Happy Travellers Now in Nice
Only five days and already another email from my daughter and son-in-law. Yes, email is wonderful.
This one comes from Nice in France where the happy travellers are loving the marinas (yes, we all love boats, it runs in the family) and the ready availability of fresh foods.
To my daughter's amazement, she is recalling some French. Good to know all those private school fees are paying off! She reports that reading signs and other text is fine and she can easily make herself understood in French, speaking to the locals. I say to rather than with since she says her understanding of spoken French is running at around 1 in 10 words, if that!
Hmmm... how much were those fees again? No, only kidding. It's to be expected isn't it. Unfortunately, on this visit there won't be enough time to "get her ear in" but it all sound like good fun.
This update says they are both really enjoying themselves and that they particularly enjoyed the Amalfi coast in Italy and that Positano was beautiful. I think I am developing a travel itch myself, or maybe it's just that spring has sprung here, so it coud be hay fever. Just kidding, I can make the differential diagnosis between the bite of the travel bug and hay fever.
One thing to note is that gluten free food was readily available in Italy but has been impossible to find in France. Need for that is another thing that runs in the family, unfortunately. Though it should be said that virtually everyone would be better off health-wise by avoiding gluten. But that's another story...
This one comes from Nice in France where the happy travellers are loving the marinas (yes, we all love boats, it runs in the family) and the ready availability of fresh foods.
To my daughter's amazement, she is recalling some French. Good to know all those private school fees are paying off! She reports that reading signs and other text is fine and she can easily make herself understood in French, speaking to the locals. I say to rather than with since she says her understanding of spoken French is running at around 1 in 10 words, if that!
Hmmm... how much were those fees again? No, only kidding. It's to be expected isn't it. Unfortunately, on this visit there won't be enough time to "get her ear in" but it all sound like good fun.
This update says they are both really enjoying themselves and that they particularly enjoyed the Amalfi coast in Italy and that Positano was beautiful. I think I am developing a travel itch myself, or maybe it's just that spring has sprung here, so it coud be hay fever. Just kidding, I can make the differential diagnosis between the bite of the travel bug and hay fever.
One thing to note is that gluten free food was readily available in Italy but has been impossible to find in France. Need for that is another thing that runs in the family, unfortunately. Though it should be said that virtually everyone would be better off health-wise by avoiding gluten. But that's another story...
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