Regarding Jessica's question about the French and tanning, I'm going to address this issue. I feel like French people approach tanning from a middle ground, stuck between let's say America on one end (tanning in the winter) and China on the other (using parasols). I never saw tanning beds in Grenoble per say, though I had heard there was one, located somewhere in a hidden corner of the city. (Whether or not this was true we never found out). But I remember that as soon as the nip of winter ceased, my French sister tanned herself every sunny day. Back at school, everyone told the same stories about their French sisters. Even my host dad asked me one day if I was going to put my bikini on like Tiphaine, but I kind of stared blankly and said I didn't understand. So i think that tanned skin is definitely stylish in France, but noting the apparent lack of tanning beds in Grenoble, I don't thing they have taken it to the the level of America quite yet.
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