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Comment: French children's parties are low key affairs - fortunately
Columnist Sarah Henshaw notes that smaller celebrations with home-baked treats are still the rule in France
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Letters: France needs a new strategy to stop spam calls
Connexion reader says the new legislation will not work just as previous rules failed
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Forgetting luggage on French transport can land you a hefty fine
Fines vary from €72 to €1,500 depending on the level of offence, with 360 items left per week
SNCF counter closures a backward step
Re: your article about train station counter closures (SNCF closes 900 counters in France) and whether readers buy tickets online or at station counters – the answer for me is both but I have found that an online search sometimes throws up hurdles and the information is not that good.
So I do a preliminary search online and then go to my local station, where the staff always try and get me the best deal possible. I hope they do not close that counter. Not everyone has a smartphone – and human contact is better!
Ute Chell, Dordogne
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