A quiet day till 4:00 when we were invited to a friend of mine, Ghislaine – one of the ladies who I practise speaking French with – to her house to meet her partner, Simon and her 16 month old son Victor. We arrived and then so did some other friends of theirs who also speak a bit of English – Remo and Clara, he is a physicist at the university and she works in the science department as a promotions officer. This was so great – Nev felt great meeting others and we had afternoon tea then we went for a walk to the markets where we all had a ‘caribou’ which is hot wine with whiskey and maple syrup, very nice but incredibly sweet. It was great to stand around all rugged up holding hot wine and talking with friends – Yes everyone – we miss you all – no doppelgangers have been found! It turns out that Simon also occasionally plays poker with the lads and Nev is invited to the next gathering! Simon actually works in Paris and lives there during the week. He returns Friday night and leaves 9:00 Sunday night to return!
Anyway it was great and it turns out that Remo works with a fellow kiwi at the university and he is going to forward us his contact – another native speaker for Nev and his cabin fever!
Also I spent the past 2 days researching for the next lots of school holidays – February and April. Easyjet pulled through and we have booked to go to Rome, Italy for April. We also have researched for February and as it is still quite cold we decided to go where the sun is shining – at least a bit – AFRICA! Well to Morocco in any case – again very cheap package deals all inclusive prices, including drinks – alcoholic and non alcoholic! So we are heading in to the travel agents tomorrow to confirm.
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