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Les Trois Glorieuses
... word yet on how much money was raised by the celebrity’s barrels.
We ended our day in Beaune on a much lighter note by watching a wine bottle-uncorking contest. Four young women from the audience were chosen to see who could uncork twenty bottles the fastest. Each was introduced to blaring rock music, interviewed by the MC, asked what kind of corkscrew they wanted to use, etc. The first to finish ...
Back To School and Armistice Day
... through the playground. All of the students were outside, and a bunch of them ran over to me with a million questions – mostly about what playground games I knew (and of course I know so many!). One little guy wanted to know if I had met Michael Jackson.
Now, on to the topic of Armistice Day…….
It seems that ...
Differences
The first time I did laundry here, our landlord, Bertrand, told me that in France you have to be patient. Now that we have been in France for over seven weeks, I (Joni) thought it might be fun to write about some of the differences between life in France and the United States, some of which have required some patience on our part. But as we say to the students on the Ambassadors trip, "different" doesn't mean “wrong”!
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“Crème de Cassis” & Signage
... Reims region of France. [Again, any sparkling wine will do but don’t tell the French that.] A “Téméraire” is made from sparkling white wine made in Burgundy call “Crémant.” [“Téméraire” translates as “reckless” in English. Do you think this has to do with someone who drank to many of these?]
A “Kir Breton” or “Kir Normand” is drunk in the northwest of France ...
Paris Visit and a little bit more…
... mass graves. Disease was spreading, and it was decided to move all of the bones from the cemeteries of Paris into these underground quarries.
This was all done after dark with solemn ceremony, and the bones were organized in the catacombs according to the cemetery they came from. Bones were placed there until 1814. By the way, in July three inebriated visitors got lost down there (which you would really have to do on purpose) ...



