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Post by will on Jul 16, 2024 19:56:26 GMT
... pour demain monsieur anglais.
I hope have a lovely day with a super meal at the end of it!
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Post by mulv on Jul 16, 2024 20:18:12 GMT
Buon compleanno!
Gute gebürtztag!
Sto lat!
Feliz cumpleaño!
Penblwydd hapus!
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Post by anglais on Jul 17, 2024 7:33:45 GMT
Thank you so much Will and Mulv.
A nice meal at home tonight. King Prawn Pathia, which is hot and sour. And fried Basmati.
We usually go over the bar for a few snifters first but we had a heavy night at the Night Market on Monday and we will have another heavy night on Saturday.
I am feeling all of my 70 years these days. It takes a few days to get over a session. I am sure I will manage a couple of beers with the curry though.
Thanks again.
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Post by Su on Jul 17, 2024 13:06:19 GMT
Happy birthday Keith. Have a lovely curry and beers xx
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Post by anglais on Jul 17, 2024 13:28:05 GMT
Thanks so much Su.
The bar has just opened so I am going to sit on the terrace with a couple of cold ones and watch the swifts which are flying circuits around the church belfry and chattering away.
I can watch them for hours, and probably will.
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Post by will on Jul 17, 2024 18:11:41 GMT
Thank you so much Will and Mulv. A nice meal at home tonight. King Prawn Pathia, which is hot and sour. And fried Basmati. We usually go over the bar for a few snifters first but we had a heavy night at the Night Market on Monday and we will have another heavy night on Saturday. I am feeling all of my 70 years these days. It takes a few days to get over a session. I am sure I will manage a couple of beers with the curry though. Thanks again. I take it you met up with a few of the locals last night then? Were there plenty of folk there? |
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Post by Karoline on Jul 17, 2024 18:32:57 GMT
Happy Birthday, hope you’ve had a good day 🎂🎂
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Post by anglais on Jul 17, 2024 18:59:32 GMT
Thank you so much Will and Mulv. A nice meal at home tonight. King Prawn Pathia, which is hot and sour. And fried Basmati. We usually go over the bar for a few snifters first but we had a heavy night at the Night Market on Monday and we will have another heavy night on Saturday. I am feeling all of my 70 years these days. It takes a few days to get over a session. I am sure I will manage a couple of beers with the curry though. Thanks again. I take it you met up with a few of the locals last night then? Were there plenty of folk there? Yes, met up with a few locals but it was heaving with tourists. Had a bit of banter with Jean-Luc about the football. Actually it was a lot of banter and got a bit heated but all in good fun. Noelle and Maurice from across the road were there with Noelle's sisters. We sat with Madame Plumtree who retired from the Post Office this year. Did a bit of hob-nobbing with Jean-Claude the Mayor. Thinking about it there were only a handful of locals. The "do" is on for 8 weeks and its a bit much to do every week. Madame Bontempi no longer does the entertainment, although she was there and Elian from the Boulangerie made a presentation to her on behalf of the village. Madame has not been in the best of health and has been replaced by another lady who plays keyboard, accordian and electric guiter and sang. She was extremely good too. Lots of traditional French music and less emphasis on Chicken Dancing which was a bit sad in some respects, but a few got up and had a go. It was more walzing than boot-scooting but we enjoyed it. |
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Post by anglais on Jul 17, 2024 19:05:25 GMT
Happy Birthday, hope you’ve had a good day 🎂🎂 I had a lovely day thank you Karoline. Pottered in the garden and watched the swifts and buzzards with a beer. Then a great curry to round it all off. |
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Post by Su on Jul 17, 2024 20:21:04 GMT
I take it you met up with a few of the locals last night then? Were there plenty of folk there? Yes, met up with a few locals but it was heaving with tourists. Had a bit of banter with Jean-Luc about the football. Actually it was a lot of banter and got a bit heated but all in good fun. Noelle and Maurice from across the road were there with Noelle's sisters. We sat with Madame Plumtree who retired from the Post Office this year. Did a bit of hob-nobbing with Jean-Claude the Mayor. Thinking about it there were only a handful of locals. The "do" is on for 8 weeks and its a bit much to do every week. Madame Bontempi no longer does the entertainment, although she was there and Elian from the Boulangerie made a presentation to her on behalf of the village. Madame has not been in the best of health and has been replaced by another lady who plays keyboard, accordian and electric guiter and sang. She was extremely good too. Lots of traditional French music and less emphasis on Chicken Dancing which was a bit sad in some respects, but a few got up and had a go. It was more walzing than boot-scooting but we enjoyed it. as a matter of interest, do you have banter in English or French |
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Post by anglais on Jul 17, 2024 21:09:38 GMT
Yes, met up with a few locals but it was heaving with tourists. Had a bit of banter with Jean-Luc about the football. Actually it was a lot of banter and got a bit heated but all in good fun. Noelle and Maurice from across the road were there with Noelle's sisters. We sat with Madame Plumtree who retired from the Post Office this year. Did a bit of hob-nobbing with Jean-Claude the Mayor. Thinking about it there were only a handful of locals. The "do" is on for 8 weeks and its a bit much to do every week. Madame Bontempi no longer does the entertainment, although she was there and Elian from the Boulangerie made a presentation to her on behalf of the village. Madame has not been in the best of health and has been replaced by another lady who plays keyboard, accordian and electric guiter and sang. She was extremely good too. Lots of traditional French music and less emphasis on Chicken Dancing which was a bit sad in some respects, but a few got up and had a go. It was more walzing than boot-scooting but we enjoyed it. as a matter of interest, do you have banter in English or French To be perfectly honest I'm not quite sure.  |
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Post by mulv on Jul 18, 2024 6:52:39 GMT
😁😁😁😆
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Post by will on Jul 19, 2024 5:11:08 GMT
Yes, met up with a few locals but it was heaving with tourists. Had a bit of banter with Jean-Luc about the football. Actually it was a lot of banter and got a bit heated but all in good fun. Noelle and Maurice from across the road were there with Noelle's sisters. We sat with Madame Plumtree who retired from the Post Office this year. Did a bit of hob-nobbing with Jean-Claude the Mayor. Thinking about it there were only a handful of locals. The "do" is on for 8 weeks and its a bit much to do every week. Madame Bontempi no longer does the entertainment, although she was there and Elian from the Boulangerie made a presentation to her on behalf of the village. Madame has not been in the best of health and has been replaced by another lady who plays keyboard, accordian and electric guiter and sang. She was extremely good too. Lots of traditional French music and less emphasis on Chicken Dancing which was a bit sad in some respects, but a few got up and had a go. It was more walzing than boot-scooting but we enjoyed it. as a matter of interest, do you have banter in English or French Anglais is a lot more proficient in French than he admits to. There are not many folk in his village or the surrounding area who speak English - they don't have a lot of British or American tourists down there so there's not much need for them to bother. |
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Post by anglais on Jul 19, 2024 6:30:24 GMT
Will, you are too kind. Our French is shocking. This morning I was watching a documentary about the North of Aveyron, perhaps about 2 hours north of here and it was about how widespread Occitan is spoken, even amongst the children. It is far from a dying language. It confuses us to death. Even though we read French very well, the spoken "patois" and pronunciation makes life difficult at times.
Monique next door is very difficult to understand, and Monsieur Abricot is totally unintelligible.
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