{"id":728,"date":"2008-02-12T16:25:04","date_gmt":"2008-02-12T16:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/?p=728"},"modified":"2008-02-12T16:25:04","modified_gmt":"2008-02-12T16:25:04","slug":"evian_where_the_water_comes_fr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/evian_where_the_water_comes_fr\/","title":{"rendered":"Evian (where the water comes from)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Renault: And what in heaven’s name brought you to Casablanca?
\nRick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters.
\nRenault: The waters? What waters? We’re in the desert.
\nRick: I was misinformed…
\nFrom Casablanca<\/a>, Warner Brothers, 1942, possibly the greatest movie of all time<\/em>
\nWell make no mistake, if you take the ferry across Lake Geneva (Lac Leman) from Lausanne, you’re going to Evian-les-Bains and you’re probably going for the waters. Unlike Rick who found himself in French Morocco.
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\nYou leave Ouchy, which is here<\/em>
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\nRide the ferry across the Lake, a 30 minute journey<\/em>
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\nArrive here at Evian-les-Bains, no sign, just a small port. And no passport controls! <\/em>
\nEvian-les-Bains is a small resort town on the French side of Lac Leman. During the low season (like now), many of the shops and restaurants keep short hours or are closed for the season.
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\nHere it is, the Evian Visitors Center!<\/em>
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\nExcept its CLOSED like 2\/3 of the places around here…<\/em>
\nThe Evian (bottled water) story is well documented. Guy drinks water from spring. Liver and kidney maladies ease. Doctors recommend said water to patients. Other guy who owns the spring fences it off and begins to sell said water. Voil\u00e0, Evian bottled water!
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\nThe historical plaque telling the story of the Source<\/em>
\nOf cors, in the US, Evian is sold as a luxury, premium water, bringing with it its own snide remarks and jokes while in the rest of the world, it’s just another bottled water while in France, it’s just called “water”.
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\nThis is the source of all Evian water! <\/em>
\nAnd if you live here, you can help yourself to this water, free of charge.
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\nJust pull up with a buncha bottles and fill up! Everyone here does it.<\/em>
\nThere’s also a second tap on the other side of the pump station called the Source des Cordeliers.
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\nThirsty thirsty thirsty…
\n<\/em>
\nThe pumping station at Source Cachat and the Source des Cordeilers runs 24\/7 and all you have to do is bring your own bottles to fill up. Twas true, I’ve seen it and done it!
\nMmmm. Nothing beats free Evian!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Renault: And what in heaven’s name brought you to Casablanca? Rick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters. Renault: The waters? What waters? We’re in the desert. Rick: I was misinformed… From Casablanca, Warner Brothers, 1942, possibly the greatest movie of all time Well make no mistake, if you take the ferry across … <\/p>\n

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