Last week was my last week at the Lycee and on Monday I officially finished at the College. It seems slightly strange and sad. I can’t believe our time here is nearly over and it is only in the past 3 months we have really enjoyed being here. It has taken a while to understand systems and cultures but now that I truly feel part of things it is closing to an end.
Nev hasn’t been well so finally went to a Dr on Friday – our first visit here. Amazingly I played the role of translator and I was very pleasantly surprised at how it went. It felt really good! Turns out he has an infection and he needs antibiotics. €22.
So off we went to the pharmacy, again I was amazed at my language and understanding. €100 later for the months worth of antibiotics, travel sickness pills and paracetamol.
Nev hasn’t been well so finally went to a Dr on Friday – our first visit here. Amazingly I played the role of translator and I was very pleasantly surprised at how it went. It felt really good! Turns out he has an infection and he needs antibiotics. €22.
So off we went to the pharmacy, again I was amazed at my language and understanding. €100 later for the months worth of antibiotics, travel sickness pills and paracetamol.
Dimanche 14 juin
This morning we were picked up and taken out to a village, Burgille, about 30 minutes away by Arnold. (We met Arnold in the bus trip to Freiburg in December and he rang last week to invite us to their place for the day.
Arnold and Jesse have 3 children, Elise (9), Antoine(7) and Maxim (5), (they also go to Notre Dame) they are originally Dutch but have lived in France now for 14 years. Arnold in particular is a polyglot, I think he can speak 6 languages – Dutch, French, German, English, Spanish and Italien! Jesse also speaks at least 3 languages. They are organic egg farmers and have 2000 chickens and they lay around 1400 eggs a day.
It is all hand work and they do it themselves. Arnold also bakes, bread, quiche etc and sells them to bakeries, epiceries and supermarkets. 
Arnold holding his brioche.
This morning we were picked up and taken out to a village, Burgille, about 30 minutes away by Arnold. (We met Arnold in the bus trip to Freiburg in December and he rang last week to invite us to their place for the day.
Arnold and Jesse have 3 children, Elise (9), Antoine(7) and Maxim (5), (they also go to Notre Dame) they are originally Dutch but have lived in France now for 14 years. Arnold in particular is a polyglot, I think he can speak 6 languages – Dutch, French, German, English, Spanish and Italien! Jesse also speaks at least 3 languages. They are organic egg farmers and have 2000 chickens and they lay around 1400 eggs a day.
It is all hand work and they do it themselves. Arnold also bakes, bread, quiche etc and sells them to bakeries, epiceries and supermarkets. 
Arnold holding his brioche.WE had a terrific time, Arnold has lived a very wide and interesting life, from being a sound engineer for Madonna and Mick Jagger to a chef on an icebreaker, to sailing a super yacht, involved in Greenpeace and it goes on. A fantastic storyteller and we were entertained all day.
Lunch was Indonesian food – rice with a meat/stew, prawn crackers, salad and coconut with peanuts. Finished with ice-cream and fruit salad.YUM!
The time passed so quickly and before we knew it, it was 7pm! Time to hit the road.
A lovely family and again we should have done this months ago!!
1 comment:
I think that's just the way things evolve - we spend weeks, even months, doing very little then it all starts happening just as we're about to leave! But things do take time and that's just life I guess. A pity though! When do you head off on your big campervan trip?
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