Which is more frustrating?
France - where shops are always open, but treat you as if it's a privilege that you are permitted to shop there
6(28.6%)
Germany - shops close early, and open not at all on Sundays.
15(71.4%)
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What about http://www.schlossbruehl.de/ for instance. Although, perhaps a bit too far away. Next weekend, there's a part of the ski world cup in Düsseldorf btw. http://www.schnee-in-duesseldorf.de/ and there's also a palace there. http://www.schloss-benrath.de/en/portal_stiftung/bootportal.asp
On the other hand, shops closing early and not opening on Sundays offends my Southern California sense of immediate gratification.
But surely you can think of something better to do than shop? Something indoors?
China - Shops are open all the time, the shopkeepers will insult you as much as they want (and you can insult their goods too), but they will sell you whatever you want at whatever price you want, so long as you're willing to haggle for half an hour per item.
You are SOOO RIGHT with the half hour per item comment. Haggling is like an intricate dance over there, and there seems to be a proportional relationship between amount of English spoken by the seller and time it takes to haggle.
(For example: A serious half hour for a silk jacket at the Silk Market in Beijing vs maybe 10 min of myself and the seller speaking Chinese in Kunming.)
~A
Has this been your experience across France, or mostly in Paris?