For the last month Benoit and I have been waiting for the Strasbourg Scottish Dancing group to restart for the season. Even still, last night around 7.30pm I thought we were going to miss our first night. Why? Because, although the dancing started at that time, I was still stuck in traffic between Colmar and Molsheim and about to take a wrong turn and so delay things further....
My excellent man, rather than listening to my ranting that we were too late, calmly explained even if we were late, we'd still have the chance to dance and so to experience something different than watching Tuesday night TV.
Little wonder then, I was really pleased when we arrived around 8.30pm and saw we were just as welcome late as early!
Indeed, I must be a nerd because I exclaimed outloud when I saw we were going to dance 'the round reel of eight' and 'wind on loch fyne!' .. and that Ben and I would be just fine with this group.
And, so the night darkened outside as inside a rather sweaty squashcourt the lights shone on groups of ten people quietly counting to themselves, 'one, two, three, four, promenade hold for three, then cast to the right, and set to the side.."
And, so I was happy.
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Sunday, September 25, 2005
September Sundays
I love lazy Sunday mornings!
I work up at 8am and was so tempted by the clear morning sunshine that I crept through to the living room to listen to Diane Krall's soulful melodies and to finish Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway. Then Ben came through and read quietly beside me. Now we've drunk our respective cups of tea and coffee and are making plans to quietly visit Obernai this afternoon.
The gentleness of the morning is all the kinder, as last night was filled with conversation and good food (chicken cooked in beer; fresh salad with an olive oil and garlic dressing; apple pie with a homemade custurd layer). A work colleague/fellow mountain biker/badminton player came over with his girlfriend and so we talked work, and politics, and travel, and castles, and mythology. Lovely stuff!
Indeed, I think weekends are all the nicer after a busy week of work because one really appreciate the contrast! So, here's to lazy weekends!
regards,
Robynx
ps/still celebrating my gypsy article on http://www.pilotguides.com/community/travel_writers/gypsy_hearts.php
I work up at 8am and was so tempted by the clear morning sunshine that I crept through to the living room to listen to Diane Krall's soulful melodies and to finish Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway. Then Ben came through and read quietly beside me. Now we've drunk our respective cups of tea and coffee and are making plans to quietly visit Obernai this afternoon.
The gentleness of the morning is all the kinder, as last night was filled with conversation and good food (chicken cooked in beer; fresh salad with an olive oil and garlic dressing; apple pie with a homemade custurd layer). A work colleague/fellow mountain biker/badminton player came over with his girlfriend and so we talked work, and politics, and travel, and castles, and mythology. Lovely stuff!
Indeed, I think weekends are all the nicer after a busy week of work because one really appreciate the contrast! So, here's to lazy weekends!
regards,
Robynx
ps/still celebrating my gypsy article on http://www.pilotguides.com/community/travel_writers/gypsy_hearts.php
Thursday, September 22, 2005
autumn is in the air
You know that tired yet satisfied feeling? Well, I've got it!
The day began early as I drove south through the hills to Saulcy sur Marne. From the warmth of my car, I watched as the chill of the autumn air forced the mist into a silky blanket that rose and fell slightly as the earth breathed into life. And so the milky green of the fields contrasted nicely with the darker green of the background hills...making North Carolina seem all the closer as Shaina Twain and I sang along to her older songs.
Then I arrived at Forexpo for my first day of teaching English to the tree-guys.. though isn't that what I've been doing for the last 7 years? hmm.... Needless to say, it all felt very natural and pleasant.. and especially as I got a free lunch in a 'roadside cafe French style'.. that is, and alongside a bunch of truckers, I tucked first into 'crudities/salad' and then duck/potatoes and the a sweet and juicy creme caramel!
Tonight, I've crashed - as my man in Brussels doing 'European Commission stuff' :-) Alena helped the process as she distracted me from (saved me from) Star Academy and so we chatted - ooh - for 'around an hour' Lovely, lovely, lovely. Google representatives - if you are reading this now, give her that job! She'll save your socks 'cos she's ace!!!
So, with my fingers crossed for Alena, I'll end my noting ZG is now 'APY to know that retirement is around the corner. What am I talking about? My Honda - with her new APY 67 registration plate - is being replaced next Thursday by her friend, our new shiny Voltswagen Golf!!!
Vavavavavoom... so later autumnal or wintery scenes will be accompanied by the quiet hum of heaters and the great knowledge that there are airbags and fancy tyre-stopping technology between me and any road-skidding accident. Phew!
Bye for now,
Robyn
The day began early as I drove south through the hills to Saulcy sur Marne. From the warmth of my car, I watched as the chill of the autumn air forced the mist into a silky blanket that rose and fell slightly as the earth breathed into life. And so the milky green of the fields contrasted nicely with the darker green of the background hills...making North Carolina seem all the closer as Shaina Twain and I sang along to her older songs.
Then I arrived at Forexpo for my first day of teaching English to the tree-guys.. though isn't that what I've been doing for the last 7 years? hmm.... Needless to say, it all felt very natural and pleasant.. and especially as I got a free lunch in a 'roadside cafe French style'.. that is, and alongside a bunch of truckers, I tucked first into 'crudities/salad' and then duck/potatoes and the a sweet and juicy creme caramel!
Tonight, I've crashed - as my man in Brussels doing 'European Commission stuff' :-) Alena helped the process as she distracted me from (saved me from) Star Academy and so we chatted - ooh - for 'around an hour' Lovely, lovely, lovely. Google representatives - if you are reading this now, give her that job! She'll save your socks 'cos she's ace!!!
So, with my fingers crossed for Alena, I'll end my noting ZG is now 'APY to know that retirement is around the corner. What am I talking about? My Honda - with her new APY 67 registration plate - is being replaced next Thursday by her friend, our new shiny Voltswagen Golf!!!
Vavavavavoom... so later autumnal or wintery scenes will be accompanied by the quiet hum of heaters and the great knowledge that there are airbags and fancy tyre-stopping technology between me and any road-skidding accident. Phew!
Bye for now,
Robyn
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