Shopping en France

We crossed the border this weekend to go shopping in a Carrefour, it wasn't the best supermarket in the world, it was in a little town in the department of Ain, right on the border with Switzerland, just outside Cern. I'm sure we could find a better equipped store, but still it felt like going home to Sainsbury's because of the value for money. A simple equation would be that we spent what we usually do in Geneva and got 20% more stuff, based on bags carried. A very pleasing result. We will of course be crossing the border again to go shopping, most particularly for our turkey, assuming they have those in France. Although the time to get there is slightly extended because the Swiss are digging up a road between here and the border, I wonder whether that's a permanent thing just to keep up the tax revenue?
We also bought out tree in France, we have a useful insider living over the border who gives us handy tips on where to find better value for money than we would otherwise get in Geneva. All in all when the road works clear and we become a little more adept at jumping in the car and driving for 20 minutes or so to get somewhere I think we might become more comfortable with shopping over there. We aren't habitually very car focused people having lived in the centre of Oxford for the past five years, where for anything other than commuting to work outside the town, a car is more of a hinderance than a help. I think before long we will be seasoned raiders of Ain