Because...France?: The mailman

This is the local mailman. Actually, mail woman. Forget the mail trucks like in the US, mail around here is delivered by bike. It's pretty cute seeing all of the la poste workers riding their bikes around the city and it's definitely better for the environment, so score one for France. The downside is that when you get a package delivered by post, you have to go pick up your package at a random location in town. When we lived in Orsay, we picked up a package from the florist once, and another one from the fruit guy.