Thursday, April 8, 2010

In France wireless internet sux!! It appears to be everywhere but connection and security codes etc etc make it difficult so I havenèt been able to keep you up with my adventures.
travelled quickly south in a rented car(to try and warm up), stayed with friends of friends in NW Provence and more f of f near Marseille, bought a Puegeot 406 (so now I am French!) and then travelled back up to an apartment in Gagniere a very small town an hour from Avignon where the locals look at me very strangely, is it the hat or the popcorn machine strapped to my back!! The apt is on the second floor of a large house and has lovely big rooms and opens out to a large garden where I can work. The family live below, Mum, Dad and 4 boys and are great fun with lots going on.
Still need tools and materials before I can start my sculpture but at least I have a place to build it. I am finding the language difficult, I ca make myself understood a little but have no idea what they are saying. I will have to continue to work hard on it.
The bread and cheese are just as I remembered them!

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masterymistery said...

Owning a Puegeot 406 is only half the story: You also have to have a galoises or a gitanes dangling from your lips at all times.

"Popcorn machine strapped to your back"? That must be a metaphor, but for what?

Sounds like you're having a lot of fun.

Cheers


masterymistery at cosmic rapture

Dave said...

Damn,I thought a Peugeot and garlic hanging from the rafters was enough!
Metaphor for strangeness, how many popcorn strappers have you seen!!
How are you, sorry I haven't been in touch. it doesn't mean you are forgotten.

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bonjour mon ami. Glad to know you are safe and well? What about the snails and frogslegs

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