tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32469880.post3703525102118785484..comments2024-03-27T07:54:13.206-04:00Comments on An Accidental Blog: Dreaming of France -- UncorkedPaulita http://www.blogger.com/profile/14237320966048538408noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32469880.post-12454955424505244982017-08-05T11:09:15.878-04:002017-08-05T11:09:15.878-04:00I love it that you are daring to move to France. H...I love it that you are daring to move to France. Here we others sit, watching you and enjoying the adventure.<br /><br />https://readerbuzz.blogspot.com/2017/08/iconic-paris-tiny-cars.htmlDeb Nance at Readerbuzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128529491888701996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32469880.post-9368046504968088862017-08-01T10:35:18.126-04:002017-08-01T10:35:18.126-04:00Francetaste, Interesting. When I learned about the...Francetaste, Interesting. When I learned about the game in French class, we called it boules, but I was under the impression that petanque was a southern France name. <br />Sim, Yes, we spent some time watching when we were in France too. I'm looking forward to many afternoons at the petanque courts. <br />Philippe, Thanks for the advice on petanque. I hope we are brave enough to try it, and glad it isn't as serious as the author made it out to be. Paulita https://www.blogger.com/profile/14237320966048538408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32469880.post-53128796059188277372017-07-31T18:54:01.147-04:002017-07-31T18:54:01.147-04:00Bonjour Paulita ! Quand vous vivrez dans votre vil...Bonjour Paulita ! Quand vous vivrez dans votre village d' Occitanie ( Uzès ? ), ce sera très facile, pour Earl et vous, de jouer une partie de pétanque : allez sur un terrain de pétanque ( il y en a un c' est sûr ! ) et amenez vos boules de pétanque. Si vous voyez des joueurs , demandez - leurs ( dites " Bonjour " bien sûr ) si ils voudraient " faire une partie " avec vous 2 dès qu' ils auront terminé leur match. Vous pouvez aussi " jouer aux boules " l' un contre l' autre ( 3 boules chacun )si il n' y a personne.// Hello Paulita! When you are settled in your village of Occitanie (Uzès why not ? )it will be very easy , for Earl and you,to play a game of pétanque: go to a pétanque ground ( there is one for sure! ) and bring your pétanque bowls. If there are some players on the ground, ask if ( after saying " bonjour " of course )they would like to play a pétanque game with you two as soon as they finish. If there are no players on the ground, you could play a game one on one ( 3 bowls each in this case ). Don' t be afraid to talk to pétanque players, anybody can play on the ground, it's not a serious game,just for fun and it is free.I wish you the better for your next big move.Un bisou sur les 2 joues pour vous Paulita!Philippe F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06443886781443512013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32469880.post-77916450142472810002017-07-31T12:24:35.713-04:002017-07-31T12:24:35.713-04:00We watched the 'old' men playing petanque ...We watched the 'old' men playing petanque in Cagnes sur Mer at a small court by the sea. One woman sat watching. Actually she was reading, but she was there! <br /><br />In Frejus, we saw a larger area with several courts.There was also a billboard announcing an upcoming tournament with pictures of hundreds of people cheering from stadium seats! I knew petanque (I'm still confused over petanque vs boules) was popular, had no idea it was THAT popular though.<br /><br /><a href="%E2%80%9Cwww.chapter1-take1.com/2017/07/before-dunkirk-there-was-weekend-at.html%E2%80%9D" rel="nofollow">Here's my Dreaming of France post</a>Sim Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07069681571808073102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32469880.post-12797189803007246222017-07-30T19:06:26.457-04:002017-07-30T19:06:26.457-04:00neat! I love 'jouer aux boules'. I saw rec...neat! I love 'jouer aux boules'. I saw recently a championship online, it was so good! By the way, pétanque is the official name. But the familiar name is 'les boules', it's nothing to do with regions. Basically like the official name of this other sport is "table tennis", but the familiar way to call it is ping-pong<br />Emma at Words And Peace / France Book Tourshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09426924864218623976noreply@blogger.com