 Poster: A snowHead
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Do shops in France 'generally' have restricted opening on Good Friday? (10th April 2009)
I cannot find anything to show they do. We're travelling to Val Thorens on the Friday and intend to 'shop' on the way.
In our Dec vist to VT we were surprised at the range of supplies available in the supermarket in the VT centre. We also stopped at a Chambery supermarket, en-route, its fresh produce was also excellent. British supermarkets are a poor in comparrison.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Shops in France are generaly closed on Good Friday, resort shops may be open with restricted hours. If you know the shops name try Google, some have websites with opening hours, but don't forget according to snowHeads France is a rip off 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Boredsurfing, Shame if they are, theres no specific supermarket that we're after but probably somewhere between Lyon and Albertville. Food prices and and fresh produce quality ae far from a rip off. Resort prices are, but then the equivalent altitude in the UK is like looking for a Tesco on Snowdon or Ben Nevis.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Boredsurfing, I've been looking but finding the correct page on the web sites is a little difficult. The basic hours is usually no issue but it the advanced holiday thats the challenge.
I've seen on the BBC website that only certain French departments count Good Friday as a holiday. Departments 57,67,68
Looks like we'll be in Chambery by early evening on 10th so that's the target area for the holiday shop, although anywhere en-route from Calais would also suit.
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I've seen on the BBC website that only certain French departments count Good Friday as a holiday. Departments 57,67,68
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That's correct, Good Friday isn't a national holiday in France. The only people who take it off are the "germanics" - Alsace Lorraine.
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davidof,That'll make shopping a lot easier. We can do the shop en-route and manage the time accordingly. I still wish my French was upto navigating the supermarket web sites.
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genepi, Thats the one I have called into on a couple of occasions already. Was there a few weeks ago with Megamum. Its at the far end of our travel time window. We wouldnt be there until after 8:00 pm at the earliest and would have to re-jig travel times. Plan was to overnight nearby and be in resort for 8:00 am on the Saturday.
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Boredsurfing,
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don't forget according to snowHeads France is a rip off
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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davidof, Is there a list of public holidays in France? We got a surprise when everything was closed for Ascension back in the Summer 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Boredsurfing, thre's one in your Filofax diary. And probably most other diaries as well, I'd imagine.
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Lizzard, Filo what? Pastry? My English diary does not appear to have a French list?
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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genepi, Thank you 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Boredsurfing, clearly you have an inferior diary there. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Lizzard, Yeah, but the pastry is great
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FAQ
There is a Lidl in Moutier if that helps...
