Tag Archives: France

Con trick confession at house-warming celebration (Rousse)

Posted on March 19, 2016 by Dreamaticus

TPR was clearly not pleased with the guest list for our very last minute house warming party. I argued that very few people were available, hence the rather strange assembly of friends. This ranged from a bloke that I met … Continue reading →

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A secret tryst at the White House (Rousse)

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Dreamaticus

It was mid-January and high time that our Christmas visitors headed off home. While non-stop partying had its appeal, these so-called friends were eating us out of house and home, and TPR had strong suspicions that they were sponging off … Continue reading →

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Paris holiday con (Rousse)

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Dreamaticus

We thought that we were staying in a luxury hotel in Paris, but it was a complete con. The façade of the building was genuinely in the French capital, but as soon as we exited the glass lifts on the … Continue reading →

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iPhone 3 functionality saved by WhatsApp (Rousse)

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Dreamaticus

I only had my iPhone3 with me in France. I didn’t have a contract for it, but ED said that she would sort something out for me. Soon I would be able to contact everyone again using WhatsApp.

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A missed holiday in France (Rousse)

Posted on September 19, 2015 by Dreamaticus

It came as a complete surprise to find so many familiar faces at the Hebridean guest house, including many of my school friends. TPR would get to meet LT and HT at long last! Then we remembered the mysterious message. … Continue reading →

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Dumped and exiled abroad (Rousse)

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Dreamaticus

TPR had ended our intimate relationship and now I was stuck in France. My life was effectively over.

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Wild boar hunting in France (Rousse)

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Dreamaticus

I thought it rather unfair to place the blame for the popularity of French bloodsports on the residents of Marcillat. Indeed I couldn’t recall an active hunt in all the time that I spent there. All I could remember was … Continue reading →

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Mobile phones, a model couple, and gargoyles (Rousse)

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Dreamaticus

TPR and I really needed to get our act together. First, we should carry our mobile phones at all times. This would have saved us the trauma of losing one another in France. Then TPR had to cut down on … Continue reading →

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Recreated photos of a French past (Rousse)

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Dreamaticus

When I first came across the pictures I thought that they were of A and D’s wedding. I had enlargements made so that I could put them into an old-fashioned cloth-covered photograph album to give to my French friends. It … Continue reading →

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Marcus Brigstocke tour takes in the stationers (Rousse)

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Dreamaticus

Marcus Brigstocke had set the exam paper so it was only natural that it was also he who accompanied me and my sister J to the stationers. Here we would purchase some scrap paper on which I could plan my … Continue reading →

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