Shopping to identify needs

I visited a consultant doctor with Jan this morning (she suspects an immaculate conception!). Contrary to what we were used to in the UK, making a timely appointment was not a problem. The consultation rooms were brand new, nothing unusual there, but what fascinated me was how casually the doctor and his staff were dressed. I have noticed this before with my own visits to our surgery. Dr F, who also spoke English, was extremely professional and efficient, was wearing a scruffy short sleeved 'pilot' shirt, black jeans and a pair of trainer type boots that were a cross between basketball boots and boxer's boots. His secretary, who was young and very pretty, was wearing a pink pearl choker, a sparkling pink, low cut top, suitable for a night out, and she displayed an 'elegant' small tattoo on her left breast. How different, and surprisingly refreshing.

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Being in Nîmes in the morning we decide to pop into the excellent indoor market (it is only open in the morning) and FNAC. The market to buy some goodies to eat and into FNAC for me to browse. Needless to say we found things that we 'needed' in both stores, tellines and dorade in the market and a sound system for Jan's iPod in FNAC. Jan gets enormous enjoyment from her iPod and is one of the most technically savvy people of her generation that I know. Definitely a groovy granny.