and I don't care what French males think, so I wear shorts. Tourists of both sexes often wear shorts as well, when the weather is warm or hot. The weather gets hotter in Paris each year, so shorts are becoming more and more common in summertime.
I wear shorts myself, but I'm unusual in that most French males over 18 have a strong taboo about wearing shorts. I don't like to suffer in hot weather and I don't care what French males think, so I wear shorts. Tourists of both sexes often wear shorts as well, when the weather is warm or hot. The weather gets hotter in Paris each year, so shorts are becoming more and more common in summertime.
