The bathroom stinks I dare not peek behind the false wall as
god only knows what might be lurking in there.
I decided to tape up the stinky hole around
the base of the toilet et voila. The smell has gone.
I am lucky that just around the corner is an Intermarche and I went in to pick up the necessaries wine, beer, cheese etc…
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| Falling out of bed is not an option |
As I wandered through the aisles, over the tannoy came the
customary offers that you hear in the supermarkets these days, however this was
different.
I couldn’t make out a lot of what the guy was saying but it
was more like a game show than info on the latest price of carrots.
As I rounded the corner there in front of me there was a middle-aged,
suntanned guy wearing a shiny grey suit and a tie. It was what you might see being worn by Bruce
Forsyth on lets go come dancing or whatever he’s doing now. Game show man was
holding a cordless mike wandering around the store chatting into his mike as he
went from aisle to aisle. It was a classic….
“Good evening and welcome to the store, and in tonight’s show
we have Onions at €.35 a Kilo, Frozen pizzas at €1.99 and everyone’s favourite
Blue Bresse at a an unbelievable €3 per pack”
He was walking around the store and smiling at everyone I
thought he was going to stop me and interview me. What was I going to say? “Oui”
He was brilliant and it’s worth going back just for the
show.
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| "Table for two sir" |
I popped into the Language School and went down to the internet
room and there was a Nun down there.
“Bonjour” I said
“Bonjour” came the reply
After the usual interplay of pleasantries she asked
“Are you working here?”
I replied with my stock answer “No I’m on a sabbatical” it
covers a multitude of questions and explanations
“Oh…she said you are priest”
I almost spat my scolding hot coffee over her. Not because I
am the Devil but just because I wasn’t expecting that question….
Homer Simpson flashed through my mind, when in one episode
He and Marge are spying on Flanders house from a bush the other side of the
road in the early morning when the postman turns up and puts a letter through
Flanders’ post box and Homer stands up and says to himself “Hey, I could do that job”
“Errrrrr.....Not quite” I replied to sister
We continued chatting then bade farewell in a mixture of
Spanish/French and English or ‘SPENGCH’ as I like to call it.
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| "Tsskk I knew I left my window open" |
Nice Info 1:
1 year’s bike hire €27
Buses throughout the Alpes-Maritime = 1€ one-way.
That includes all journeys from 1 minute to of 1 ⅔
hours (couldn’t find the button for half)
One problem I find is the disparity between what you can get, and the price of a beer.
E.g.
1 beer (pint) = €7
2 bottles of wine, a large pizza and two cans of sausages
and beans = €7
Beer is expensive here as the guide books say.
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| Nice |
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