On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:02:29 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:
>B Vaughan wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 02:17:05 -0700, Morcel Moreseaux
>> wrote:
>>
>> >http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/6966714.stm
>> >
>> >A not-so-happy return to the Med
>> >By Julian Pettifer
>> >BBC Radio 4's Crossing Continents
>> >
>> >I was lucky, I knew her at her best. Fifty years ago, in 1957, I
>> >hitchhiked my way around Spain and had the beaches almost to myself.
>> >
>> ...
>> >"...then (in the 50s) it was filled with dark little shops selling
>> >oil, wine and olives and formidable-looking corsets to peasant women
>> >with long black dresses. Donkeys were the main traffic. It was
>> >intensely Spanish. Now, it could be just about anywhere. The shops
>> >have that international chic I associate with boutiques in big
>> >international airports.
>>
>> Should peasant women have to continue to wear formidable corsets in
>> 40 degree weather, world without end, Amen, so that British traveller
>> writers can get some great photos? Or is this lament just fuel for a
>> sneer at those who never saw it all when it was worth seeing?
>
>He was saying neither of those things. I'm mildly surprised that you
>took that attitude towards it- it seemed like a perfectly fair article
>to me.
Me too. I've seen the same changes taking place in Greece and the Cote d'Azur
just before it was completely ruined.
--
Martin
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