Travelling in the South of France
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I am travelling  to old cities in  the South of France,  the Midi. In
Nîmes, there are very beautiful roman buildings  but in Narbonne, the
big roman  city left  very few.  However the people living  here have
roman virtues:

- courage — nobody complaints, even if the city is quite poor;

- sense of hospitality — more so than on the French Riviera;

- lapidary formulations  — a girl explaining to her  mother about the
family of his boyfriend: "They have a very different standing than we
do. They are from north, you see, from north!"

- sense of humor and derision —  a fourteen year old girl dressed and
made up like a twenty-four year old woman surrounded by three boys of
the same age  saw a seven year  old girl carefully eating  a huge ice
cream. She  stops the little troupe  by shouting, "Watch out  for the
lady!" And then to the little girl: "It is safe to go, lady."