tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post5986594610602285313..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Rouen, February 1, 2003Ken Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-32752153019462964642013-02-02T04:46:41.645+01:002013-02-02T04:46:41.645+01:0040 years of France is quite some time. Becoming fl...40 years of France is quite some time. Becoming fluent must have felt really good.<br /><br /> I get a lot of pleasure just from knowing a few words and hearing French spoken.Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824964122794535252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-56679704874187251172013-02-02T03:38:08.548+01:002013-02-02T03:38:08.548+01:00Bonsoir Dean,
Très joli. Vous êtes un poète, non?
...Bonsoir Dean,<br />Très joli. Vous êtes un poète, non?<br /><br />chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-16420584004965232092013-02-02T01:16:26.845+01:002013-02-02T01:16:26.845+01:00Bonsoir CHM,
Voici un très vieux dicton français (...Bonsoir CHM,<br />Voici un très vieux dicton français (que je viens d'inventer):<br />"Garantie aux tricheurs de la Chandeleur, une année pleine de bonheur".Dean Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03317311364315454284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-89831757022547861542013-02-01T23:03:11.869+01:002013-02-01T23:03:11.869+01:00Never been to Rouen, but it looks really nice. Wh...Never been to Rouen, but it looks really nice. Who knows? Maybe someday.Starmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386841450183061541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-53796979996686485342013-02-01T21:11:08.016+01:002013-02-01T21:11:08.016+01:00Bonjour Dean,
You’re a cheat. It won’t work. The ...Bonjour Dean,<br /><br />You’re a cheat. It won’t work. The flipping has to be done on Chandeleur’s Day and with an old-fashioned pan. You could use non-stick, if you want. Of course, the flipping is tricky and that’s why, if you’re successful, you’re rewarded with an undisclosed amount of money for a whole year. As I said if you flip your crêpes the day after and with a spatula it won’t work. But whether you flip crêpes on that day or not remember that, “À la Chandeleur, l’hiver finit ou reprend rigueur.”chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-5778794003963854052013-02-01T21:05:26.147+01:002013-02-01T21:05:26.147+01:00And yet another expression I remember from my year...And yet another expression I remember from my year in Rouen: il pleut comme vache qui pisse.Bob Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691894542904701565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-88676541337740794372013-02-01T19:22:15.023+01:002013-02-01T19:22:15.023+01:00I meant 2003 also...I meant 2003 also...Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-43217518030625793752013-02-01T18:26:45.609+01:002013-02-01T18:26:45.609+01:00Dean, back in 2002 I was using a Kodak DC4800 3.1-...Dean, back in 2002 I was using a Kodak DC4800 3.1-megapixel digital camera. I kind of like the soft focus of that lens.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-20462211721432451182013-02-01T18:00:30.601+01:002013-02-01T18:00:30.601+01:00Bonjour CHM,
We're having several French frien...Bonjour CHM,<br />We're having several French friends over to celebrate (le lendemain de) la Chandeleur on Sunday. <br />We're making our crêpes on our electric Tibos crêpière (amazingly, still made in Pluguffan). Will I receive a year of prosperity if I'm flipping with a spatula and not using a traditional crêpe pan? (I'm also fresh out of Louis d'or.)<br />Bonjour Ken,<br />What camera did you use to take the photos of Rouen? How do the megapixels of that camera compare to your current one? It's interesting to see the much better resolution of your recent photos. Dean Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03317311364315454284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-89890943299753670452013-02-01T17:53:28.903+01:002013-02-01T17:53:28.903+01:00Tim, if you haven't been into old Rouen, the c...Tim, if you haven't been into old Rouen, the centre-ville, then you have really missed a special place. You can't go 'through Rouen' without going through the town itself -- otherwise you've been 'around Rouen'...Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-64745959836026164512013-02-01T16:46:43.405+01:002013-02-01T16:46:43.405+01:00Ken... Pauline and I have passed through Rouen man...<b>Ken</b>... Pauline and I have passed through Rouen many times since the A28 opened... but never visited the centre... that lane looks great... a bit like York... designed for a laden donkey or a 2CV. <i>[And that's a very nice looking extra-white deuche in the second from last pic.]</i><br /><b>Susan</b>... you are right in your guess at the Normandy T.O. celebrating rain... there are a lovely selection of cards, mugs, place-mats... etc. at the "Aire du Haras" on the A28... last aire from here before you get into Rouen... also a lot of Normandy 2CV owners have painted similar comic scenes on their cars...<br />The North West of Boggy Bonnie Scotland has a similar range of cards... <br />but also celebrates the <b>MIDGE!</b>Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-36896913270242448952013-02-01T16:43:16.663+01:002013-02-01T16:43:16.663+01:00It's good to see 10 years back, would love to ...It's good to see 10 years back, would love to have seen 40 years ago!<br />IvanA Normandy kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11793122018733990319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-28692580402581674492013-02-01T14:25:47.156+01:002013-02-01T14:25:47.156+01:00Gosh, that snow looks cold. Which is a silly thin...Gosh, that snow looks cold. Which is a silly thing to say but that kind of thin, wet snow makes me feel so miserably cold. We get a lot of that here.<br />But the shops looks so warm and inviting. Great photos, taken at a time when you were embarking on such an exciting change in your life.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-71534128317826637902013-02-01T13:27:30.592+01:002013-02-01T13:27:30.592+01:00There’s another saying, not as nice but probably b...There’s another saying, not as nice but probably better known by outsiders, “Rouen is the chamber pot of Normandy.”<br /><br />Tomorrow is Chandeleur, Groundhog’s day for my friends here in the U.S. Don’t forget to make crêpes and flip them while holding a coin [gold would be best!] in the other hand so you will have money the whole year. As I said before I’m not superstitious because it brings bad luck!<br />chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-3965542417888830892013-02-01T13:20:24.846+01:002013-02-01T13:20:24.846+01:00Lovely photos, and I, too, enjoyed reading your me...Lovely photos, and I, too, enjoyed reading your memories. :)Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-3742589921857866892013-02-01T12:29:28.705+01:002013-02-01T12:29:28.705+01:00I enjoyed re-living these memories with you Ken.I enjoyed re-living these memories with you Ken.VirginiaChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17282569773671179047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-90007487669341391132013-02-01T09:33:03.188+01:002013-02-01T09:33:03.188+01:00I was surprised one day when I looked at the figur...I was surprised one day when I looked at the figures for here that the rainfall is much the same here in the Touraine as in London -- the difference is it rains on twice as many days in London -- so Rouen is the same -- when it rains you don't get a lot in one go, but cumulatively, it all adds up. The Touraine is more prone to heavier rain, but on fewer days. <br /><br />Is it the Normandy tourist office that positively celebrates the rain, with T-shirts and everything? I forget which one of the north eastern regions it is, but like Ireland does, pointing out that it wouldn't be nearly so green and beautiful if it didn't rain every day.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.com