Here's a bit of an update on the past month in St Die, in images.
Above: These few shots are taken from a Celtic Soirée that took place in St Dié a few weekends ago. It involved three groups from the French province of Bretagne, situated in the far north-west of the country. There a huge celtic influence on the region's culture and the music was a stange melange of traditional Irish-sounding tunes and French or Breton langauge.
Above: Winter gave us an unexpected return visit at Easter. It snowed on and off from Friday to Tuesday. The sound of the students' snowfights in the playground provided me with a less-than welcome wake-up call on the Saturday morning, however.
Above: Last Saturday arvo was spent doing a bit of hiking in the hills above St Dié with Sarah, the German assistant based in town.
Above: Return to Colmar and the city's little district of Le Petit Venise.
Above: Dinner @ César's place in honour of Jérome's birthday. All the good stuff of la France profonde in one place.
Best meal: Blanquette de veau and tagiatelle pasta at the school canteen today. A common question I get is So what sort of cuisine do you have in Australia Sam? Well, I answer, its really a mix of a whole lot of stuff - lots of meat, seafood, and the food our immigrants have brought with them. Then I mention the role of traditional English 'cuisine'. That's when their jokes start. Hur hur hur...Ça n'existe pas!...Ils ne savent pas manger! Always makes me laugh!
In the news: Possible Olympics boycott; strong support towards the Left in the municipal elections; Carla 'Jackie Kennedy' Bruni in London. Gimme a break.
The weather: Finally some sun today after a pretty dreary last 10 days. 4-16 degrees when its nice.
On my iPod:
The Stones - Exile On Main Street. All of it, on repeat.
Custard - Ladies And Gentlemen. Thankfully sometimes they knew how to turn down the quirk.
Neal Casal - Too Far To Fall. Strangely neglected for a long time.
The Bee Gees - Too Much Heaven. The Barry Gibb falsetto: The eighth wonder of the world. Discuss.
Sam Cooke - The Riddle Song. What a gun.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Man Out Of Time. Cryptic, magnificent.
2 comments:
Nice picture of Colmar! and looking at that table full of French food makes my mouth water...
Wow, I'm loving the top photo - the French really do wear those blue striped sailor shirts. This pleases me greatly.
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