Day 113 (Thursday) Yet another wonderful hot sunny day with a cloudless sky – a never ending summer – bliss. Huw went into the office again today and on Louise’s advice last night has found a new office space next to the bus stop in Promenade des Arts, where the Villefranche bus 81 terminates, and he loved it. You pay by the hour, it has comfortable chairs and a roof terrace – so he has a new office space. I’ve decided to call Louise the Oracle from now on. Got an email from Audre confirming our drinks in Chris’s bar on Saturday night – it’s so exciting to think about the possibility of making French friends. Today’s research found this… A history of French facts and society · France’s official name is the French Republic ( République Française ). It became a republic in 1792 as a result of the French Revolution against centuries of royal rule. The Revolution started with the storming of the Bastille fortress on 14th July 1789, an event t...
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Day 112 (Wednesday) It was another glorious sunny day today and poor Huw had to go into the office. Louise, from the other night, phoned and said that there is possible job for me in a private school in Monaco, I thanked her and arranged to meet later to help Andy celebrate is big 60 th birthday. When I looked at the job I got quite excited because I had all the necessary qualifications until I got to the bit that it was working with children – bugger! I emailed my CV and certificates anyway just in case something with adults comes up. The fire engine boy is on fire yet again today (don’t excuse the pun, it was intentional) there really is something wrong with him. It was quite amusing at first but now it’s just annoying. Bought Andy a chocolate éclair to take to him later and found my old 50 candles – I know he’s going to be 60 but they’re the only ones I’ve got. Huw went to the office again today so I met him in the bar with all the expats. Andy was there wearing a fez (which r...
Day 111 (Tuesday) I’m very happy to say that it was a stunningly beautiful day again today until about 3pm when it clouded over a bit but it felt very summery – hooray! The fire engine boy in the school below us was the noisiest I’ve ever heard him – he just didn’t stop during all three breaks – there is definitely something amiss there. Today’s little French lesson is quite amusing and I hope I can remember these words/phrases and actually use them. Nine French Words We Should be using in English French has many “why don’t we have a word for that?” words and even more that are just plain beautiful. Here’s a short list of my 9 favourite French words. BY BRANDON JOHNSON 1. Dépayser verb: to leave your comfort zone Exiting your zone of comfort. The verb dépayser contains the word pays , which means “country”, and the prefix de- , which, like in English, can suggest removal or negation. So a literal one-word translation might be something li...