Did what could be described as the weekly shop today, though bought a lot of things that we wouldn't have bought had we been in the UK still. The whole lot came to around 150€, which included several bottles of wine, the most expensive 1,80€, the cheapest 74 centimes (about 50p), some barbecue meal stuff (ever optimistic in what the French down the south of France refer to as 'the green', because it's so damp and rains a lot so it's very lush) and various cheeses. You know you live in France when there's a choice amongst nine different Camemberts to make. Oh, and a DVD, Monster House, as Saturday night's movie night for the family, though Eldest is staying the night at a friend's.
On Monday she's off to Poland for a week (DON'T tell Madame Grognonne!), courtesy of the Comenius Project, a 'thing' (for want of a better word) involving high schools in England, Germany, France and Poland, where there is a competition amongst students involving a written and oral presentation, to choose the 10 or so representatives of each school to make the trip to see other schools in the scheme. She was one of the lucky winers at her lycée, so is heading off on the pre-financed trip with various French classmates, and we are very proud of her, as indeed we are of all three of our totally bi-lingual offspring. Only gripe is that she has to be at school for 3.30am on Monday to catch the coach which, being French, won't arrive until 3.45am at the earliest, so I will be taking her to school then staying awake and up until I start work at 6am. AND I worked today, so that we can have next Friday off, to fait le pont with Ascension Thursday.
Odd that all of the UK's Bank Holidays seem to be only Mondays, whereas here if the day of the holiday falls on a Tuesday or a Thursday they have the day off on that day and very often the day between that holiday and the weekend as well, thus making a 4-day weekend. Mostly in May, I have to say, though there are a couple later in the year. It's a hard life, sometimes, but that's one of the costs of living in France.
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Just getting caught up. Congratulations on your daughter's winnin the trip to Poland. I'm sure she'll have a wonderful time and come back just a little bit older - you'll see it! Loved the description of your shopping basket - the cheeses have me envious!....and the wines, which are ruinously expensive over here.
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ReplyDeleteSo glad to see you are writing a blog as well as techie page. the nosey person in me is loving finding out more about your life out there and shame you didn't get to do the travelling bit. I have always harboured a yearning to move out there but it would be the South for me ( Sally's place ohhhh) and only if hubs could get a job equivalent to what he has here, need that monthly check. I am not brave enough to take that risk otherwise. (stems from my dad setting up on his own when I was younger and my dad is no business man far tooo laid back).
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