We decided to save money by taking country roads instead of the expensive French motorway and made our way through Alsace, the region in Eastern France that’s still populated by German-speaking people.
That’s why the picture above is of Le Schlucht, an interesting language mix consisting of a French article and the German word for gorge*.
That again reminds me of an entry I wrote a while ago on macaronic poetry, which still makes me weep with laughter whenever I stumble upon it. Ach, I’m so easy to please.
*The picture is of course not of the language mix, but of the landscape behind the gorge. Just in case my clumsy wording had you confused for a bit.
I’m back. The vacation was wonderful, and because it only lasted a week, I will prolong the whole experience by posting photos of the trip on here for the next few days or weeks, so you too can see how great it was.
Well, instalment number one is this very posting. The picture above is of the border between Switzerland and France. The funny thing is, it took us about two hours to cross that border (the photo was taken at around 5AM), but it took us around 12 hours to finally reach the Normandy. Goes to show that, well, the Normandy’s one far away province.
French students are at it again! This time it’s all about insane new labour laws.
From the Guardian Unlimited:
It’s like a reprise of the May 1968 protests. The CRS riot police cruise the streets of the Latin Quarter in Paris, breaking up groups of protesters, and storm the Sorbonne where students staged a three-day occupation last week. Between 51 and 64 of France’s 82 universities are now disrupted by the wave of angry protests.
This is amazing, and although most of the protesting is overshadowed by senseless vandalism, I’m glad there are still countries in Europe where people are not too lethargic to actually go out and protest.
Check out this blog for some English language coverage of the protests!
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