Monday, February 25, 2008

So, does Wayne Gretzky play hockey?


Does the above question sound a little obvious?
Maybe "lame" would be a better adjective.


This is an English equivalent to the phrase uttered by an older, intoxicated gentleman in a bar in Avignon to my mother and I. The exact phrase in French was "C'est quel coulour, l'équipe de Marseilles?" or "Which color is the Marseille team?" It was at this moment that alarm bells should have sounded. If you live in Europe, you know what color the Marseille jersey is.


So, for the next hour or so, my mother and I were held hostage to the drunken (he was a
big fan of whiskey and coke) ramblings of Paco. Lovely.

After a nice long talk about how to avoid the creepy, drunken guys, I think the vacation can only get better in that regard. There are some situations that a girl has to know how to manoeuvre.

For the record, Marseilles is orange.

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