The inhabitants of a German village on the border with France continue to stock up on baguettes and croissants at the time of traffic restrictions linked to the coronavirus, with… a fishing rod if necessary.
From its store located in the former French border post in the town of Carling, in the Moselle, the baker Myriam Jansem-Boualit has a few tens of meters to walk every morning, except closing Mondays, to bring to the barrier. demarcation the articles ordered by telephone by gourmands from across the Rhine prevented, them, from crossing the border.
Customers on the German side no longer "dare to come"
On the street that normally crosses the two countries, groups of people discuss on each side of a white and red barrier, but few venture to go around it.
Since the traffic measures between the two countries linked to Covid-19, customers on the German side no longer "dare to come", at least they are "much less [numerous] because ... they have controls", explains Myriam Jansem- Boualit, in white apron and lower face protected by a mask.
Among his most loyal customers, Hartmut Fey, 52, living in Lauterbach, a village in the neighboring region of Saarland. He even stood out by posting a video on social networks where he retrieves his baguettes and croissants from the French baker… using a fishing rod.
The idea came to him to mark a "sign of Franco-German friendship," he says with a smile. “It's a question of tradition. We have been buying our baguettes and our bread in France for decades ”, explains this man.
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