5. You don’t get anything done between noon and 2pm.
Don’t plan on booking appointments or making phone calls between noon and 2pm. It’s lunch hour and it’s sacred in France. Even construction workers go to restaurants and sit down for lunch. If you have something important to take care of, do it before or after lunch! If you want to have lunch at a restaurant, you will need to show up during this time frame, usually restaurants are not open all day long.