>>>My father was in a French hospital after a heart attack while driving to the South of France and the food there was excellent (never saw their itemised bill though)
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>EU reciprocity = no bill.
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>Not keen to say it here, but care definitely is best in world in some parts of France, especially the parts close to Germany and Switzerland, iow not where your father was.
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>Of course the French insist on doing everything their own way. My kids went to school during a visit a few years ago and the school stopped mid-day so the kids could go home for hot dinner in the middle of the day. And home they all went.

It was in Moulins.

Yes my my sister lives in and has brought up a family in France and I remember they all used to come home for lunch every day. And it wasn't just a snack, it was a full sit down starter main and dessert.