Do you think beer prices are high in ski resorts........

AllyG wrote:Where on earth is Gothenburg?

Ally

Please tell me you are not serious

Finland a pint of not bad beer is 5-6 euros, but wine is 12 euros a glass. I would expect the whole bottle for that price. Hence I drink pints while over there.

No Tony,
They were real French people in a french market. We have a farmer's market in our local town every other Friday, and every year just before Christmas, the French come over specially and do a French market.

I bought some French goat's cheese as well as the brioche, and there were loads of other things for sale - like boar's meat and about 20 different sorts of olive dishes.

But I was very disappointed that I couldn't understand what the guy said once he got into a real flow of French. I very carefully said what I wanted, in pretty good French, and I suppose that enouraged him to believe that I really could speak fluent French, and he just let loose.

It is a bit worrying, because I'm practising for my French ski-ing lessons, and at this rate I won't understand a word they say. I can see myself ski-ing off in the wrong direction, or whatever. Oh well, I still have a few months to practise.

Edit - just saw your last Tony - Gothenburg, something to do with Batman?

Ally

pourquoi êtes-vous étude français ? Je ne vois pas le point quand ils sont très grossiers et ignorants

A fait vous doivent google où Gothenburg est avant vous a répondu ?

Ally, book lessons with an English speaking instructor. That way you only need to worry about the falling over bit and not what you are being told to do )

Stewart,
I bet you pinched that off one of those translation websites. Writing French on here is very difficult because you can't do the accents unless you go into Word first and then paste it back in.

You shouldn't be so rude about the French. For one thing, I want to be able to ski in France without everyone being really cross with all the 'English' for being rude about the French. And for another thing, all the French I've met have been perfectly nice, ordinary people.

I am ski-ing with the French in the afternoon because there aren't any lessons in English during the afternoon, and I don't want to ski on my own or with my daughter because she skis too fast for me. We were okay in Tignes because luckily I am just as good on ice as she is, but once we're on a decent bit of piste she disappears at about 100 miles an hour while I'm very carefully ski-ing down and remembering to practise all my new techniques.

And I know perfectly well that I could have googled Gothenburg to see where it was before I answered, but I like it when everyone gets so cross about my lack of geographical knowledge. It makes me laugh. :lol: :lol:

Tony, ski-ing with the French is an excellent way of making me concentrate on the language. I learnt more in a week last time, than in about a year of French lessons at school.

Ally

I actually have french MS Word as I have to communicate with the french a lot. So dont need any translation sites.