One of my favorite travel memories was driving through rural France looking for a pharmacy around noon. Every store in the small town was closed, so we decided

One of my favorite travel memories was driving through rural France looking for a pharmacy around noon. Every store in the small town was closed, so we decided to head to a restaurant for lunch… and it was packed. All the shops close up around noon so people can go eat lunch, then go back to work. That seemed so remarkably human and logical, yet insane as an American. I never wanted to leave.