French siestas?

did you know the french take a siesta? i didnt until we tried to buy water btwn the hours of 1pm&4pm. the shops were all boarded up like hurricane pierre was coming. we'll need to keep that in mind.

so far the catlonian influence in france has been noticable: sangria, tapas and signs in both languages surprised us. we've been trying the patas bravas (potatos w spicy mayo) in each town as a basis to compare. i call it the aldo escurra method. so far, none beat the ones at cafe ba ba reeba in chicago...although the sangria is much better here; even in france.

so this keyboard ive been complaining about... here are some highlights:

• you have to press the shift key to access the numbers, the period and the ? mark
• q is where a should be
• it has cool keys like: éèçàù¤

ok, g just taught me how to convert it into an english keyboard, but you cant look at it, kind of like typing tutor. my head is about to explode...