The English Topic

Oh well…no matter where you’re from or where you wanna settle there’s always a bloody annoying paper, form, translation that’s missing…just have to be patient.

Good luck you’ll be a frenchie soon!

Anyway thats cool to find some people to speak english with! I was starting to feel a bit nostalgic since I’ve been back from Downunder…

Here is a good one for you tadpole:
http://www.diamondgeezers.org.uk/sounds/lyrics/lamarseillaise.html
in french and in english… 😆
Enjoy

Hi Tadpole, in fact I’ve a good friend on this forum who’s actually stayed at « Chez L’australienne » and said it was really great, and he loved the themed rooms.
For myself, I don’t find running a B & B tough work at all, but rather a joy (but then I’ve only been running it for a year so far and I only have 3 beds to take care of, so don’t spend all my time washing and ironing sheets 😆 )
Another short cut: I don’t usually cook breakfasts, preferring to spend the time showing guests around my town, and have relaxed BBQs together in the evenings instead.
In the summer I only try to encourage internationals, so it’s always a bit of a cultural exchange as well, and with just internationals, I’m not busy every single week, so still have plenty of time for myself and the French websites 😀

Sorry to hear that your interview wasn’t completely successful.

Kate, just back from Sydney.

There you go. Look at that, I dont come on for a few days and here is the english topic sitting way down at the bottom of the list. 🙁

How are you all??

Wow,, funny Kate you knowing someone who knows someone who stayed in that B and B. Once again the use of the phrase « its a small world » is never better used. 😛

Anyway, ive been busy searching for decorative stuff for my house to go with my new lounge so ive been busy off doing the shops etc the last few days and haven’t had time to come on here on any of the other forums im subscribed to.

Kate, are you also on a forum called french downunder or something like that?? Ive seen a Kate on there and been reading the posts and im pretty sure its you!! 😮

How was the skiing oz boy? Nothing broken I hope? You didnt cause any avalanches did you?? 😛

Oz Boy, I won’t ask you if my posts are still horrible 😆 but I think my French has really improved on this site, where few people speak good English (always good practice!)

I’ve stumbled across a few of my ancient FDU posts myself…. was a bit shocked 😮

Kate

Dont you already have a song topic on the other site Kate? I think you helped me out with a catch up of my walzting matilda words 😀

Sorry about your ear oz boy. If you’re so good why were you not in the olymics?? 😛

🙁 Well where the hell has everybody been?? I know I havent been on for about a week, but still I would have thought that OZ Boy would have written a little something.

Anyway, been pretty busy doing stuff around the house. Still havent gotten up off my backside to try and get my birth certificate translated into french. I really must ring up and ask how etc ..

How you all been? You getting back into the working rythem oz boy after your ski trip? Hows it going in Ballarat Kate? Im pretty sure ive been to Ballarat a few times, we used to live in Blackburn and Doncaster East in the Melbourne area before moving to NZ.

Anyway, im glad ive done my bit to put the english topic back up to the top cause I had to go to page 2 to find it and thats just a damm shame.

Salut Tadpole, I’m back, after a busy week spent in the garden before it gets completely out of control 🙁
We’ve got friends living in Doncaster, near Doncaster Shopping Town.
Ballarat’s going well, thanks.
We’ve got some preliminary basketball matches happening here for the Commonwealth Games and one of the city centre streets has been turned into a ‘Live Site’ with free entertainment & activities & a big screen, and stuff like free rock concerts & other music too…..like one of my favorite Oz bands, Killing Heidi, performing next Tuesday….can’t wait!

Kate

Oh Kate, your sooo lucky getting all the coverage of the Games!! Of course, nothing over here in France though I am lucky having a satellite where I can get all the English channels, BBC etc. So I do get a wee bit of coverage, but mostly at night of course with the time difference.

It looks like the ozzies are doing the best in the medals table! 🙂

Without being biased, didnt you think that the opening ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympics was the most beautiful one you have ever seen? Ive still got it on tape and love watching it, especially with all the tap dancers on the metal sheets, an amazing sound.

uh oh, getting nostalgique, gonna make myself home sick, again.

🙂 Well your english sounds pretty good already mate!

We will forgive you for your ciao seeing as it was followed by ‘oops’ a very english word. 😛

Coucou Erick,

Your English could never be ridiculous…..and as for your accent, it’s the nicest mix of Aussie/French accent I’ve ever heard.

See you soon in France mate.

Tadpole, good luck with the new house.

Went to see Killing Heidi live in their free concert today as part of the Commonwealth Games celebrations….they’re a brilliant Aussie band if anybody gets a chance to hear one of their albums.

Cheers,
Kate

Sure Oz Boy, if you’d like to help. Can you think of any famous Aussie song you’d like the words to, and I’ll try to find them.

What are you doing for the weekend?

I’ve got 2 Frenchies coming to visit (d’A-A.com 😀 ) and maybe we’ll have a bit of a petanque game & BBQ at a nearby lake on Sunday.

Kate

Hi OzBoy
…basket = basketball?
And what’s a Zola (some kind of novel??)
Shopping…. used by itself, more for clothes & stuff, but if you write « shopping for food » the meaning is clearer.

I met the 2 Frenchies at one of our last website rdv’s in Melbourne.
We had a great BBQ at the lake in the sun, played petanque….and I won 🙂

Hope your weekend was good, and you too Tadpole and everybody else reading.

Kate

I had the most wonderful weekend!! My husband woke me up Friday and said pack a bag my parents are coming to take the kids and im taking you away to Budapest for the weekend for your birthday!! 😮 I was sooo surprised!!
A lovely weekend just the two of us, sauna and massages. First night out, Friday, we go to a typical hungarian restaurant, absolutley delicious. Who sits down at the table next to us?? Two ozzie gals!! So nice to talk to other ozzies!! What a small world. One lives in London, the other in Ireland, they were there for work.

Anyway, still selling house. Very busy with visits and agents etc. Dont see the days go by at all!

Big kissies to all! 😀

😮 Where were you effisk?, Biarritz?? hossegor?? I went on holidays to hossegor about 7 years ago and saw Kelly Slater surf and up close. (yummy!!)

🙂 A good place for windsurfing is also New Zealand. My dad used to windsurf with our little fox terrier sitting on the back of the board. A classic photo!! 😆

Well there you go! ….. 😛 NZ is extremely windy!! 😮