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- From: jwenger@ulci06.unil.ch ()
- Subject: Re: Moto rental in France
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.084318.5002@ulci20.unil.ch>
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- Organization: University of Lausanne - CH (Switzerland)
- References: <C16A0t.LM2@synoptics.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 08:43:18 GMT
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- In article <C16A0t.LM2@synoptics.com>, noemi@synoptics.com (Noemi Berry) writes:
-
- |>with much searching, i was never able to find a bike rental in
- |>france, just Germany. someone in Dijon told me that there were
- |>rentals available in Paris and Lyons, but i never found any.
- |>however, this was in August, when 40% of the country is on vacation.
- |>
- |>one *very* confusing point is how to say "rental" in French.
- |>there is: "moto de l'occasion" and "moto d'occasion". one
- |>means "used motorcycle" and the other means "motorcycle for
- |>rent" (can't remember which!). it is impossible to distinguish
- |
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- No surprise you could not find a rental bike in France!
- A rental bike is a "moto de location", and what the outfit renting it
- does is "location de moto".
- btw, I doubt rental agencies are closed in august, as they do most
- of their business during summer time...
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- With best regards,
-
- Jacques
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