Only in France

So, history check; when was the last time France had a huge, full scale grève [strike]? well, before Sarkozy was elected president in april 2006... which is exactly the time i was here last, jan-may 2006... and what is going to happen on thursday? full scale grève. all of the govn't workers are catching early morning busses and going to Paris to...to...hell, i dont know what they are trying to prove. the economy sucks, but it sucks for EVERYONE so there's really no need to strike. interestingly enough, france is not the nation most likely to go on strike. its the spanish who are more firey and willing to fill the streets for a just cause followed by the Italians. i think the french come in third... but they are waaay more organized so their strikes are more irritating bc they involve every sector of daily life. not just some bread factory outside madird or something.

anyways. maybe not going to spain this weekend after all. looks a weeee bit pricy. maybe switz or something like that. but cant take the train thursday bc of the strikes... so dont even get to benefit from my long weekend that starts at noon tomorrow. le sigh. les français.