Archive for September, 2006
Saturday, September 16th, 2006
German? No it’s Alsacienne!
It is peculiar the way the French regard many things, that you and I might class as German, as ‘Alsacienne’. This is particularly true when it comes to food.
While some things such as Sauerkraut/Flammekuche are known by their equivalent French names (choucroute/tarte flambee), other things seem to be simply adopted with the prefix ‘Alsacienne’ [...]
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Thursday, September 14th, 2006
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Wednesday, September 13th, 2006
Follow my …
At times Strasbourg is so full of coach parties - it seems that the entire population of the city has decided to spontaneouly divide itself into, and move about in, groups of 54.
It isn’t uncommon to find the traffic being held up by 54 German pensioners crossing the road at the same time; the entrance [...]
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Tuesday, September 12th, 2006
A Frenchwoman in London
Today I learned of a francaise (French girl) who has put the Daily Mail’s nose out of joint. The publication of her latest observation on British society “La Modele Anglais” (The English model) supposedly “slams ‘vulgar, aggressive, unprincipled, consumerist’ Britons”.
I wonder where she formed that idea? Looking at those four adjectives, I can’t [...]
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Monday, September 11th, 2006
Church on Sunday
It took the arrival of some get-up-and-go* friends this weekend for us to realise that we have got rather used to doing nothing on a Sunday.
We deflated about a dozen suggestions for things to do with:
What …on a Sunday? I don’t think so.
Closed.
Shut.
Not today.
Yes normally, but not Sunday.
You should have said earlier we could [...]
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Sunday, September 10th, 2006
Last night’s post
For your amusement here is a translation of last night’s post: [written after two beers, two bottles of wine and a glass or two of Champagne].
I am drunk.
It is a little difficult to write something every evening, thus this evening, because I drank too much I refuse to write any. (hic) But then! It is [...]
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Sunday, September 10th, 2006
Je suis ivre
C’est un peu difficile écrire quelque chose tous les soirs, donc ce soir, parce que j’ai bu trop je refuse écrire aucun. (hic) Mais alors! Ce n’est pas le soir, c’est déjà le matin à demain! (hic) Je dois endormir, et prendre d’eau. (hic)
