School and stuff...
1) I was talking to some CP kids (5 year olds) at break time and mid conversation one little girl said joyfully "ooohh I understand! I can understand English!" I didn't want to be a killjoy and tell her that I was speaking French. admittedly with an English accent. They are adorable.
2) I was teaching about Christmas in England yesterday, one of the photos I showed them happened to have my brother in it- I asked them what 'my brother' meant in French. On little kiddy piped up "ton mari?" (your husband?) apparently 20 is old.
3)when I ask my kiddies "how are you today" some of them say "I'm so so"- I definitely did not teach them that. Do we ever say that in England?
Life has been pretty busy, lesson planning by night, teaching by day and meeting up with other assistants, cleaning and cooking the rest of the time.
I went to a foie gras farm this morning with a French couple who I know from church. They are super lovely to me despite my inability to communicate properly.
Admittedly visiting a foie-gras farm wasn't exactly something I was wild with excitement about, but it was pretty interesting. However, I now smell like duck poo. and the smell won't go away.
mmm lovely.
Right, I'm off, I'm going to go ice-skating this afternoon at the Périgueux Christmas market.
:)
p.s it may not have snowed here but it is 18 degrees today. Take that England.
1 comment:
Une odeur à vous donner envie de vomir
Makes you want to puke - duck poo! Last week I filled up at ASDA but there was a fault with the pump and the auto-stop was inop! First thing I knew was that I was paddling In litres of diesel! It's not like petrol which evaporates and a week later my gloves still smell a bit of it. They are 90% better after a wash but the other contents of the washing machine are all 10% worse!
I took Rory (age3) to the ice skating at the Mall but the temperature wasn't 18C - in fact there was no risk of the ice melting. Just 2 days ago they broke up the ice in the lake at the zoo and the lumps are about 10th thick! See you soon, Chloē. Adrian
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