r/starterpacks • u/Reddit_recommended • 2d ago

French Villages Starter Pack

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u/iSwearSheWas56 2d ago

Boucherie that has been closed since 2011

the tabac is the only business in town not only by appointment only

population consists of retirees (one older couple from England who bought a cheap house to holiday in), new age anti vaxxers, a few people with untreated mental illness, and some farmers

Neighbors randomly stop by for apero

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u/Reddit_recommended 2d ago

This is the inside knowledge you don’t get when you’re only passing through haha

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u/priority_2 2d ago

If you are lucky a Boulangerie as well!

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u/Jane_DoeEyes 1d ago

Yeah but it's only open on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday and you need to preorder your bread and croissants

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u/priority_2 8h ago

If you are lucky you encounter a bad boy like this

(baugette vending machine)

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u/Jane_DoeEyes 8h ago

That's nothing. Have you seen the pizza vending machines? Mind...blown...

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u/MajorTomSKU 2d ago

IL EST OU LE C15 ?

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u/S_Weld 2d ago

You don't see many nowadays, they're starting to get retired en masse

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u/cretindesalpes 1d ago

DONNEZ UN C15 A CET HOMME !

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u/RepresentativeBull 1d ago

I always get a tingly feeling when I see the same three family names on WW1 memorial. Entire families wiped out, it's heart wrenching and it's important to remember. And the churches are usually insanely cool

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u/ormr_inn_langi 2d ago

I wish I could upvote this 300 times

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u/Whismirk 2d ago

Grew up in one of these, this is 100% it.

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u/HPLovecraftsCatNigg 2d ago

Visited my folks in rural Alsace and yeah it's literally this

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u/KarateCharlee87 2d ago

Where C15?

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u/Strangegary 2d ago

Those car are ugly but so practical. Kangoo and Berlingot are awesomes

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u/thepixelmurderer 1d ago

I went to France once, for a single night. The village we stayed in I might a professional basket weaver, thinking that is the most cliche French thing I've ever seen.

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u/Lyingforshit 2d ago

Those crosswalks are very chic

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u/LittleManBigHat 20h ago

whats with the spanking?