It may not be your fault you didn't understand them! French people are famously rude to Americans and other nationalities they don't like such as the English. I speak French well enough I can pass for French but have witnessed them saying either nonsense or speaking deliberately so fast the tourist could not understand. I had forgotten how big CDG is and walking through it took forever!
1- Hambone was my conversion sponser into the Catholic Church, so he "saved" me in that sense, lol! Also during Hiatus he came to visit and was a tremendous help and consolation.
2- My mom is from Canada and speaks Canadian dialect french, which I am told is different. So I parles a little francais but not enough to really communicate 😂
3- This is a tough question because nothing sticks out as immediately memorable but I had a greasy burger after I ran, or rather completed, that half marathon and I remember that being amazing.
4- You 100% should write an essay about the eurotrip!
5- I wish someone made an app that looked like the nokia phone and allowed you to play the retro snake.
Traveling alone in your 20s can be such an edifying experience, I think.
The best sandwich I ever had was in Café Novelty in Salamanca. I still wonder it was actually the sandwich, or the fact that I was dining in a place where a hero of mine used to eat (Unamuno), but man was it great.
It may not be your fault you didn't understand them! French people are famously rude to Americans and other nationalities they don't like such as the English. I speak French well enough I can pass for French but have witnessed them saying either nonsense or speaking deliberately so fast the tourist could not understand. I had forgotten how big CDG is and walking through it took forever!
Right!? It's a monster of an airport.
1- Hambone was my conversion sponser into the Catholic Church, so he "saved" me in that sense, lol! Also during Hiatus he came to visit and was a tremendous help and consolation.
2- My mom is from Canada and speaks Canadian dialect french, which I am told is different. So I parles a little francais but not enough to really communicate 😂
3- This is a tough question because nothing sticks out as immediately memorable but I had a greasy burger after I ran, or rather completed, that half marathon and I remember that being amazing.
4- You 100% should write an essay about the eurotrip!
5- I wish someone made an app that looked like the nokia phone and allowed you to play the retro snake.
Great essay, Walther!
This may be the proof that Hambone is a different person. Also, it could be hearsay.
You know, I thought that was Spanish was close enough to French for me to just "pick it up," I was wrong.
Cheeseburgers are great.
Okay, fine I'll write it.
I haven't looked but I'd bet someone already made that app.
Great story, as usual.
Traveling alone in your 20s can be such an edifying experience, I think.
The best sandwich I ever had was in Café Novelty in Salamanca. I still wonder it was actually the sandwich, or the fact that I was dining in a place where a hero of mine used to eat (Unamuno), but man was it great.
Thank you! Yes, traveling alone can be edifying. Divine Providence had a hand in it too, my guardian angel must have been working overtime that day.
Miguel de Unamuno? I have heard of him but I'm not familiar with his work. I'll need to check him out. Follow up question, what was in the sandwich?
Yep, Miguel de Unamuno. Ortega-y-Gasset also dined in that Café, irrc.
I can vaguely recall what the sandwich had, but I believe it was a steak sandwich with Roquefort and a tinge of honey.
I'd eat that.