Hanging Out to Dry

Let me first say just how thankful I am for my American size washer and dryer. Though it is in the basement it pales in comparison to the jaunt I have taken here at the resort to do laundry. Talk about getting a feel for the French way, well maybe a small awareness of how they carry out laundry duties here.

There are at least 10 buildings here with about 25 units in each  building. so you can get an idea of the size of this resort.  Across the garden behind the pool there is a small room in one of the buildings that houses the three washers and one dyer. 

Does this give you an indications of just how many people do laundry here?

Many here, as in France just hang their laundry out to dry. All but one of the homes and apartments we looked at only had a washer. There is no question that Jeff will have both a washer and a dryer. I will say that the washers I used did spin the clothes with little moisture left in the clothes more than any washer I have ever owned.  There is an anti-wrinkle cycle after the washer is done.  It tosses the clothes every 30 seconds or so until you remove the load. If I were to hang my clothes out to dry it sure wouldn’t take long. However I am an American girl and I do love my dryer!  

Okay now that I have established the frequency and method of laundry how about the cost.  Here at the resort it is 6 Euro to wash and 3 Euro to dry.  In today’s exchange that would be equivalent to $7.74 to wash and $ 3.90 to dry.  This might explain part of the undersized laundry room.  I have done 4 loads of laundry since I arrived and will do one more before we leave, spending a grand total of $58.00.  We could have went to the laundry mat a couple of miles away and saved a few dollars. The washers are 4 Euro and the dryers are 3 Euros but trying to find parking space is not easy.  

Previously I was talking about the jaunt to the little laundry room. I don’t mind walking but today I went to change the laundry to the dryer and it was in use.  Someone decided not to hang his or her laundry out to dry, because when I did the wash I was the only washing.  I walk back to my apartment and wait 45 minutes, the amount that was left on the dryer then walk back to switch my load. Of course the person still had laundry in the dryer.  I wait for about 5 minutes and decided to jaunt back to the room, after 2 more attempts I am finally able to dry my clothes. I won't even go into another day of being short a few coins and having to run back to the apartment to get more money.  Maybe this is another reason they line dry.

Well I decided to make the most of my adventure of doing laundry and on my many jaunts to the laundry room and enjoy the view of all the greenery and flowers and take in the aromas of lavender and lilacs.  And glad that I was able to multi task, do laundry and a work out all in one.