Sunday in the park

France has recently insitutionalized a law that no stores can be open on Sundays, only restaurants and entertainment. This quality of life law is one that reminds me of life when I was a child, when nothing was open on Sundays. In fact shopping centers were so empty my dad taught me how to drive a car in an empty shopping center parking lot on Sundays. Not that we shopped much on Sundays anyways, it pushes you to enjoy a leisurely lunch and be in the outdoors. By 2 or 3 pm (lunch is very imporant !) the trails and country roads are full of family member of all ages meandering through the countryside enjoying the beautiful weather.