For Christmas, we bought a selection of games to play as a family. One of them is a traditional French  card game called “Le mille Bornes”. It was created in 1947, and I remember playing it when I was a kid. The goal is simple: you must be the first to reach 1000 kms. There are various cards to attack your opponents and try to stop them. It is fun for kids and grown up from Jean-Baptiste’s age onwards, but a bit difficult for Maxime. I remember playing it as a kid, it’s great to play it again.
Category: Daily life
A quiet Christmas day
Christmas day was fairly quiet. The children got up early, but not too early. They opened some of their presents before we went to church, and we convinced them to keep some to open after the service. The service was good. I had kept it fairly simple so that it didn’t last too long for people to go back to their families. Somehow, about 20 people turned up, which is great considering it was Christmas morning. About half of the people were visitors who had come to see their families.
Lunch was straightforward. We had some salad with prawns as a starter, followed by “Confit de canard”, with small potatoes and broad beans. All this was served with a lovely burgundy wine. We weren’t hungry enough to have cheese, so we had a break before having Christmas pudding for the parents and Jelly for the kids.
In the afternoon, we relaxed. Dad helped Jean-Baptiste build up his Playmobil Police station, and Maxime’s Duplo farm. We watched Cars 2 which we’d received as a present. In the evening, we had some nems with green salad. We were all fairly tired and had an early night.
It was a blessed day.
Another visit to the stadium
I had never been to a football game in my life until a few weeks ago when Jean-Baptiste’s football club got some invitations for the game against Bastia (read more about that game here, here and here). Some of you will think it is a shame and that I had never lived until then. But be reassured dear readers.
I have now been TWICE. Yes I know, this sounds crazy. TWICE in a row. Continue reading “Another visit to the stadium”
That looks cool
A Breton choir, singing in Breton
A New mobile phone
We often complain about our phone carriers, or Internet provider, but never say that we rae happy about the service we get. Well, today I am pleased with them (although I know it may not last).
I got an Android phone back in January. It worked well until not long ago. Then, the screen froze, and there was no way to stop it, but to take the battery off. After that, the screen froze each time I restarted it, just before the screen that asked for my PIN. There was nothing I could do. I finally phoned the customer service, and they exchanged my old phone against a brand new one. Continue reading “A New mobile phone”
Staj krampouezh
I enjoyed the crepe making afternoon. It took place in the Breton Cultural centre, in Guingamp. 18 places were offered and 14 people turned up. Two ladies had been invited to give us some tips. They seem to be quite well known characters and are often invited for special events like this one. One of them was a Breton speaker and seemed quite keen to speak Breton with people. It was very frustrating that I haven’t yet reached the level to have a conversation with people. I will work harder. Continue reading “Staj krampouezh”