Seriously, I kid you not. Nutella is Italian. Nutella is not French. I'm not sure when this happened, but falena84 assures me that it has always been so and, so far, wikipedia seems to be bearing her up ( Read more... )

( Nice )

*waves*

I'm now in Italy, after a few days in France. falena84, as planned, picked me up at the airport in Nice and due to her being awake, we managed to procure a reservation to a hotel and then find said same hotel. A pied. With luggage in tow ( Read more... )

Okay, the game? Has been decidedly bizarre and thrilling. Those first ten minutes, though. Wow. Craziness.

Mon chou still loves me.

Vive Zizou! Allez les bleus!

Mon chou loves me.* He really, really does.

*In briasoleil world, I have a close, personal relationship with Zinedine Zidane.

That is such a Natalie moment.

Anyway, Sunday. Allez les bleus!

For the child, that is. Yesterday morning, she had a ballet exam and she passed with flying colours. She didn't get Honours or High Honours, but she did get Commended (80-89%), which given some of her struggles, particularly given her feet injuries, this is quite impressive. The examiner said many good things. So, yay ( Read more... )

Mathieu Kassovitz has a blog. Yes, it's in French. (His website is in English and French.) But he has a blog. It's fairly new; he's only been publishing entries since October, so I'm not so terribly behind. But he has a blog. Mathieu Kassovitz has a blog.

Most of you probably know Mathieu Kassovitz through the film, Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie ( Read more... )

Zinedine Zidane will be returning to play for the French national soccer team. (Yes, velocity, you can stop reading now.)

More about his return from international retirment here.

Now, I really wish I was going to be in Germany next year.