Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
I did, thank you - almost feel confident to go off and do France alone now...
Arch's Birthday - 21 again!
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Ravenbait
Someone's imaginary friend
- Location
- The Seventh Level of Hell
Ach, you'd be grand, so.
Sam
Sam
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
I'll bear that in mind, cheers!
This time, I really did feel more confident with my French - I'm nowhere near fluent, and I still have trouble understand it spoken at a normal speed, but I managed a couple of limited conversations, and pretty much got everything said to us by cafe owners and B and B hosts.
On the last leg, in St Malo, after our hosts had set off in the other direction to go back home, I was elected 'person with the best French' to go and ask how to find the ferry port in the Tourist Info place.
The one time my French let me down wasn't that I didn't know the words, it was because we'd had two beers in quick succession at the hotel after stopping for the day, and I was tiddly and couldn't stop giggling long enough to explain in English, let alone French.
You never see, in phrase books:
"Excuse me monsieur, but my friend's sock has fallen from our balcony onto the one below, could you open the room for us to retrieve it?"
which is just the phrase we needed....
This time, I really did feel more confident with my French - I'm nowhere near fluent, and I still have trouble understand it spoken at a normal speed, but I managed a couple of limited conversations, and pretty much got everything said to us by cafe owners and B and B hosts.
On the last leg, in St Malo, after our hosts had set off in the other direction to go back home, I was elected 'person with the best French' to go and ask how to find the ferry port in the Tourist Info place.
The one time my French let me down wasn't that I didn't know the words, it was because we'd had two beers in quick succession at the hotel after stopping for the day, and I was tiddly and couldn't stop giggling long enough to explain in English, let alone French.
You never see, in phrase books:
"Excuse me monsieur, but my friend's sock has fallen from our balcony onto the one below, could you open the room for us to retrieve it?"
which is just the phrase we needed....
goo_mason
Champion barbed-wire hurdler
- Location
- Leith, Edinburgh
Happy Birthday, Arch!
As Queen of Cake, I hope your birthday one is suitably regal
As Queen of Cake, I hope your birthday one is suitably regal
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
It's a good solid lump of chocolate cake from the little sandwich shop round the corner. Half with lunch, half with a mid afternoon cuppa.
Yellow Fang
Legendary Member
- Location
- Reading
Happy birthday Arch
Have a good one.
Have a good one.
Fnaar
Smutmaster General
- Location
- Thumberland
Arch said:
You can't have your cake AND eat it, you know!
John the Monkey
Frivolous Cyclist
- Location
- Crewe
You can't Halve your cake and eat it, you mean?Fnaar said:You can't have your cake AND eat it, you know!
Fnaar
Smutmaster General
- Location
- Thumberland
John the Monkey said:
Riding in Circles
Veteran
- Location
- EDINBURGH
Happy birthday Arch, your pressy will be on its way shortly.
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
Catrike UK said:
Meanwhile, the Dash behaved very well on tour. There was a certain amount of ribbing going on about its diminutive size, but I had the last laugh the day we were offered a first floor function room to store the bikes in. Getting the tandem Trice upstairs was interesting!
I'll send you a pic or two, when I'm sorted out.
mcshroom
Bionic Subsonic
- Location
- Egremont, Cumbria
Happy Birthday 
