Week ending 11th Sepember, 2005.
Friday 09th September, 2005.
We will not talk about work, shall we? Thanks God it’s Friday and the best way to celebrate is to go out for a meal.
Laurence booked a Chilean restaurant, on the East Bank of Rouen (River Seine does separate Rouen in almost two halves). The drive to Rouen from the suburbs of Paris took more than two hours. I arrived home at 20.23 and after freshening up, took Laurence’s car for dining out.
After circling around the restaurant to park the car, we decided to go in an underground parking. We know the restaurant, so we were greeted nicely.
The restaurant was quite busy, and there was only one waitress. She smiled at us and we were reassured that we will not starve ;-)
We ordered avocado with marinated shrimps for Laurence and I had a puff pastry filled with minced beef and onions with a tomato, coriander and onion relish (Chilean National meal). As main course, Laurence had some grilled meat and I preferred grilled chicken and beef with a lettuce salad all covered with the tomato relish, again… My mixed grill was served on a table barbecue and continued to cook while we indulged in some carnivorous endeavor. Laurence had a Mexican beer and I settled for H2O because I wanted to sleep in my bed and not at the Police station. Sweets were permitted by Doctor Jimmy in that it was milk cake, (condensed milk). No coffees, the waitress made us taste a Chilean drink. I took a sip, just like Grappa.
Saturday 10th September, 2005.
Hay fever was killing me, so I visited my GP. Oh man, she got me on the scale, lost one kilo, blood pressure OK. She thinks that my left ear is inflamed. Well, we rushed to the pharmacy and discovered that my medical card could not be read by the Chemist. He demanded money! So Laurence needs to sort this out on Monday as she works for the Social Security.
After doing food shopping, buying a new toilet seat (Italian one, transparent and with red orchids), we sent for electronics shopping. My cd player in my office is KO and despite the armada of cdroms at the office, I still want a traditional cd player. The DVD player in the living room is silver sort of thing. So I might take it to my office and replace the one in the lounge with a all black one that can read MP3 and JPEG etc. (BTW, the home theater amplifier, tv, satellite decoder etc. are all black)
I cooked, stir fry prawns with vegetables. And we shared a pizza. Yougurts and diet coke! National and Satellite TV were inconsistent….
Sunday 11th September, 2005.
I woke up early and went out to buy fresh bread from the bakers (luxury in France) I settled for bread with sunflower. Laurence woke up just as I put my key in the front door. The cat quite was upset because I did not serve her before going out…
I worked a bit by Remote DeskTop on my office computer. I had pasta for lunch, Laurence a flan. Laurence was busy with a few things and at around 15:30 we went to a Car Boot Sale, 500 stalls in Andelys (50 kilometers East of Rouen). After getting hold of an inkpot for Laurence desk, the rain, a deluge succeeded in getting us back to the car park and rushed back to Rouen. I drove with the heater on to dry the few hair left on my skull and my IBM T-shirt, completely soaked!
I cooked a fish curry for me and grilled fish for Laurence. Rice with vegs in a nice olive oil. Coconut cream for me and Laurence had a “crème caramel”. Being naughty! Just watched CNN and saw the tribute to 911. Four years already…
May God bless you!
We will not talk about work, shall we? Thanks God it’s Friday and the best way to celebrate is to go out for a meal.
Laurence booked a Chilean restaurant, on the East Bank of Rouen (River Seine does separate Rouen in almost two halves). The drive to Rouen from the suburbs of Paris took more than two hours. I arrived home at 20.23 and after freshening up, took Laurence’s car for dining out.
After circling around the restaurant to park the car, we decided to go in an underground parking. We know the restaurant, so we were greeted nicely.
The restaurant was quite busy, and there was only one waitress. She smiled at us and we were reassured that we will not starve ;-)
We ordered avocado with marinated shrimps for Laurence and I had a puff pastry filled with minced beef and onions with a tomato, coriander and onion relish (Chilean National meal). As main course, Laurence had some grilled meat and I preferred grilled chicken and beef with a lettuce salad all covered with the tomato relish, again… My mixed grill was served on a table barbecue and continued to cook while we indulged in some carnivorous endeavor. Laurence had a Mexican beer and I settled for H2O because I wanted to sleep in my bed and not at the Police station. Sweets were permitted by Doctor Jimmy in that it was milk cake, (condensed milk). No coffees, the waitress made us taste a Chilean drink. I took a sip, just like Grappa.
Saturday 10th September, 2005.
Hay fever was killing me, so I visited my GP. Oh man, she got me on the scale, lost one kilo, blood pressure OK. She thinks that my left ear is inflamed. Well, we rushed to the pharmacy and discovered that my medical card could not be read by the Chemist. He demanded money! So Laurence needs to sort this out on Monday as she works for the Social Security.
After doing food shopping, buying a new toilet seat (Italian one, transparent and with red orchids), we sent for electronics shopping. My cd player in my office is KO and despite the armada of cdroms at the office, I still want a traditional cd player. The DVD player in the living room is silver sort of thing. So I might take it to my office and replace the one in the lounge with a all black one that can read MP3 and JPEG etc. (BTW, the home theater amplifier, tv, satellite decoder etc. are all black)
I cooked, stir fry prawns with vegetables. And we shared a pizza. Yougurts and diet coke! National and Satellite TV were inconsistent….
Sunday 11th September, 2005.
I woke up early and went out to buy fresh bread from the bakers (luxury in France) I settled for bread with sunflower. Laurence woke up just as I put my key in the front door. The cat quite was upset because I did not serve her before going out…
I worked a bit by Remote DeskTop on my office computer. I had pasta for lunch, Laurence a flan. Laurence was busy with a few things and at around 15:30 we went to a Car Boot Sale, 500 stalls in Andelys (50 kilometers East of Rouen). After getting hold of an inkpot for Laurence desk, the rain, a deluge succeeded in getting us back to the car park and rushed back to Rouen. I drove with the heater on to dry the few hair left on my skull and my IBM T-shirt, completely soaked!
I cooked a fish curry for me and grilled fish for Laurence. Rice with vegs in a nice olive oil. Coconut cream for me and Laurence had a “crème caramel”. Being naughty! Just watched CNN and saw the tribute to 911. Four years already…
May God bless you!
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