Mad

I packed in a hurry and without a lot of thought ... all summer clothes and it is freezing here!

I brought four books with me (to last a minimum of ten weeks): I have finished two and I only arrived yesterday.  The current hotel has TV ... French TV.

I left behind my precious kettle bell (really could not fit it in either space or weight) and the biggest weights they have at the gym in the hotel are dear little 1kg ones (they have four and they are primarily decoration).  I am told by the people in the office that there are other gyms in town.

Zone eating is going to be incredibly difficult ... the breakfast is typically French ... 20 different kinds of bread and that is it really - oh and bad coffee.

I am back in  'helpless' mode reduced to acting and grappling for words that are half-remembered.  I should have paid more attention all those years ago in French classes (or even a couple of years ago while living in Paris).

And the locals do not shorten Madagascar to Mad - they use Mada ... but I could not resist 

Comments

[Terje Bergendahl]

Good luck to you! If you have to cope with French, then you'll have to and I'm sure that you'll succeed....
Sorry about having devoured two of your books to read though already and the bad coffee!
Looking forward to hear from you.
Terje