France
By Larry Habegger | Permalink |
No Comments | July 25th, 2001 | Trackback
France may be the world’s most popular country for travelers, but it is also one of the most strike-prone, with protests disrupting the flow of goods and services about as periodic as the full moon. Fishermen angry about increased fuel prices shut down ports all over the country for three days the last week of August, and were immediately followed by truck drivers and farmers snarling highways, including the Chunnel to England. Taxi drivers soon followed suit in France’s major cities, so check on current conditions before venturing out on the highways.
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France
By Larry Habegger | Permalink |
No Comments | July 16th, 2001 | Trackback
The fear of mad cow disease has spread across France, where two deaths by the illness have been confirmed since 1996. The panic was caused by a tripling of the disease since last year in French cattle. Beef has been pulled from the menus of numerous schools, people are heading in droves to local butchers rather than supermarkets for their beef because consumers place more trust in small operators, and sweetbreads have been banned across the country. While the risk is small, perhaps minuscule, only you can decide if you will eat beef while traveling here.
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