Bruce and Ange are Australians in France, trying to make sense of it all and have some fun.
The point of this blog is to attempt to help out (or humour) other like-minded people who have found themselves in a foreign country trying to understand what the hell is going on around them. Basically, we’ll be noting things that are different, unexpected, tricky to understand or just plain interesting.
We’re going to try to keep our personal lives out of it (since there is already a blog for family and friends at alcorn.id.au).
Also, we’re already stretched over several blogs, so posts will be a little infrequent, but they’re guaranteed to be on topic. So, if that’s what you’re after then subscribe away (rss feed is here) and take things as they come. Enjoy!
Believe it or not my name is Bruce Alcorn too.
And I often talk about a trip I had to France in 2006 where I ran out of vegmite (which I was having at breakfast on crusty French bread) but managed to buy some from a supermarket in Avignon.
I offered vegmite to the locals everywhere we stayed but there were no takers.
Strange!
Go Aussies.
That is really weird. :)
Can anyone tell me which supermarket in Avignon sells Vegemite. Ours got confiscated at Heathrow and we’re desperate!
I honestly don’t know Avignon, so I couldn’t say. Don’t these Heathrow security people understand vegemite is essential?
We get our vegemite shipped to us (with our tim tams) by nice family members. It’s a slow process, but it works.
is there a good free french translation tool on the internet ?,”‘