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Hi Karim.

              If this Gov wanted us to have the Euro, then we would have it in a flash, don't you worry, 5 years what are you thinking, problem is they like to keep us all in control and the £ is one of many ways of doing that, also as we are now learning, most of the UK politians are all bent as two bob notes, whatever party they belong to, £60000 salary a year and your snout firmly in the trough, they don't care about us only themselves, and we are all stupid enough to vote for them, well count me out for one.

Quote: Originally posted by Francais on 19/5/2009

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Hi Karim.

              If this Gov wanted us to have the Euro, then we would have it in a flash,

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Hi Karim.

             You hit the nail on the head, the Gov will no doubt put the decison out to referendum, fooling us all into thinking we have a choice let alone a say, when all that will happen is that all the Sun readers and closet BNP supporters will vote to keep the £, BullDog Britain and all that, that way the Gov will get what they want, and continue to let the super rich get richer, sorry but the decision to go for the Euro is too important for the likes of me and you to make, it will be a Gov with balls that drags us into the Euro, even Sri Lanka is using the Euro instead of there own currency, to be fair they are are also using the £ and the $, but that dosent help my argument here, so that aside I guess we will both have to agree to differ!.

Quote: Originally posted by belinda1512 on 21/5/2009

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back to holiday spends .... if i had waited 2 more days to change my money i would of been 10euros better off ! gone up to 1.111 to the £ ! not alot i know but it would've stretched to a couple more bottles of wine !

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Told you so

FM

Quote: Originally posted by belinda1512 on 21/5/2009

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oh well - i could always down-grade on the wine & squeeze an extra couple of bottles in that way !! or i cud tell the kids the ice-cream shop is shut ....

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Wicked Mum !   Read that whhicever way you like. Buy the wine in Vrac much cheaper , and if you drink it from the cubitainer you save the hassle of bottling it.

FM

Quote: Originally posted by belinda1512 on 21/5/2009

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i've weaned myself off good aussie wine the last few days so whatever i drink in france i'll be grateful for !!!

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Bit of an oxymoron don't you thtink ?

FM

Quote: Originally posted by belinda1512 on 21/5/2009

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my trouble is i know what i like in aussie - don't know what to go for in france to get that deep purple coating the glass thing ! i find alot of it too much like ribina !! any tips gratefully received !!

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Best tip is drink lots of.------ the more you try, the better you know. Price comes into the equation, and in general if it is made for "popular consumption" it will be all things to all men, so take the opportunity when in France of trying something you don't know from a vineyard/chateau who are prepared to put their name on the bottle, instead of "bottled for TESCO". A good tip is to ask a local what they drink, because they would be a bit soft if they did n't drink what goes with the local produce. We ve just come back from Greece, and the local wine was Levkas, never seen outside the area, but it went down a treat with the fish and sea food, and was the cheapest on the menu .Never sure what stuff you drink on holliday will taste like if you bring it home.

A couple of names in France, if you like he heavy red, would be Cahors, , which you can find at reasonable price, or Gigondas/Vacqueyras, which will be more expensive, but certainly are not ribena.

Happy tippling.

FM

Last year there was the annual wine festival. They took over the local town. 5 Euros for a glass and free tastings all day long. Luckily we wrote down the good ones and visited the vineyards - came back with a couple of cases of bargain price cotes de rhone. Bonus.

Alan