Reply #30: they like hot soda, too, I guess. We were there in 2003, when

[DebJ]

some 5,000 people died in France from the worst heat wave in 100 years. Couldn't find a cold soda...they were sold in cans that were sitting in open refrigerator units that I don't think were even turned on! 110 degrees with 90 degree Pepsi, gross! We spent 6 weeks in London, Paris, Nice, Interlaken, Venice and Rome. Horrible timing...we followed the heat wave as it moved eastward. Venice was terrible. At night, fortunately we had a sink next to the bed. So we soaked towels in cold water, covered our bodies in them, then cooled the towels again, like every 10 minutes. The 110 degree weather plus the humidity in Venice was beyond stultifying. I began asking the concierges to freeze my bottled water overnight, then we'd take several with us during the day. I poured icy water all over myself all day long. My hubby wouldn't do it, but when we passed a fountain in Paris, he quite suddenly submerged his head in the fountain. It was worth the heat, though. I'd do it again!