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French people seem to have a proclivity for forming associations, or what we in the United States would call clubs. Here in Hyères, a town of 52,000 inhabitants, there are three hundred associations listed in the booklet I obtained from the tourist office.
If joining the L'Horizon Plage Association (Beach View) doesn't speak to me - and why would it, since my apartment isn't on the beach - there is always the Association des Centres Commerciaux de Plongée Sous Marine Hyères La Londe Carqueiranne (Diving Club) or Projet Samagnana (a village in Mali that requires a clinic).
The variety of clubs is truly impressive. Indeed, it seems there are clubs that help other clubs become more efficacious, and I don't doubt for a moment that it was yet another club that put together this very handy booklet about all the other clubs.
As I look through the handbook, I can see that I circled one or two associations. One is the Avenue Gambetta Club. It is a neighborhood club that I never bothered to find out about. Another one I circled is a club for streets that are adjacent to Avenue Gambetta. Hmmm. I suppose that by the time I'd reached the end of the booklet I'd had my fill of clubs for awhile.
If joining AVF hadn't worked for me, I would have suggested to the me that arrived here a year ago, to join an association. There has to be something for everybody. Is there a Hermit Club, you might ask? Probably.
While small talk might not be an integral part of the French social repertoire, at least not to the degree it is in the States, there are plenty of ways to meet people and chat about whatever interests you.
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