If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.

- Hemingway

French men make me sick, always have done. I'm degenerate, but they are dirty with it. Not only in the physical sense either, they have greasy minds. Other foreigners may have garlic on their breath, but the frogs have it on their thoughts as well.

- Flashman

Thursday 23 September 2010

Alliance Francaise Class

So this is a picture of some of the people in my class at the Alliance Francaise. We're a merry bunch from all over the world currently stumbling our way through the imperfect, though some of us often find ourselves in the past conditional, the present unconditional or even the present genetive unconditional conditional...
Top left corner moving left to right: 
Carlos, Spain, applying to Cambridge, speaks very posh english and enjoys a smoke
Omar, Saudi Arabia, initial debate over Omar's real age (18) was dispelled over his explanation about translating the calendar from Arabic to English...
Seung-Hyi: Korean magistrate, probably the best at French though no-one can actually understand his accent.
Harry: Colombian who often comes late and leaves early, has an odd high-pitched laugh.
Me: in classic pose with eyes closed...
Cecilia: Peruvian married to a Parisian. Culture clash.
Pinkie: Indian
Seated:
Kate: Australian
Edgar: Brazilian, class swot, likes the sounds of his own voice and impressing the teacher.
Larissa: German. She came and went within a week.
Robert: Texan pilot. All round good lad who speaks French with a real Texan drawwwwlllll.
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