Well, the bag is packed, and we're off to France tomorrow. A real vacation (yea, a little painting too) with Sam and Morgan and the new "French Family". I have been practicing my French for weeks and may have three or four sentences down pat. There is a brilliant comedian Eddie Izzard who does this bit about speaking French and the first three phrases he ever learned. I am diligently practicing them to try on the guy at customs to impress him with my bilingual abilities!
"La chat est sur la chaise. La souris est sous la table. Le singe est sur la branch"
(The cat is on the chair. The mouse is under the table. The monkey is on the branch). Will let you know how that goes.
So 10 days with Morgan's parents knowing no English, and me with my three phrases, and John's pronounciations (learned French by playing hockey in Quebec - hmmm). He's been teaching me French phrases such as " I have many diseases". So it should be a fabulous time!
P.S. If you want a good laugh, do check out the comedian - he's an "interesting" dresser and totally brilliant!
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