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Dragon made of recycled aluminum, cardboard, plastic, and steel, in the Jardin des Plantes. |
Yesterday’s
edition of Le Parisien featured a
whole page on the issue I brought up earlier this summer, and that is that
more and more Parisians speak English and they do so willingly. The headline was “The Parisians are not
such idiots in English!” They
interviewed four very good looking young tourists from Approximately 40
percent of the tourists in All over the
world, it seems, people are generally acknowledging that some knowledge of
English is almost essential. Just when I was
finally getting to know French pretty well . . . . We went to L’Antre Amis for dinner
last night, and they were friendlier than ever. The food was especially good, too. Last year, we also had one of the best
meals ever in that restaurant in August.
I did catch a couple glimpses of the chef this time. Hats off to the chef! I’ve been enjoying reading the Interior Minister
Nicolas Sarkozy’s book, Témoinage,
although I find that I like him less and less. He is a bit of a fascist, I think, and I
certainly do not like the way he’s handled the situation with the squatters
at Cachan. See August 20 and 23. Nevertheless,
from his book I am learning more idiomatic French and more about very recent
French history. His writing style is
pretty easy to read, too. If you like the Alas, for many
of us, summer is drawing to an end.
Our friends from J and M will
soon be going back to Sanibel, too.
But our friend Alan will be returning to At the end of
the week, we make our big move over to the apartment near Saint Sulpice,
where we will remain for the rest of September. My aunt wrote to me that she knows someone
who spent part of a summer studying organ
at the Saint Sulpice. He said that
in order to get to the organ console, he had to walk out on the roof and back
in! Has anyone else ever heard of
that? I’ll have to check it out. Here’s a detailed photo of the organ
console, and an interesting web page about the organ and church. |