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Vivons l'instant présentMarie France et Luchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521274936822677010noreply@blogger.comBlogger399125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596772834771050280.post-29149972293264844882022-12-21T04:39:00.016-05:002022-12-21T21:24:34.844-05:00Bon Noël / Merry Christmas <p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #2b00fe; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><i>English will follow</i></span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #2b00fe; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Décembre 2022,</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Noël sera ici dans à peine quelques heures.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26.6px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">En ce temps de paix et d’amour, Luc se joint à moi pour vous souhaiter un Noël plein de belles choses. </span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Nos meilleurs souhaits pour que vous ayez les sens suffisamment aiguisés pour savoir apprécier tous ces bonheurs qui peuplent les quotidiens, mais qu’avec le temps, on tend à ne plus voir. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26.6px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">La vie est courte, de fait elle raccourcit à tous les jours, il nous faut donc vivement en profiter! </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26.6px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Bon Noël à toutes et à tous!</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i style="background-color: white; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody;">December 2022,</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody;">Christmas will be here in just a few hours.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody;">In this time of peace and love, Luc joins me in wishing you a Christmas full of beautiful things.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody;">Our best wishes for you to have the senses sharp enough to know how to appreciate all these joys that inhabit everyday life, but that with time, we tend to stop seeing.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody;">Life is short, in fact it shortens to every day, so we have to enjoy it!</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody;">Merry Christmas to all!</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVUn5-i5hxTsRM4SwoPe1I7eLG763-rnGEAgH8r16OmUIHNLMH5KoBzZ5qFkHhBJdo0RV7WlBwwWVAok_IWWtFfxWgaj4iBKJI5oHdAdsN_QFyyXl_aqX_Yq_My7eMCTcvNlAnDCafN4ekQ7gLDx9RrcxF1HQbwISrVRukAguGL939tf8b46arOGa6HA/s398/AA81DAF0-C8F1-4D13-AD3F-5EDED6C849AD.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="398" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVUn5-i5hxTsRM4SwoPe1I7eLG763-rnGEAgH8r16OmUIHNLMH5KoBzZ5qFkHhBJdo0RV7WlBwwWVAok_IWWtFfxWgaj4iBKJI5oHdAdsN_QFyyXl_aqX_Yq_My7eMCTcvNlAnDCafN4ekQ7gLDx9RrcxF1HQbwISrVRukAguGL939tf8b46arOGa6HA/s320/AA81DAF0-C8F1-4D13-AD3F-5EDED6C849AD.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>Marie France et Luchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521274936822677010noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596772834771050280.post-83975891936598679712022-12-01T22:54:00.001-05:002022-12-01T23:08:58.785-05:00Sous le ciel de Pattaya<p><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>English will follow</i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;">Allo !</span></p><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;">Déjà un mois que nous sommes partis de Dorval! <br />On est, comme prévu, dans la ville de Pattaya, très grande ville thaïlandaise de bord de mer, très agréable. <br />Beaucoup de touristes, énormément de russes, et autres de ce coin-là (ont tous l’air de parler la même langue). Le condo où on habite m’apparaît presque rempli d’eux. D’un abord « pas très sympathiques ». À force de nous voir à tous les jours, encore hier j’ai décroché de 1ers sourires. Qui sait, peut-être que dans 4 mois, je me ferai des meilleurs amis du monde… quoique j’en doute, j’ai des préjugés tenaces… <br /><br />On aime beaucoup notre condo. On se sent dans le luxe! 😆 Hormis internet qui est inégal, on est dans un confortable studio, terrasse privée, piscine, gym à l’étage. On retient l’adresse! C’est juste un peu loin des commerces. D’ailleurs, faut marcher 45 minutes pour aller dans la 1re vraie épicerie (notez qu’il y a quand même plusieurs dépanneurs tout autour, ainsi que plusieurs restos - formels et ambulants). Pour l’épicerie éloignée, c’est correct, ça nous donne un autre prétexte pour bouger. Un peu plus loin, il y a encore plus de choix d’épiceries et centres commerciaux très modernes. On marche, et on marche. Si on le désire, il y a aussi le baht-bus (camionnette équipée de bancs dans sa boîte), très efficace et économique, qui fait les grandes artères. Intéressant quand on a les bras chargés ;) <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA1cILEWUz3PoBjncKHqc0WaW-x1M7aYot7CkPAAkfwdAbMfbFSpy3TF6vfhpgzKtMCQNvYWdZmisXmzWYhanGfJVnZ3WpAL9n_rnY0I_tgxF7DKL4Nm1wi0_XnBkrjwuQwFZdbaSRfrsUDHBmd1XpGZPug1sKEPUK8Eewa00C23fq8ypXojBMGPOnZw/s480/B0852AAE-F3B6-4E63-A8B6-F09CC1F0AEF6.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="322" data-original-width="480" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA1cILEWUz3PoBjncKHqc0WaW-x1M7aYot7CkPAAkfwdAbMfbFSpy3TF6vfhpgzKtMCQNvYWdZmisXmzWYhanGfJVnZ3WpAL9n_rnY0I_tgxF7DKL4Nm1wi0_XnBkrjwuQwFZdbaSRfrsUDHBmd1XpGZPug1sKEPUK8Eewa00C23fq8ypXojBMGPOnZw/s320/B0852AAE-F3B6-4E63-A8B6-F09CC1F0AEF6.webp" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chaque passage coûte moins de 50 sous <span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>every passage costs 50 cents</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />À Pattaya, il y a peu à visiter… on est allés </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;">- au Sanctuaire de la Vérité (très joli immense monument de 7 étages je crois, tout sculpté en bois), <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWn6TV4gs7c0wm6XF8LtCWf_ZE3R_sbHWQW32UuCnNfy9MFVk1juVlwzVaJtn6fm24LUP3Omi4uKjndNHg9xjVqkLvJqt7B5_xmXyryN-uMYpbg1mYPKs3Pud9ZzApfa6KdjX7UnI5-LpEUM3tb1Wh9Bn_T-RVB0ZJHBcuQ-A9CW_EkyDQN2Z5Jc4Nw/s1280/0550143C-A037-454B-B3D9-C2FFFAB73B1B.jpeg"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWn6TV4gs7c0wm6XF8LtCWf_ZE3R_sbHWQW32UuCnNfy9MFVk1juVlwzVaJtn6fm24LUP3Omi4uKjndNHg9xjVqkLvJqt7B5_xmXyryN-uMYpbg1mYPKs3Pud9ZzApfa6KdjX7UnI5-LpEUM3tb1Wh9Bn_T-RVB0ZJHBcuQ-A9CW_EkyDQN2Z5Jc4Nw/w480-h640/0550143C-A037-454B-B3D9-C2FFFAB73B1B.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkKNy6oAPQr8d_RnZldQRiokcgCir7cbhnBWktJt6s-VIyJduCcMS7nd1x9KKMxLeMPzbeN_fKh1il1Iz4BsBOFvftEuZyp1siK6YZmf9kCzwAhK10Gtn6U8zl9iwfEM0BC9vKTEabec3J5ywiBUW5kWwZGn_fu8a3XAvuh-ZFV_Ss5AS9cxlIveVDxw/s1280/5AF54BD4-B207-4608-8316-AA0B7177FAD2.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkKNy6oAPQr8d_RnZldQRiokcgCir7cbhnBWktJt6s-VIyJduCcMS7nd1x9KKMxLeMPzbeN_fKh1il1Iz4BsBOFvftEuZyp1siK6YZmf9kCzwAhK10Gtn6U8zl9iwfEM0BC9vKTEabec3J5ywiBUW5kWwZGn_fu8a3XAvuh-ZFV_Ss5AS9cxlIveVDxw/w640-h480/5AF54BD4-B207-4608-8316-AA0B7177FAD2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Très beau bâtiment <span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>Sanctuary of the truth</i> <i>Very pretty building</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody; text-align: center;">- à un festival de feux d’artifices (dont le Canada était l’un des invités),<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb0sBfZw2o0ZX4ugC0j9a8r7gyqGSNojxRmgAZP4vY2vE2H4H5eeRDR5NW8l7oSpss05pba2C2rKrCBST9mmqMmN6BWSYBQ-QYtXdnK4e11IUnYeoozK9qN65XLubyAo0sXzty8W3MiIr2eLqCBkmJMdLPHbGONY4fGJAX7SJuoFRjjpoAkvzw3A0jKw/s3181/420FF1C0-AF88-453B-908D-C6EC6CE6AA9F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3181" data-original-width="2385" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb0sBfZw2o0ZX4ugC0j9a8r7gyqGSNojxRmgAZP4vY2vE2H4H5eeRDR5NW8l7oSpss05pba2C2rKrCBST9mmqMmN6BWSYBQ-QYtXdnK4e11IUnYeoozK9qN65XLubyAo0sXzty8W3MiIr2eLqCBkmJMdLPHbGONY4fGJAX7SJuoFRjjpoAkvzw3A0jKw/w480-h640/420FF1C0-AF88-453B-908D-C6EC6CE6AA9F.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody; text-align: left;">- et dans un (faux) marché flottant (trappe touristique qui a perdu son lustre - sans doute à cause de la pandémie - et sans intérêt).</span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody; text-align: left;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhedNg7Tunwhq8htiXvLj4CKnDJ5nusR9v9XUFj1WKrzhM1xPhlNckJlRrue2eQga7p4bKJSvJFZAIkrhMurkhM23Gp2ub3kzhV8Hu8vmWtU4-sqeGRBw-UuOUMAgC0q_oczDcNairwxr8GlePxtEK2Oz7WvceDoM30XR7p3JiLxjb1iSqDFKMvOjk3NQ/s3264/F1F97675-B0C3-44D2-BF48-DFCF5424332A.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhedNg7Tunwhq8htiXvLj4CKnDJ5nusR9v9XUFj1WKrzhM1xPhlNckJlRrue2eQga7p4bKJSvJFZAIkrhMurkhM23Gp2ub3kzhV8Hu8vmWtU4-sqeGRBw-UuOUMAgC0q_oczDcNairwxr8GlePxtEK2Oz7WvceDoM30XR7p3JiLxjb1iSqDFKMvOjk3NQ/w640-h480/F1F97675-B0C3-44D2-BF48-DFCF5424332A.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Au marché flottant… peu à y montrer… <span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>Floating market… not much to show… </i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbE5yIaBzXyXmNrAl_Tqr4b31nQNkX0-AbR2vXymm80z7aYvNjcHvAsEyD27QCmEHJHgRplBkIgBaA9fBE7Fpvt7qPWLgcbyF_4eBXD9vzRq1R3Ll7Z2DOV0YHNnJKqzpvFM2I5HBRQnb5r6IZ2Hg8iYRCdeH_hfP8WwNB769ZSbi2CItHeks1O2zvMQ/s1280/02ADE8F3-73E5-4340-8D42-3942A0FFD9D7.jpeg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbE5yIaBzXyXmNrAl_Tqr4b31nQNkX0-AbR2vXymm80z7aYvNjcHvAsEyD27QCmEHJHgRplBkIgBaA9fBE7Fpvt7qPWLgcbyF_4eBXD9vzRq1R3Ll7Z2DOV0YHNnJKqzpvFM2I5HBRQnb5r6IZ2Hg8iYRCdeH_hfP8WwNB769ZSbi2CItHeks1O2zvMQ/w640-h480/02ADE8F3-73E5-4340-8D42-3942A0FFD9D7.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;">Je me promets d’aller visiter le jardin botanique un moment donné, et de retourner voir le grand Bouddha sur la montagne. À suivre. </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;"><br />Noël approche… Ici on fera comme on a l’habitude, soit… rien du tout 😆 <br />On se paiera peut-être une bonne bouffe. J’ai d’ailleurs découvert un resto japonais qui servent sur un convoyeur. J’avais beaucoup apprécié cette formule à Tokyo. On verra bien. <br /><br /><div dir="ltr"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Hello!</span></i></div><div dir="ltr"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></i></div><div dir="ltr"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Already a month since we left Dorval!</span></i></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size: 17px;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></i></div><div dir="ltr"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">We are, as expected, in the city of Pattaya, a very large Thai city by the sea, very pleasant.</span></i></div><div dir="ltr"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></i></div><div dir="ltr"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Many tourists, a lot of Russians, and others from this corner (all seem to speak the same language). The condo where we live seems to me almost full of them. At first "not very friendly". By dint of seeing us every day, even yesterday I got 1st smiles. Who knows, maybe in 4 months, I will make the best friends in the world... although I doubt it, I have tenacious prejudices...</span></i></div><div dir="ltr"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></i></div><div dir="ltr"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">We really like our condo. We feel in luxury! 😆 Apart from the internet, which is uneven, we are in a comfortable studio, private terrace, swimming pool, gym upstairs. We will remember the address! It's just a little far from the shops. Moreover, you have to walk 45 minutes to go to the first real grocery store (note that there are still several convenience stores all around, as well as several restaurants - formal and itinerant). For the remote grocery store, it's okay, it gives us another pretext to move. A little further, there is even more choice of very modern grocery stores and shopping centers. We walk, and we walk. If desired, there is also the baht-bus (truck equipped with benches in its box), very efficient and economical, which makes the main arteries. Interesting when you have your arms loaded ;)</span></i></div><div dir="ltr"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></i></div><div dir="ltr"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In Pattaya, there is little to visit... we went</span></i></div><div dir="ltr"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">- at the Shrine of Truth (very pretty huge monument of 7 floors I think, all carved in wood),</span></i></div><div dir="ltr"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">- at a fireworks festival (of which Canada was one of the guests),</span></i></div><div dir="ltr"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">- and in a (false) floating market (tourist hit that has lost its luster - probably because of the pandemic - so without interest).</span></i></div><div dir="ltr"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></i></div><div dir="ltr"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I promise myself to go visit the botanical garden at some point, and go back to see the great Buddha on the mountain. To be continued.</span></i></div><div dir="ltr"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></i></div><div dir="ltr"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Christmas is approaching... Here we will do as we are used to, either... nothing at all 😆</span></i></div><div dir="ltr"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">We may pay for a good meal… I discovered a Japanese restaurant that serves on a conveyor. I really enjoyed this formula in Tokyo. We'll see.</span></i></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size: 17px;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: 17px;">🦎Marie France<br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></div><br />Marie France et Luchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521274936822677010noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596772834771050280.post-13194528134980232712022-11-27T01:03:00.003-05:002022-12-01T23:03:56.741-05:00Vitali & Ayna<p> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-weight: bold;">Vitali et Ayna</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">On les a rencontré en ville, au bureau de l’immigration pour être exacte (le responsable du condo qu’on a loué doit nous enregistrer et on l’y a accompagné). </span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Bref on les a rencontré là. </span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Il était avec sa femme Ayna, à moins que ça ne soit Anya... joli prénom en tous les cas. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Et lui Vitali. Comme Italie, avec un V dit-il. </span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Nerveux, fébriles, surtout lui. Ils venaient d’arriver à Pattaya. Tout juste la veille. </span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Elle ne parle pratiquement pas anglais, lui pas mal bien. </span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">C’est presque étonnant, ils sont d’un abord sociable, et veulent faire connaissance. Vous nous connaissez, on est curieux, on accepte volontiers. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Pendant que Luc discute avec Vitali, j’essaie de converser avec Ayna, par </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody; font-style: italic;">Google</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"> </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody; font-style: italic;">traducteur</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"> interposé. Elle est designer de bijoux. De bien élégants produits. Mais elle veut changer de carrière, ne sait pas trop encore en quoi. Elle réfléchit. Je connais le sujet ;)</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Ils sont partis de leur pays il y a déjà quelques jours. Ont dû faire 4 ou 5 différents vols, passer par différents pays. La galère. Comparé au Canada, son pays est mal en point dit-elle. Elle n’en dit pas plus. </span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Problème de langue, problème potentiel de droit (ou de conflit) d’opinion.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Avec Luc, Vitali est plus loquace. Il dit qu’il ne voulait pas s’engager pour l’armée, alors ils ont fui. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Même s’il est d’accord avec les idées du chef de son pays. </span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Au fil de la conversation il se dit contre les mesures sanitaires. De fausses informations affirme-t-il.</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Il avance ses théories, toutes plus boiteuses les unes que les autres.</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Luc décroche et prend de la distance. </span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Après un trop long silence, Vitali demande si la conversation ne bousillera pas la relation naissante… </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">De un, de relation, il n’y en a pas, et il n’y en aura pas.</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">De deux, c’est oui, ses prises de position ont bousillé la « relation ».</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Faut assumer ce qu’on pense et ce qu’on dit.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Vitali et Ayna comme PLEIN de touristes dans la Thaïlande, sont de la Sibérie.</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Des russes… </span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">et un pur produit de Poutine.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"> … notre cœur ne se trouve définitivement pas du même côté de la tranchée. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">_______</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody; font-style: italic;">We met them in the city, at the immigration office to be exact (the person in charge of the condo we rented must register us and we accompanied him there).</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody; font-style: italic;">In short, we met them there.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody; font-style: italic;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody; font-style: italic;">He was with his wife Ayna, unless it's Anya... nice first name in any case. And he <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is Vitali. Like Italy, with a V he says.</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody; font-style: italic;">Nervous, feverish, especially him. They had just arrived in Pattaya. Just the day before.</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody; font-style: italic;">She practically doesn't speak English, he speaks well.</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody; font-style: italic;">It's almost surprising, they are at first sociable, and want to get to know each other. You know us, we are curious, we gladly accept.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody; font-style: italic;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody; font-style: italic;">While Luc is talking with Vitali, I try to converse with Ayna, through « Google translator ». She is a jewelry designer. Elegant products. It is very elegant. But she wants to change her career, doesn't really know what yet. She is thinking. I know the subject ;)</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody; font-style: italic;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody; font-style: italic;">They left their country a few days ago. Had to make 4 or 5 different flights, go through different countries. The galley. Compared to Canada, her country is in bad shape, she says. She doesn't say more.</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody; font-style: italic;">Language problem, potential problem of law (or conflict) of opinion.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody; font-style: italic;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody; font-style: italic;">With Luc, Vitali is more talkative. He says he didn't want to commit to the army, so they fled. Even if he agrees with the ideas of the head of his country.</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody; font-style: italic;">Throughout the conversation, he said he was against health measures. False information he says.</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody; font-style: italic;">He advances his theories, all more lame than each other.</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody; font-style: italic;">Luc picks up and distances.</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">After too long silence, Vitali asks if the conversation will not mess up the nascent relationship...</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody; font-style: italic;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody; font-style: italic;">Of one, of relationship, there is none, and there will be none.</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody; font-style: italic;">Of two, it is yes, his positions have ruined the "relationship".</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody; font-style: italic;">You have to assume what you think and what you say.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody; font-style: italic;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody; font-style: italic;">Vitali and Ayna as FULL of tourists in Thailand, are from Siberia.</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody; font-style: italic;">Russians...</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody; font-style: italic;">And a pure product of Putin.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody; font-style: italic;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleItalicBody; font-style: italic;">... our heart is definitely not on the same side of the trench .</span></p>Marie France et Luchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521274936822677010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596772834771050280.post-787943286945031372022-11-23T21:58:00.005-05:002022-11-25T21:09:13.437-05:00La grosse vie sale / The big dirty life<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAzmuj4cHYLMvAjndV0eK1lU86MFpyBHweUDe_NzAoS4NYqWjW3UIQwtlqYeBewlKq1YYAKt0Q-NDYoSV4aKqk5ZFH2Gdfis14PZyR9frSzVJKdn1Ma_V8jblk8F7DFcxVvHKUw5Dg6_17zr9m3GL7NHnuP-JzxVHggeMXD_mCASeQ1bzQT2w8XvsXWQ/s3264/8D78BC65-835B-4A21-85A3-2B75E1EF49E6.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAzmuj4cHYLMvAjndV0eK1lU86MFpyBHweUDe_NzAoS4NYqWjW3UIQwtlqYeBewlKq1YYAKt0Q-NDYoSV4aKqk5ZFH2Gdfis14PZyR9frSzVJKdn1Ma_V8jblk8F7DFcxVvHKUw5Dg6_17zr9m3GL7NHnuP-JzxVHggeMXD_mCASeQ1bzQT2w8XvsXWQ/s320/8D78BC65-835B-4A21-85A3-2B75E1EF49E6.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Au marché flottant / <i>At the floating market</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;">Les vacances à Pattaya sont TRÈÈÈÈÈÈS dures :</span></p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;">- Réveil sous le chant des oiseaux;</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;">- Déjeûner sur notre terrasse, à quelques pas de la piscine;</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;">- Un jour sur deux, entraînement d'une heure au gym (vélo pour MF, musculation pour moi);</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;">- Piscine quotidienne (3-4 saucettes pour </span><span dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;">MF, 90</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;"> minutes de muscu / course à pied dans l'eau pour moi);</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;">- Farniente à l’ombre et lecture pour MF, ordi / bronzage sur transat pour moi;</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;">- 1 repas Thaï / jr (menoum);</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;">- 1 longue marche de 45 minutes pour aller au marché (idem au retour) / aux 2-3 jours;</span><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;">- 1 longue sortie en marche olympique, jogging, course à pied / semaine;</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;">- de rares visites de lieux touristiques (MF vous montrera);</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;">...</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;">Bref, la grosse vie sale!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqG51JSJ4gr7cGmRImN_Jc01FDyfo3uVkUUy6xSAxr8na7HJmDBnMkIgDoKo5k9WRD0z5Vrhbh8Xg_U7Sdpiz6rNx4UhldACQP86zn91maie8tS7D1Ibx2_46H2SYAKSPeyrqMHIwIC9U623pWRsvZff-vik2j34eGXrvQWdcus9jDK1nFSy9EGDtOdg/s3264/2E13F5F0-C521-4AE2-AB6E-5717AC82834A.jpeg" style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqG51JSJ4gr7cGmRImN_Jc01FDyfo3uVkUUy6xSAxr8na7HJmDBnMkIgDoKo5k9WRD0z5Vrhbh8Xg_U7Sdpiz6rNx4UhldACQP86zn91maie8tS7D1Ibx2_46H2SYAKSPeyrqMHIwIC9U623pWRsvZff-vik2j34eGXrvQWdcus9jDK1nFSy9EGDtOdg/s320/2E13F5F0-C521-4AE2-AB6E-5717AC82834A.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Je pense que ce sont des Dentelaires du cap /<i> I think they are Plumbago</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>The holidays in Pattaya are VERY hard:</span></div><div><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">- Awakening under the song of birds;</span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">- Breakfast on our terrace, a few steps from the pool;</span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">- every other day, one-hour training at the gym (bike for MF, bodybuilding for me);</span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">- Daily swimming pool (3-4 sauces for MF, 90 minutes of bodybuilding / running in the water for me);</span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">- Far idleness in the shade and reading for MF, computer / tanning on deckchair for me;</span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">- 1 Thai meal / jr (menoum 😋);</span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">- 1 long walk of 45 minutes to go to the market (same on the way back) / 2-3 days;</span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">- 1 long trip in Olympic walking, jogging, running / week;</span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">- rare visits to tourist places (MF will show you);</span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">...</span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In short, the big dirty life!</span></i></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWiNWi6OepCAC8Yy8DYSJ9bINUtz0LURIHgvLlsNJj5txhTikT9EudtHF5k8RKvN5DzsLCwi26FC84cGx5aNU6K2I1OCG-mU63XZCZQyLHbF2DCCNkaP_rjxUaxi2FVVrjT_0roYSgmuBKyMCPUkjTLaWZ2sg6Lq2ItGgqVg3hpoZB0fja1dKgopMcQ/s3264/2652BA4F-E69C-4882-98FD-C2BB2D66030E.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWiNWi6OepCAC8Yy8DYSJ9bINUtz0LURIHgvLlsNJj5txhTikT9EudtHF5k8RKvN5DzsLCwi26FC84cGx5aNU6K2I1OCG-mU63XZCZQyLHbF2DCCNkaP_rjxUaxi2FVVrjT_0roYSgmuBKyMCPUkjTLaWZ2sg6Lq2ItGgqVg3hpoZB0fja1dKgopMcQ/s320/2652BA4F-E69C-4882-98FD-C2BB2D66030E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Faut-il vraiment que j’ajoute une légende / <i>Do I really need to add a legend</i> 😉</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;">Luc</span></div>Marie France et Luchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521274936822677010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596772834771050280.post-77791295459493930472022-11-16T05:42:00.004-05:002022-11-18T20:03:17.305-05:00 MF et Luc SONT DE RETOUR !<i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">English will follow </span></i><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">MF et Luc SONT DE RETOUR !</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2LfuvATZ3h-stfdX1OOhM_-deDwfyLCouRFTYsboTufF-KWsccnVBqqpA3AFROTSAcGAHuyeck42SFlWXtOcARJ2W9YoxU5ANZHmlCjSxPU3gR5NK3WXsPqtdqtzHgWUKcvutXpBGFDrUNxJTh9F1lVnIzNL4KWhgFKFMYD3YTI9KTUTD8ofaYxbU/s2992/IMG_1050.JPG" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2244" data-original-width="2992" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2LfuvATZ3h-stfdX1OOhM_-deDwfyLCouRFTYsboTufF-KWsccnVBqqpA3AFROTSAcGAHuyeck42SFlWXtOcARJ2W9YoxU5ANZHmlCjSxPU3gR5NK3WXsPqtdqtzHgWUKcvutXpBGFDrUNxJTh9F1lVnIzNL4KWhgFKFMYD3YTI9KTUTD8ofaYxbU/w252-h189/IMG_1050.JPG" width="252" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cloches de prière au temple Wat Nong Yai<br /><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>Prayer bells at Wat Nong Yai temple</i></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Ça fait 2 ans que je ne vous ai rien écrit! </p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">2 ans où il s’est passé une série d’événements graves qui seront inscrits dans les annales du monde entier: </p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">- la pandémie (qui n’en finit pas) amenant des familles éclatées par des drames et des décès, et des amitiés brisées par les jugements, la désinformation, les blessures, les entêtements ou les incompréhensions; </p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">- un voisin au sud (ex-président pour ne pas le nommer) qui ne décolère pas d’avoir perdu ses élections, et qui veut s’y remettre; </p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">- un autre voisin plus loin au delà de l’arctique qui envoie des hommes se faire tuer sous de faux prétextes;</p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">- une population de plus en plus affamée par la hausse vertigineuse des prix, et une autre par une pénurie de produits;</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">- une planète qui souffre d’insuffisance respiratoire et « inonde ici, et se dessèche là »;</p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Bref, vous l’avez aussi noté, notre monde est sens dessus dessous! </p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Alors mes joies et mes peines ne faisant plus le poids, vous comprendrez que je n’avais strictement rien à ajouter sur ce qui se passait dans notre vie durant ces 2 dernières années.</p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Mais il nous faut continuer à vivre, se remettre en mouvement et tenter de se refaire une vie à défaut de reprendre là où on en était. Et tenter si c’est possible, de réparer certains dommages. Quoique je suis plutôt pessimiste à ce sujet... </p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Je garde toutefois espoir, qu’un jour les choses reviendront à un beau fixe, même si elles ne seront plus jamais comme elles étaient.</p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">C’était un très long préambule pour vous dire que nous revoici! </p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Depuis le 1er novembre 2022, on est au soleil chaud et humide. On a bien songé retourner au Mexique mais comme le prix du studio qu’on avait l’habitude de louer là-bas a énormément augmenté (effet de la pandémie, disent-ils eux aussi), on a décidé de comparer avec d’autres endroits sur la planète. </p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Comme on connaît l’accueil indéfectible de la Thaïlande, on a été une fois de plus attirés par le pays du sourire. Après une très rapide réflexion, on a décidé d’y installer nos pénates pour la saison. Ainsi, pour une fraction du prix de Playa del Carmen (Mexique), on a ici à Pattaya un studio comparable de l’intérieur mais bien plus agréable pour l’extérieur! Terrasse et piscine devant la porte, et gym à l’étage. </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeX-_edaYYpehYzDNnQGdBRZ2KDZ_3cEIDRetZ42KXxoshg857fOsMdWPq1fU0MstCjFVXzjTeOLkCVLPdoLu8eMj9rWi2fn1turX4BdIfR2zwh3mBWyC83IuSX7t7_Igo-XaDyEuqWFjfZ179oXt2mnZZdhC1uu6gUAMqRKcFqpxGJYvPGMKgki5C/s3264/IMG_1065.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeX-_edaYYpehYzDNnQGdBRZ2KDZ_3cEIDRetZ42KXxoshg857fOsMdWPq1fU0MstCjFVXzjTeOLkCVLPdoLu8eMj9rWi2fn1turX4BdIfR2zwh3mBWyC83IuSX7t7_Igo-XaDyEuqWFjfZ179oXt2mnZZdhC1uu6gUAMqRKcFqpxGJYvPGMKgki5C/s320/IMG_1065.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Fruits frais et Scrabble, au petit-déjeuner sur la terrasse<br /><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>Fresh fruit and Scrabble, for breakfast on the terrace</i></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Et on renouvelle avec les saveurs de la bouffe Thaïlandaise … <span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🤤</span> </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU2cVrUcaiyFT9YYDwOGv9d3Dwp9GkHiALI7i1vHGmmQ6W6hkTKKleIKcpbu5tzfCCGDPgxkLSJivdUeHodHneXmqU3od66eii5LixUfHIzhtbec6WpuqvC3e2PD9s2S37-zf_V_ShW9sgdBaMyaiqcEz4xSLKTSPK-e21ULevpDO5a5MOmjYG3bm4/s3052/IMG_1013.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2370" data-original-width="3052" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU2cVrUcaiyFT9YYDwOGv9d3Dwp9GkHiALI7i1vHGmmQ6W6hkTKKleIKcpbu5tzfCCGDPgxkLSJivdUeHodHneXmqU3od66eii5LixUfHIzhtbec6WpuqvC3e2PD9s2S37-zf_V_ShW9sgdBaMyaiqcEz4xSLKTSPK-e21ULevpDO5a5MOmjYG3bm4/s320/IMG_1013.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Marché de fruits frais. Au choix, litchis, mangues, <br />mandarines, mangoustans, papayes, et quoi d’autre! <br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>Fresh fruit market: </i></span><i style="color: #2b00fe;">lychees, mangoes,</i></span></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-small;"><i> tangerines, mangosteens, papayas, and what else!<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnS-qwZ0R-rL9JeoN_X78t62RqsKjJiqNSqorbGP_1wiOPGF8sqhMry7rz-AdGnaIGKczp3raVR60kzMTLtGpLYhvIG6f-9eYkrOmprd8Ob4q5RWPDH5wj7brx8IUvPHEqS8QG4aCJCZxxfvCDUeyliokoi_YI5pm0LMX6W8bxxYR4eBJuHN_oS0R3/s3264/IMG_1077.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnS-qwZ0R-rL9JeoN_X78t62RqsKjJiqNSqorbGP_1wiOPGF8sqhMry7rz-AdGnaIGKczp3raVR60kzMTLtGpLYhvIG6f-9eYkrOmprd8Ob4q5RWPDH5wj7brx8IUvPHEqS8QG4aCJCZxxfvCDUeyliokoi_YI5pm0LMX6W8bxxYR4eBJuHN_oS0R3/s320/IMG_1077.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cuisinier ambulant. <br />Un plat (amplement suffisant pour deux personnes) <br />pour à peine 2 $ (50 bahts)<br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-small;"><i>Itinerant cook.</i></span></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-small;"><i> A dish (enough for two people)</i></span></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-small;"><i> for just $2 (50 bahts)</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Ba quoi, faut bien se remettre de la pandémie 😉 </p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Bon hiver mes amis 👋 </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">MF and Luc ARE BACK!</span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> 2 years.</span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> It's been 2 years since I wrote anything to you!</span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> 2 years in which a series of serious events took place that will be recorded in the annals of the whole world:</span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> - the pandemic (which never ends) bringing families torn apart by tragedies and deaths, and friendships broken by judgments, misinformation, stubbornness or misunderstandings;</span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> - a neighbor to the south (ex-president not to name him) who is still angry at having lost his elections, and who wants to get back to it;</span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> - another neighbor further beyond the arctic who sends men to be killed under false pretenses;</span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> - a population increasingly starved by the vertiginous rise of prices, and another by a shortage of products;</span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> - a planet that suffers from respiratory failure and "floods here, and dries there";</span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> …</span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> In short, you have also noted it, our world is upside down!</span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> So my joys and my sorrows no longer count, you will understand that I had absolutely nothing to add on what was happening in our lives during these 2 years.</span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> But we must continue to live, get back on the move and try to rebuild our lives if we don't pick up where we left off. And try if possible, to repair some damage. Although I'm pretty pessimistic about it...</span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> However, I remain hopeful that one day, things will return to good shape, even if they will never be as they were.</span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> It was a very long preamble to tell you that we are back!</span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> Since November 1, 2022, we are under the hot and humid sun. </span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">We thought about going back to Mexico but since the price of the studio we used to rent there has increased enormously (effect of the pandemic, they also say), we decided to compare with other places on the planet.</span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> As we know the unfailing welcome of Thailand, we were once again attracted by the land of smiles. After a very quick reflection, we decided to settle there for the season. Thus, for a fraction of the price of Playa del Carmen (Mexico), we have here in Pattaya a comparable studio from the inside but much more pleasant for the outside! Terrace and swimming pool in front of the door, and gym upstairs.</span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> And we renew with the flavors of Thai food... <span style="font-family: "Apple Color Emoji";">🤤</span></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> Well, you have to recover from the pandemic, don’t we?</span></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> Happy winter my friends 👋 </span></i></p></div>Marie Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13781748042885715845noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596772834771050280.post-57364271190711611712020-12-13T21:16:00.002-05:002020-12-13T21:18:09.390-05:00Année 2020 / Year of 2020<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Décembre 2020.</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"> </span></span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ouf! Que dire de plus que TOUT ce qui a été dit. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Quelle année ! </span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Nous qui oublions tout, nous devrions retenir celle-ci. </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Inutile de s’allonger sur le grand sofa du psychiatre. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Nul besoin de long monologue pour en arriver à la même conclusion. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">À divers degrés j’en conviens, nous avons tous écopé pour la même chose. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Car tous, sans exception, partout DANS LE MONDE avons subi ses tourments.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">La folie... <span style="font-style: italic;">COVIDienne</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">trumpienne</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">complotienne... </span>et j’en passe.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Et plusieurs en ont été écorchés. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Et beaucoup sont encore aujourd’hui, à l’image des œufs au plat ... tournés, pochés, mollets, cassés, brouillés, ou à plat.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mais l’année 2020 achève, dieu merci ! </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Un vent de fraîcheur commence à souffler. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Gardons espoir, cette grande noirceur achève. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Regardons devant, et ne retenons que ces élans de générosité, de courage et de solidarité qui ont été observés sur notre belle planète bleue.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Que cette nouvelle année se présente selon mon plus grand souhait: aimante, résiliante, compatissante. Que la paix et le pardon vous habite. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bonne et heureuse année mes amis.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.1px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Marie France & Luc</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">P.S. Vous aurez bien sûr compris que nous restons au Québec pour cet hiver. Nous demeurons solidaires avec nos « soldats » de la santé publique. Nous reprendrons nos péripéties lorsque le bon temps sera revenu. </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">December 2020.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"> Phew! What more can be add than ALL that has been already said.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"> What year ! </span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"> We who forget everything, should remember this one.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"> No need to lie down on the psychiatrist's large sofa.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"> You don't need a long monologue to come to the same conclusion.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"> To varying degrees I agree, we've all been through the same thing.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"> Because everyone, without exception, everywhere IN THE WORLD has suffered its torments.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"> Madness ... <i>COVIDIAN</i>, <i>Trumpian</i>, <i>conspiratorial</i> ... and so on.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"> And several were scratched.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"> And many are still today, like fried eggs ... turned, poached, calves, broken, scrambled, flat.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"> But the year 2020 is coming to an end, thank goodness!</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"> A wind of freshness begins to blow.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"> Let us keep hope, this great darkness is coming to an end.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"> Let’s look ahead, and let’s remember only those outbursts of generosity, courage and solidarity that have been observed on our beautiful blue planet.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"> May this New Year come according to my greatest wish: loving, resilient, compassionate. May peace and forgiveness dwell within you.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"> Happy new year my friends. </span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">Marie France & Luc</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"> P.S. You will of course understand that we are staying in Quebec for this winter. We remain in solidarity with our public health “soldiers”. We will come back to new adventures when the good times have returned.</span></p>Marie Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13781748042885715845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596772834771050280.post-4709241367982209112020-10-20T11:15:00.000-04:002020-10-20T11:15:40.858-04:00... pas ben loin / ... not so far<p> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">MF et Luc sont partis… pas ben loin!</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">Maudite pandémie de merde. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">Oups, excusez les gros mots. Mais je suis certaine que vous en pensez tout autant, pour sans doute plein de raisons. Confinement, plus de restaurant, magasinage en ligne, port du masque, agressivité sur les réseaux sociaux, dépressions dans les demeures, Trump qui veut conserver son trône … et plus spécialement pour quelques personnes comme moi, plus de voyage ! <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">Voilà, tout est dit. Cette année 2020 est complètement pourrie. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">Mais comme je dis souvent, il y a bien pire (guerres, tueries, dévastations, etc). <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">Alors, courage, faut pas lâcher, faut juste être patients.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">Pour ma part, je le serai, <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">car vous aurez compris que cet hiver, Luc et moi le passerons…<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">dans un salon québécois.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">N’attendez donc pas de photos exotiques, ni de grands textes explicatifs. Je n’aurai rien à dire, car on vivra tous la même chose. La neige ! <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">Alors donc, bel automne, et bon hiver à NOUS TOUS ! <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">Amitiés, <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">MF and Luc are gone… but not so far!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"> Damn pandemic of shit.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"> Oops, excuse me for the bad words. But I'm sure you think so too, for probably a lot of reasons. Confinement, no more restaurants, online shopping, wearing a mask, aggressiveness on social networks, depression in homes, Trump who wants to keep his throne… and more especially for a few people like me, no more travel!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"> There, all is said. This year 2020 is completely rotten.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"> But as I often say, there are much worse (wars, killings, devastation, etc.).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"> So, courage, you must not give up, you just have to be patient.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"> For my part, I will be, <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">because you will understand that this winter, Luc and I will spend it… <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">in a Quebec living room.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"> So don't wait for exotic photos or large explanatory texts. I won't have anything to say because we'll all be going through the same thing. The snow !<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"> So, beautiful fall, and good winter to ALL of us!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">With love, <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;">Marie France <o:p></o:p></p>Marie Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13781748042885715845noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596772834771050280.post-50653938721883249652020-03-23T23:09:00.002-04:002020-03-25T08:09:28.346-04:00Home sweet home <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Le 21 mars au matin, je lis le journal de la région. Le 20 mars, il est écrit qu’un premier cas de coronavirus a été recensé à Playa delCarmen. Oh... ça commence ... même si aucune mesure sanitaire n’est prise au Mexique, sauf l’arrêt des classes ... </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Le lendemain, 22 mars, bagages préparés, on s’enligne à l’aéroport. En attendant, je lis la Presse qui m’effraie: <a href="https://plus.lapresse.ca/screens/ddb8e5ee-825e-49fb-b9a4-d7917f2694f5__7C___0.html?utm_medium=Ulink&utm_campaign=Internal+Share&utm_content=Screen"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">https://plus.lapresse.ca/screens/ddb8e5ee-825e-49fb-b9a4-d7917f2694f5__7C___0.html?utm_medium=Ulink&utm_campaign=Internal+Share&utm_content=Screen</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">C’est ainsi que revenus plusieurs jours plus tôt que prévu, nous sommes maintenant au Canada. Le temps d’aller chercher mon véhicule (encore merci Carole et Laurent), on file vers Chambly où nous sommes accueillis. </span>Merci de tout cœur à Anthony. </div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: Helvetica-Oblique; font-style: italic;"> So now, we are safe in Québec. At 2 levels of my sister which I can’t see. But that’s ok, everything will be ok. </span></div>
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Il y a bien quelques cas de covid-19 au Mexique, dont 4 à Cancún, mais je pense qu’il n’y a rien encore ici en ville. Ainsi, à part les classes suspendues, tout reste pareil, les commerces ne sont pas (pas encore) pillés, et même les bars et restaurants fonctionnent toujours pour le moment. Nous, on reste tranquilles dans notre petit studio, on sort peu. Sinon, pour les courses et se dégourdir. </div>
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Vu que notre assurance voyage nous confirme qu'on est couvert, car notre voyage a été acheté avant le 13 mars, on ne change pas nos plans. Tant que les gouvernements canadien et québécois ne nous obligent pas à revenir, on attend notre retour, ici au chaud.</div>
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Je souhaite que vous soyez tous en grande forme, avec de bons anticorps pour contrer ce virus qui nous touchera sans doute presque tous, si ce n’est déjà fait. Mais on n’est pas pressés, protégeons-nous et protégeons les autres en gardant nos distances. Les hôpitaux en ont déjà assez sur les bras ! </div>
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** Changements de dernière minute... Interjet vient tout juste de nous imposer le retard de notre vol de retour Cancun-Montréal au 5 avril, plutôt qu'au 31 mars. De prime abord, on accepte. Mais, on va s'informer pour savoir qui va payer nos 5 jours « obligatoires » au Mexique.</blockquote>
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<i> There are a few cases of covid-19 in Mexico, 4 in Cancun, but I don't think there is anything here in town yet. So, apart the suspended classes, everything remains the same, the shops are not (not yet) looted, and even the bars and restaurants are still operating for the moment. In our side, we stay quiet in our small studio, we go out little. Otherwise, for shopping and stretching.</i></div>
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<i> Since our travel insurance confirms that we are covered, because our trip was purchased before March 13, we do not change our plans. As long as the Canadian and Quebec governments do not force us to return, we will wait here.</i></div>
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<i> Obviously when back, we will have to quarantine. And that is fine.</i></div>
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<i> If there are changes and unfortunately we can no longer be welcomed to Canada or there is no more flight (which would be surprising), we will wait here. And we'll look for another flight for later.</i></div>
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<i> Don't worry, even if I have small moments of anxiety, I don't want to give it too much space. We don't take this lightly. I read everything that is said on the subject, but we remain rational.</i></div>
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<i> I hope that you are all in great shape, with good antibodies to counter this virus which will probably affect almost all of us, if it is not already done. But we are in no rush, protect yourself and protect others by keeping distance. Hospitals already have enough on their hands!</i></div>
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*** Last minute info: Interjet has just forced us to delay our return flight from Cancun to Montreal by April 5, rather than March 31. At first glance, we accept. But, we will find out who will pay for our 5 “compulsory” days in Mexico. Stay tune...</blockquote>
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Plus que deux semaines avant un autre départ vers chez-nous. Chez-moi, quel drôle d’expression. Car il faut un chez-nous ça l’air. Pour avoir des repères, pour se sentir enraciné. </div>
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En cet ère de coronavirus, ça vaut la peine d’y réfléchir... si je devais absolument être en quarantaine, pour longtemps disons... j’aime beaucoup Playa del Carmen, je m’y sens à ma place, un 2e chez-moi. Mais je dois l’avouer franchement, mon 1er reste encore le Québec. Près de ma soeur, près de mon cœur. Car oui, j’ai le Québec à cœur. J’aime mon pays pour tout ce qu’il est (bon d’accord, j’éliminerais bien quelques crapets, mais ça l’air que je n’en ai pas le droit). </div>
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Je vous fais la bise virtuelle, celle-là n’est pas contagieuse </div>
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<i><span style="color: blue;">Only two weeks before another departure to our home. Home, what a funny expression. Because it is said that we need a home. To have bearings, to feel grounded.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: blue;"> In this era of coronavirus, it's worth thinking about it ... if I absolutely had to be in quarantine, for a long time let's say ... I really like Playa del Carmen, I feel in my place, a 2nd home. But I must admit it frankly, my 1st is still Quebec. Close to my sister, close to my heart. Because yes, I have Quebec at heart. I love my country for all that it is (okay, I would eliminate a few morons, but it seems that I am not allowed to).</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: blue;"> So <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://1" style="text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 255, 0.380392);" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">in 2 weeks</a>, I'm going home, to Quebec, with my love.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: blue;"> We will have to quarantine. The government is asking for it. We will comply. But between you and me, Mexico is one of the least affected countries at the moment, so I will be in my quarantine not because I am dangerous but especially because I am at risk of being contaminated by others!</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: blue;"> I give you a virtual kiss, this one is not contagious</span></i></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Cette fois, je l’ai bel et bien perdu. Lui qui m’était tellement utile, spécialement ici au Mexique. Lui qui me suivait partout ou presque, où j’allais; lui qui ne me quittait presque jamais. Pourtant je croyais l’avoir bien protégé, couvert de mes soins, souvent trop protecteurs sans doute, et pourtant pas encore assez, la preuve... Je l’ai perdu!</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Il y en a qui le botte au pied, tel le clown qui s’amuse à le faire avancer plus vite que lui; il y en a qui le dépose sur leurs genoux, comme cette timide nymphette qui arrive d’un autre temps; d’autres le gardent dans les mains, comme un objet qu’on ne cherche qu’à déposer mais qu’on ne sait pas sur quel meuble; et d’autres, beaucoup plus nombreux, le négligent, le méprisent, l’ignorent. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Si seulement les gens savaient son importance; si seulement les gens se rendaient compte de ses qualités, si seulement les gens n’étaient pas aveuglés... </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">car ils le sont sûrement sans lui. Moi je ne l’étais pas, car moi, je le déposais sur ma tête! </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Aujourd’hui je suis triste, car de ma balade à Chetumal au début de la semaine, j’ai perdu... mon chapeau préféré.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Me faudra maintenant le remplacer. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><i>This time I did lose it. He was so helpful to me, especially here in Mexico. Who followed me almost everywhere, wherever I went; who almost never left me. Yet I thought I had protected him well, covered with my care, probably too protective, and yet not enough, the proof ... I lost it!</i></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><i> There are some who kick it, like the clown who likes to make him move faster than him; there are some who place it on their knees, like this shy nymphet who arrives from another time; others keep it in their hands, like an object that one only seeks to deposit but does not know on which piece of furniture; and many, many more, neglect it, despise it, ignore it.</i></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><i> because they surely are without him. I was not like them because me, I was used to put it on my head. </i></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Je ne veux pas faire baver, mais Luc et moi se la coulons vraiment douce. Le stress est une denrée non nécessaire dans notre vie. Mais on aime bien aussi parfois les petits challenges. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Ainsi ce lundi matin, avant le lever du coq (qui disons-nous-le franchement, ne se couche jamais), nous partons en courte expédition. Pas d’ordinateur pour Luc, pas de tablette pour moi, pas non plus de sac à dos, à peine un « baise-en-ville » incluant nos maillots, une brosse à dents et mon cellulaire (un très pratique gps gracieuseté de Google Maps). On prend le bus en direction de Bacalar, 4h de bus au sud de Playa del Carmen. Rien de décidé, rien de réservé, tout à l’aventure, on sait qu’on ne part pas longtemps, mais on ne sait quand même pas quand on rentrera. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Débarqués dans la petite ville, on se dirige à pied vers la lagune, lieu où convergent tous les touristes du coin. Quelle beauté que de voir les couleurs de ce lac. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Le lac Bacalar est un lac long et étroit dans l'État de Quintana Roo, au Mexique. Elle mesure environ 42 km de long du nord au sud et moins de 2 km de large (au maximum). Le lac est réputé pour sa couleur bleue saisissante et sa clarté de l'eau, en partie le résultat d'un fond de calcaire blanc. <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Bacalar"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #1967d2;">Wikipédia </span></a></span></blockquote>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Une fois satisfaits, on décide littéralement de se faire prendre par un taxi (pour une bouchée de pain) sur le bord de la route. Cette fois, on poursuit notre route vers la ville voisine, à +/- 35 km de Bacalar. Chetumal est une assez grande ville à l’extrémité sud du Mexique. La ville en bordure de la mer, est aussi située aux abords de la frontière d’avec le Belize. Plutôt jolie et propre, elle souffrait de la popularité du carnaval qui devait passer le soir même. Je dis « souffrir » parce que la ville étant sans doute dans ses préparatifs, elle se trouvait du fait même déserte ! </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Une fois la fête passée, Luc et moi avons les pieds en feu du « marchement » de la journée. On est contents d’avoir vu ce qu’on voulait voir, et on décide ... de rentrer ! </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Presque 6h de bus plus tard, à moitié endormis sur les bancs du bus, il est 3h du matin quand on rentre à Playa del Carmen. Il y a eu grasse matinée ce matin !</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-style: italic;"> So this Monday morning, before the rooster rises (which we say frankly, never goes to bed), we leave on a short expedition. No computer for Luc, no tablet for me, no backpack either, barely a "city pack" including our swimsuits, a toothbrush and my cell phone (a very practical gps courtesy of Google Maps). We take the bus towards Bacalar, 4 hours by bus south of Playa del Carmen. Nothing decided, nothing reserved, all adventure. We know we don't leave long, but we still don't know when we will return.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-style: italic;">Once satisfied, we literally decide to get caught by a taxi (for almost nothing) on the side of the road. This time, we continue our road to the neighboring town, +/- 35 km from Bacalar. Chetumal is a fairly large city at the southern end of Mexico. The city by the sea is also located on the border with Belize. Rather pretty and clean, she suffered from the popularity of the carnival which was to take place the same evening. I say "suffer" because the city being undoubtedly in its preparations, it was by the same fact deserted!</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-style: italic;"> Almost 6 hours by bus later, half asleep on the bus benches, it is 3 am when we return to Playa del Carmen. This morning was a lazy one !</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Quel joie, quel bonheur que de me sentir chez-moi, même lorsque je suis à des lieues, que dis-je, à des latitudes de mon domicile principal. Je suis d’une grande adaptation, presque partout où je vais, j’ai la capacité de m’organiser pour y être bien, qu’importe le lieu. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Mais la meilleure façon, c’est quand je mets ma touche personnelle à l’environnement. Et pour ce faire, j’ai besoin de faire un peu de magie: un contenant, un peu de poudre de ci, un bout de cela, de l’eau bénite... quelques tours de chapeau... et ma touche finale. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Et le résultat ma foi est assez satisfaisant! </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Je vous donne ma formule: dans un récipient recyclé et troué à la base; un peu de terre, un tout petit bout de plante (trouvée dans une plate-bande municipale en fouillis - c’est à dire en besoin d’un bon service d’entretien en horticulture), et un bon arrosage. Et voilà ! Dans qq jours, déjà la plante s’épanouira dans son - mon - nouveau chez-moi ! </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-style: italic;">What a joy to feel at home, even when I am far away, what do I say, at latitudes from my main home. I am very adaptable, almost everywhere I go, I have the capacity to organize myself to be well, no matter the place.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-style: italic;"> But the best way is when I put my personal touch on that environment. And to do this, I need to do a little magic: a container, a little powder of this, a piece of it, holy water ... a few hat tricks ... and my final touch.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-style: italic;"> And the result my faith is quite satisfactory!</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-style: italic;"> I give you my formula: in a recycled container with holes at the bottom; a bit of soil, a tiny bit of plant (found in a clutter of municipal beds - that is, in need of good horticultural maintenance), and good watering. And There you go ! In a few days, the plant will already flourish in its - my - new home!</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Une torpeur me retient assise sur mon fauteuil préféré du studio... une chance que je l’aime, c’est le seul. La climatisation a beau fonctionner, les quelques rares bouffées de chaleur et la large porte patio (qui laisse entrer des rayons par la vitre) apporte un climat tempéré dans la pièce. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Ainsi tout va bien, compte tenu des circonstances. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">C’est que finalement tout ne va pas aussi bien que je cherche à vous convaincre. Je suis plutôt terrassé par un ignoble virus. Ce genre de virus qui cloue au lit n’importe quel homme fort et bien constitué. Mon nez coule de façon aussi continue que le robinet d’une chantepleure qu’on a laissé à demi ouverte. Et cet appendice est aussi rouge que si j’avais passé une journée entière à me faire bronzer sur la plage, en protégeant tout mon corps sauf le nez. J’éternue à tout moment, et la gorge me gratte aussi un peu. Bref, j’ai un vilain rhume.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Mais comme je suis une femme, c’est connu qu’on est toujours plus forte que nos alter égo masculins, tout va aussi très bien ! J’espère juste ne pas contaminer mon amoureux...</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Je prendrai ça mollo, et le vilain virus finira par passer, comme d’hab, et je ferai ma journée normale, comme d’hab ! Pas de panique, on connaît les nouvelles de l’Asie concernant le coronavirus... ici rien de tel. Promis juré, je vais me soigner. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-style: italic;"> A torpor keeps me sitting on my favorite studio armchair ... lucky that I like it, it's the only one. The air conditioning works fine, the few rare hot flushes and the large patio door (which lets in rays through the glass) brings a temperate climate in the room.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-style: italic;"> So all is well, given the circumstances.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-style: italic;"> In the end, everything is not going as well as I am trying to convince you. I am rather struck down by a vile virus. This kind of virus that bedrows any strong, well-formed man. My nose runs as continuous as the tap of a weeping plant that we left half open. My appendage is as red as if I had spent a whole day sunbathing on the beach, protecting all my body except the nose. I sneeze at any time, and my throat is also scratching a bit; in short, I have a bad cold.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-style: italic;"> But as I am a woman, it is known that we are always stronger than our male alter ego, everything is also fine! I just hope not to contaminate my lover ...</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-style: italic;"> I'll take it easy, and the nasty virus will eventually pass, as usual, and I will do my normal day, as usual! Do not panic, we know the news from Asia concerning the coronavirus ... here nothing like it. I swear, I'll take care of myself.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Débarqués depuis qq jours au Mexique, la vie normale a finalement repris son cours. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">On a recommencé à manger, « bien manger » je veux dire. Avec des fruits et légumes frais, et du pain brun, et du lait et des œufs, etc ! </span></div>
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<span class="s1">On a loué un grand studio avec un coin cuisinette à 500 mètres de la plage, pour pas cher. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Dès le 1er jour, on a fait une razzia à l’un des supermarchés du coin (tous bondés de produits, fiers symboles de notre société capitaliste de consommateurs, exactement comme on les connaît et comme on les aime au Québec), et on s’est remis à se nourrir décemment. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Y a pas a dire, Cuba aura été difficile pour nous ! </span></div>
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<span class="s1">On vient donc d’arriver à Playa del Carmen depuis quelques jours, et on s’y reposera pour le reste de l’hiver. Luc a bien l’intention de continuer à s’entraîner, et j’ai encore quelques livres... à lire ;)</span></div>
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<span class="s1">De retour au Québec pas avant le 1er avril ! </span></div>
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<span class="s1">On vous embrasse tous bien fort</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-style: italic;">Landed a few days ago in Mexico, normal life has finally resumed its course.</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-style: italic;"> We started eating again, "eating well" I mean. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>With fresh fruits and vegetables, and brown bread, and milk and eggs, etc!</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-style: italic;"> We rented a large studio with a kitchenette 500 meters from the beach, for a low price.</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-style: italic;"> From day 1, we raided one of the local supermarkets (all packed with products, proud symbols of our capitalist consumer society, exactly as we know and like them in Quebec), and we restarted to eating decently.</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-style: italic;"> There is nothing else to say, Cuba will have been difficult for us !</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-style: italic;"> We have just arrived in Playa del Carmen a few days ago, and we will rest there for the rest of the winter. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Luc intends to continue training, and I still have a few books to read ;)</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-style: italic;"> Back in Quebec ... not before April 1!</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-style: italic;"> We kiss you all</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Marie France et Luc <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>xx </span></div>
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<span class="s2">Le 3 février en mi après-midi, on partait de Cienfuegos, et on arrivait à Trinidad. Une promenade dans le village nous montre un endroit dévoué au tourisme, où la vie cubaine est pratiquement nulle. Les rues de pierre défoncées rendent la place sympathique, mais difficilement praticable. M’enfin, c’était joli. </span></div>
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<span class="s2">Après 3 heures de marche, on avait tout vu, et refusé plusieurs offres de restaurants et bars partout sur notre passage. Ça et des étalages de souvenirs, c’était tout ce qu’il y avait. </span></div>
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<span class="s2">On s’est dit que tant qu’à être ici, on allait magasiner un billet sur internet, ou à un comptoir de ventes.... </span></div>
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<span class="s2">Comme on n’a jamais été capable d’accéder au réseau internet, ni de s’acheter un billet de vol dans un quelconque comptoir de la ville, on en a vraiment eu ras le pompon. On décide alors de repartir le lendemain, première heure (ben oui, le comptoir de ventes pour le bus était fermé ce soir-là...)</span></div>
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<span class="s2">Le 4 février, à 6h30 du matin, on achète notre passage, direction La Havane. Embarquement à 8h (avec du personnel d’autobus qui tente de nous soustraire de l’argent pour du pourboire nullement gagné! Grrr </span><span class="s3">😖</span><span class="s2">)</span></div>
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<span class="s2">Arrivés à La Havane vers les 15h, toujours aussi pompés, on prend le bus local, direction l’aéroport. Pour qq 5 sous canadiens dans un bus surchargé, on a quand même conversé agréablement avec le sympathique chauffeur du bus. Sa gentillesse nous a fait du bien, on en avait besoin. </span></div>
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<span class="s2">À notre arrivée devant le comptoir de Interjet, il est 4h58. Ça fermait à 17h. Les vendeuses au comptoir ont accepté de nous servir. Alléluia! On voulait partir! Et on a pris le 1er vol disponible. Tant pis pour le coût.</span></div>
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<span class="s2">A 20h, on s’envolait vers Cancun. Déjà on respirait mieux. </span></div>
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<span class="s2">Depuis notre décision de s’enfuir, à force d’écœurement, tout s’est enchaîné comme par magie. Dieu et la vie étaient d’accord avec nous.</span></div>
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<span class="s2">Adios Cuba ... tu ne nous reverras plus jamais.</span></div>
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<span class="s2">P.S. de tous les pays qu’on a visité, et Dieu sait qu’on en a fait quelques uns, c’est celui qu’on a le plus détesté. Ça a dépassé notre expérience de l’Égypte, et c’est pas peu dire ! </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;"> In the afternoon of February 3, we left Cienfuegos, and we arrived in Trinidad. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>A walk in the village shows us a place devoted to tourism, where Cuban life is practically nil. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The broken stone streets make the place nice, but difficult to walk. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>But, it was pretty.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;"> After 3 hours of walking, we had seen everything, and refused several offers of restaurants and bars everywhere in our path. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>That and displays of memories, that was all.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;"> We thought that while we were here, we might shop for a ticket on the internet, or at a sales counter ....</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;"> Guess what...</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;"> Since we have never been able to access the Internet, or buy a flight ticket at any counter in the city, we were really fed up. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We then decided to leave the next day, the first hour (well yes, the sales counter for the bus was closed that evening ...)</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;"> On February 4, at 6:30 am, we bought our passage, direction LaHavana. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Boarding at 8 a.m. (with bus staff trying to steal money from us for tips not earned! Grrr </span><span class="s3">😖</span><span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;">)</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;"> Arriving in LaHavana around 3 p.m., still pumped, we took the local bus, direction the airport. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>For qq 5 Canadian pennies in an overloaded bus, we still conversed pleasantly with the friendly driver of the bus. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Her kindness comforted us, we needed it.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;"> When we arrived at the Interjet counter, it was 4:58 am. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It closed at 5 p.m. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The counter salespeople agreed to serve us. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Alleluia! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We wanted to leave! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And we took the 1st available flight. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Too bad for the cost.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;"> Since our decision to flee, with disgust, everything has happened like magic. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>God and life agreed with us.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;"> Adios Cuba ... you will never see us again.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;"> P.S. of all the countries we have visited, and God knows that we have made a few, this is the one we hated the most. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It went beyond our experience in Egypt, and that is saying something!</span></div>
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Marie France et Luchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521274936822677010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596772834771050280.post-18393439380243061882020-02-04T17:58:00.000-05:002020-02-04T17:58:17.422-05:00Cienfuegos et cie<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px;">Jolie ville située dans une grande baie. Une belle jeunesse flâne sur le trottoir du bord de l’eau. L’architecture du centre historique est très bien, sans être trop endommagée par les années et la révolution. </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px;">Mais Plusieurs (trop de) rabatteurs de casas et de restaurants, qui voudraient bien surtout, avoir une propina (pourboire);</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px;">Une carte (menu) pour attirer le client à la porte du restaurant, une autre carte à l’intérieur pour le fourrer (là où les prix sont près du double);</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px;">Presque toujours les mêmes produits souvenirs à acheter;</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px;">Des enfants et des adultes qui, sur notre passage, demandent de l’argent (contre rien);</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px;">Un comptoir famélique pour acheter des billets de bus (1 seul homme pour tous les trajets possibles - et deux queues a faire ... 1 première pour acheter le billet (hier), et rebelote aujourd’hui pour confirmer le billet !!);</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px;">Qu’un comptoir pour acheter des billets d’avion. Après une heure à faire la queue, vous y êtes encore;</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px;">Des cubains pas aussi agréables que la réputation le prétend ...</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px;">On est fatigués de Cuba.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px;">On part pour Trinidad. Ça risque d’être notre dernière ville de ce... pays. À suivre</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px;">P.S. Le temps d’aller à Trinidad; </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px;">Nous voici de retour à La Havane. On attend d’acheter notre vol pour fuir ce pays de m... ! </span></div>
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<span class="s3" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;">Pretty little city in a large bay. Beautiful and quiet youth strolling close of the boardwalk. Nice aArchitecture of the old city without too much damage caused by the years and the revolution. </span></div>
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<span class="s3" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;">But, too many representatives of private houses and restaurants. In fact, they just want any tip;</span></div>
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<span class="s3" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;">A menu to attract clients at the door of restaurants, and another menu once you are in (where the prices are almost the double);</span></div>
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<span class="s3" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;">Almost always the same products at the numerous kiosks;</span></div>
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<span class="s3" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;">Kids and adults asking for money (in exchange of nothing);</span></div>
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<span class="s3" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;">A poor office to buy a bus ticket (only 1 man for all the job - and 2 queues: first yesterday to buy the ticket, another today to confirm it !!);</span></div>
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<span class="s3" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;">Only 1 office to buy plane ticket... make the queue. An hour after, you are still waiting;</span></div>
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<span class="s3" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;">Cubans are not as friendly as the reputation says...</span></div>
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<span class="s3" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;">We are tired of Cuba. </span></div>
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<span class="s3" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;">We are leaving for Trinidad. It might be the last city we visit in that... country. To be continued</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px;"><i>P.S. time to go to Trinidad, and visit it:</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px;"><i>We are back to La Havane. We are now waiting for a flight ticket to leave this country of s... !</i></span></div>
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Marie France et Luchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521274936822677010noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596772834771050280.post-12956681372702214802020-01-30T09:55:00.002-05:002020-01-30T09:55:44.847-05:00Tout inclus / All inclusive<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;"> </span><span class="s2" style="font-size: 24.37px;">Quel bonheur, ma soeur et son mari sont venus nous rejoindre à Varadero, paradis pour les touristes. À la Villa Tortuga, un resort tout inclus. </span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-size: 24.37px;">Vraiment TOUT inclus. </span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-size: 24.37px;">C’est la faute à personne, mais les 2 premiers jours, le temps a fait encore des siennes. Un vent digne d’annuler des régates de voile. Et il faisait froid, assez pour doubler et même tripler nos couches de vêtements. Heureusement, ça s’est replacé et le soleil est revenu. Par contre à la Villa Tortuga, ça n’a fait que commencer ...</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-size: 24.37px;">Au Tout inclus : il y a la bouffe... froide, sans goût, sans variété, où on doit faire la queue (1/2 heure) pour avoir le seul plat chaud. Une machine à café où contrairement à plein d’endroits, le café est bon, mais... la machine fonctionne un jour sur deux. Même chose pour le (seul) grille-pain.</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-size: 24.37px;">Au Tout inclus : il y a les boissons... si on veut boire, soit il n’y en a pas, soit il n’y en a plus, soit il faut changer de bar... bref, faut pas avoir trop d’attentes.</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-size: 24.37px;">Au Tout inclus : il y a le confort 3 étoiles... où les serrures électroniques (de porte de chambre) ne fonctionnent que quand elles veulent, où le ménage est raréfié, où les installations ne sont pas entretenues.</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-size: 24.37px;">BRef, le bonheur de retrouver ma famille a été entaché par plein de frustrations, chacune plutôt banale, mais qui à l’accumulation, nous ont rendus tendus et aigris. </span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-size: 24.37px;">Un hôtel tout inclus complètement pourri, nullement à la hauteur des promesses à l’achat. Luc et moi étions mille fois mieux dans nos casas particulares! </span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-size: 24.37px;">On n’a jamais eu si hâte de terminer un forfait vacances !</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-size: 24.37px;">Demain, on quitte Varadero pour la ville de Cienfuegos.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;">What a joy, my sister and her husband came to join us in Varadero, paradise for tourists. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Villa Tortuga, all inclusive resort.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;"> Really ALL included.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;"> It’s nobody’s fault, but the first 2 days, weather was still bad. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>A wind worthy of canceling sailing regattas. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And it was cold, enough to double and even triple our layers of clothes. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Fortunately, the sun came back. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>By cons Villa Tortuga ...</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;"> At the All included : there is the food ... cold, tasteless, without variety, where you have to queue (1/2 hour) to have the only hot dish. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>A coffee machine where, unlike many places, the coffee is good, but ... the machine works every other day. Same for the (only) toaster.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;"> At the All inclusive : there is the drinks ... if you drink wine, it's only at the restaurant. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And there is often no more beer (or you have to queue for a small glass), or pina, colas, or ... in short, do not expect a real bar provided.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;"> At the All included : there is a 3-star comfort ... but electronic locks (of the door) only work when they want, where housekeeping is scarce, where public facilities are ... <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>maintenance-free.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;"> Finally, the happiness of finding my family is marred by a lot of frustrations, all of which are commonplace, but when accumulated, made us tense and embittered.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;"> A completely rotten all-inclusive, not at all up to the promises of purchase. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Luc and I were a thousand times better in our private houses !</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;"> We’ve never been so excited to complete a vacation package!</span></div>
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Marie France et Luchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521274936822677010noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596772834771050280.post-53109071796131450232020-01-19T17:20:00.001-05:002020-01-19T17:20:57.368-05:00Nouvelles de nous <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="s2">Varadero, longue station balnéaire de magnifique sable blond. Beaucoup de québécois, beaucoup de russes (pas trop rustres). Normal, on a des visas à durée étendue, contrairement aux autres nationalités (3 mois qu’on peut renouveler jusqu’à un total de 6 mois, plutôt que 1 mois avec possibilité de ne renouveler qu’1 autre mois pour les autres). Ou est-ce parce qu’il y a beaucoup de canadiens et de russes que nos visas sont étendus? L’œuf ou la poule? </span></div>
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<span class="s2">Ici on vise toujours le « zéro déchet ». Pas pour être à la mode. Non. Parce qu’on n’a pas le choix, y a toujours rien ! Alors, on ne consomme pas. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Bon, encore une fois, j’exagère... mais si peu... les magasins de Varadero sont tout de même « un peu mieux nantis » que dans les villes et villages où les touristes se font rares). Mais...</span></div>
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<li class="li1" style="font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 14px;"></span><span class="s2">Impossible de trouver un chasse-moustiques; pas de « i-appareil » ni de fils « i-machins » (même pas capable de joindre par internet le « i-store »!); pas toujours d’eau en grand contenant, pas souvent de cola, et encore moins de chips; faut chercher longtemps avant de trouver LE commerce ayant du savon... et quand on le trouve, il possède des dizaines de barres à lui seul, etc. Chaque fois, je m’use à chercher LE commerce qui pourrait </span><span class="s4" style="text-decoration: underline;">peut-être</span><span class="s2"> avoir ce que je veux... et pourtant, je consomme peu. Vous le savez, je suis adepte de la simplicité volontaire depuis longtemps.</span></li>
<li class="li1" style="font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 14px;"></span><span class="s2">Dans tout Varadero (une 20aine de km de long), une seule boulangerie où vous n’aurez que du pain blanc... tranché ou hamburger. Et qq rares pâtisseries.</span></li>
<li class="li1" style="font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 14px;"></span><span class="s2">Il y a 1 marché de fruits et légumes hebdomadaire. Surtout n’y faites pas le difficile. Vous y trouverez que bananes, tomates, poivrons, ananas, yuccas... et c’est à peu près tout. Ouvert le samedi matin. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Dépêchez-vous, à 11h y a plus rien. Sinon, allez à Santa-Marta (village voisin), et ... bonne chance! </span></li>
<li class="li1" style="font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 14px;"></span><span class="s2">Les supermarchés vendent... peu de produits. Quelques rares conserves, 1 boîte de pâtes (si vous êtes chanceux, ce sera des spaghettis), 2 sortes de céréales (yé!), 2-3 sortes de biscuits secs, « du jus » (breuvages à saveur de...), assez souvent 1 saveur de yogourt, huile, lait condensé, très rarement du fromage gouda (au goût plutôt discutable)... et des produits ménagers.</span></li>
<li class="li1" style="font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 14px;"></span><span class="s2">Impossible de trouver œufs, farine, sucre, riz. Ces produits semblent réservés aux locaux via un livret de coupons qu’ils doivent présenter (comme au temps de l’après-guerre) dans un entrepôt. Ces produits sont gratuits aux citoyens, si je ne me trompe pas. </span></li>
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<span class="s2">Alors comme je disais, ici on ne consomme pas, on fonctionne à la cubaine en se débrouillant avec rien, et on vit de nos réserves. Bon, on en a de moins en moins. Mais c’est super pour faire un régime minceur.</span></div>
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<span class="s2">N.B. Avis en passant, quiconque veut ouvrir un magasin à 1 dollar, il fera fortune ici, si le régime vous laisse un peu de vos profits...</span></div>
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<span class="s2">Et bien sûr, il y a plusieurs restaurants. La plupart pour touristes. Sans grande variété entre eux. Et sans saveur. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Ici, ne cherchez aucune bannière étrangère, bien sûr. </span></div>
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<span class="s2">Mais ceci dit, je ne me plains pas. Je ne fais que constater, et vous expliquer. </span></div>
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<span class="s2">Comme on aime à se le répéter, ici on est à Cuba, pays socialiste.</span></div>
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<span class="s2">Maintenant, je m’en vais contempler la mer. C’est pas ce qui manque ici !</span></div>
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<span class="s2">P.S. Juste un mot pour vous saluer, ici tout va bien. J’ai récupéré de ma rencontre avec la méduse, il ne me reste que qq cicatrices sur mon pied et une sensibilité due à l’injection, sur ma fesse. Ça disparaîtra bientôt sûrement. </span></div>
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<span class="s2">On attend ma soeur et son mari ce lundi pm, youppi ! Ils seront ici pour 10 jours. On a hâte ! De plus, j’en ai profité pour lui faire une courte liste de produits à m’amener... Devinez quoi ? ... vous avez des indices plus haut <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>;)</span></div>
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<span class="s2">Ensuite, au 31 janvier, on partira visiter le pays (enfin direz-vous). Notre billet de bus est acheté, direction Cienfuegos! </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;">Varadero, long seaside town of magnificent blond sand. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Lots of Quebecers, lots of Russians (not too rude). <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Normal, we have extended-term visas, unlike the other nationalities (3 months which can be renewed up to a total of 6 months, rather than 1 month with the possibility of renewing only 1 time for 1 month, for the others). </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;">Or is it because there are a lot of Canadians and Russians that our visas are extended? <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Which came first, egg or chicken?</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;"> The important thing is that we take advantage of it, like many other snowbirds.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;"> Here we always aim for "zero waste". <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Not to be fashionable. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>No. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Because there is no choice, there is nothing! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>So we don't consume. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Well, again, I’m exaggerating ... but not that much ... Varadero’s shops are still "a little better" than in the towns and villages where tourists are scarce). But...</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;"> * Impossible to find a mosquito repellant; no "i-device" or "i-wires" (not even able to reach the "i-store" by internet!); not always water in a large container, <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>not often cola, and even less chips; you have to look long before finding THE store with soap ... and when you find it, it has dozens of bars, etc. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Each time, I use to seek THE trade which could </span><span class="s5" style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline;">perhaps</span><span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;"> have what I want ... and yet, I consume little. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>As you know, we have been followers of voluntary simplicity for a long time.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;"> * In all Varadero (about 20 km long), only one bakery where you will only have white bread ... sliced or hamburger. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And some rare pastries.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;"> * There is 1 weekly fruit and vegetable market. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>But, don't be picky. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>You'll find bananas, tomatoes, peppers, pineapples, yuccas ... and that's about it. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>On Saturday morning. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Hurry up, at 11am there is nothing left. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Otherwise, go to Santa-Marta (neighboring village), and ... good luck!</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;"> * The supermarkets sell ... few products. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Some rare preserves, 1 box of pasta (if you are lucky, it will be spaghetti), 2 kinds of cereals (yé!), 2-3 kinds of dry cookies, “juice” (beverages with flavor of ...), quite often 1 flavor of yogurt, oil, condensed milk, very rarely gouda cheese (with a rather questionable taste) ... and household products.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;"> * Cannot find eggs, flour, sugar, rice. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>These products seem to be reserved for locals via a coupon booklet (voucher) which they must present (as in post-war times) in a warehouse. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>These products are free to citizens, if I'm not mistaken.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;"> * For all the other items you would dream of buying (butter, cream, cold meats, peanut butter, etc ... but also small knife, items for a bike (hi Renée), washcloth, etc ... continue to dream !</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;"> So as I said, here we do not consume, and we live on our reserves. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Well, we have less and less. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It’s great for dieting.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;"> N.B. By the way, anyone who wants to open a dollar store will make a fortune here, if the regime let’s you some of your profits...</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;"> And of course there are several restaurants. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Most for tourists. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Without much variety between them. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>And tasteless. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Here, don’t look for foreign banners, of course.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;"> But having said that, I'm not complaining. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I'm just seeing, and explaining you.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;"> Now I’m going to contemplate the sea. That’s not missing here!</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;"> P.S. Just a word to greet you, here everything is fine. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I recovered from my meeting with the jellyfish, I only have a few scars on my foot and still a sensitivity on my buttocks (due to my injection). It will surely disappear soon.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;"> We are waiting for my sister and her husband this Monday pm, youppi! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>They will be here for 10 days. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We look forward ! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>In addition, I took the opportunity to make them a short list of products to bring me ... Guess what ... you have clues above ;)</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;"> Then, on January 31, we will leave Varadero to visit the country (well you say). <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Our bus ticket is purchased, direction Cienfuegos!</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;"> We think of you in the slush ... or anywhere in the world.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;"> Big hugs</span></div>
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Marie France et Luchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521274936822677010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596772834771050280.post-7467365150528463102020-01-10T17:58:00.000-05:002020-01-10T17:58:11.229-05:00Réponse à la photo choc<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Quelle horreur mets-en!<br />
Quand j’ai vu la bestiole, je savais qu’il ne fallait pas y toucher, mais elle a foncé sur moi avec la vague. Impossible de l’éviter !<br />
Heureusement il n’y en a pas beaucoup sur la plage (sauf s’il y a eu de gros vents la veille) et c’est moins pire qu’en Floride. Pas de souci, on peut marcher pieds nus, on les voit quand il y en a.<br />
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je vais beaucoup mieux. Déjà après qq heures, ça allait. L’hôpital n’avait pas à me garder, en fait, mes compressses d’eau chaude étaient plus efficaces que les leurs (lol, je les refaisais plus souvent)<br />
J’ai encore des cicatrices, mais ça s’en va tranquillement. Quand à la douleur, 12h plus tard, je pouvais dormir, et au réveil le lendemain, je ne sentais plus rien. Alors finalement, tout est bien qui finit bien !<br />
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Merci de penser à moi<br />
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Marie France et Luchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521274936822677010noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596772834771050280.post-13817045770970858862020-01-09T10:43:00.000-05:002020-01-09T10:43:19.670-05:00Photo choc<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="s2" style="font-size: 24.37px;">Il flottait sur la vague, tout bleu. Son corps, ressemblant à une épaisse nageoire faite de gélatine, était orné de dentelles bleues foncé et quoique je ne les voyais pas, des filaments devaient flotter autour de lui. Il se dirigeait lentement vers la grève. Armée de mon cellulaire j’ai voulu m’en approcher et le prendre en photo. Catastrophe, la vague me le pousse sur le pied gauche. Une onde de douleur me transperce presqu’immédiatement. Luc étant parti s’entraîner sur la plage, je ne l’attends pas. Vite je ramasse nos effets et me dirige vers notre chambre. Une rapide consultation à la voisine m’informe que je dois aller à la clinique pour un traitement anti-allergique. Sans son avis, j’aurais fait de même.</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-size: 24.37px;">N.B. Selon la loi de Murphy, c’est toujours quand on a besoin de taxi qu’on n’en trouve pas. Finalement, il s’en présente un ! Malgré mon état de douleur, le chauffeur qui a voulu m’escroquer n’a pas réussi. A mon insistance, il a fini par trouver du change... grrr.</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-size: 24.37px;">À l’hôpital, on s’occupe de moi immédiatement. Une civière de métal blanc est d’un confort inouï quand on a mal et qu’on croit s’écrouler à tout moment. Une douleur envahissante et la sensation de brûlure sur mon pied sont montées dans ma jambe et au bas du ventre. Je tremble de tout mon corps, des tremblements que je n’arrive pas à contrôler. Je subis une grosse réaction allergique. On ne tarde pas à me faire une injection à la fesse et à poser une compresse d’eau chaude sur mon pied. </span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-size: 24.37px;">Comme disent les membres de la clinique « poco a poco » (peu à peu), je réponds à l’injection (comprendre que ça m’a bien pris 1/2 heure avant de cesser de trembler). La brûlure-douleur tarde cependant à s’apaiser malgré les compresses chaudes à répétition. On m’avise que ça s’améliorera graduellement en moins de 48h. Me faudra être patiente...</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-size: 24.37px;">Puis, au bout d’un moment, sans presse, on me libère gentiment de mon lit et m’invite à payer la consultation ainsi qu’un antihistaminique et une crème topique. Et je quitte la clinique et son personnel attentionné et compétent. Pour une bouchée de pain. Peut-être 2h se sont passées. </span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-size: 24.37px;">De retour à la chambre, Luc n’est pas encore revenu de son entraînement. Il apprendra tout à son retour. Je souffre toujours. Les compresses d’eau chaude me soulageront jusqu’à tard en soirée. Je sens comme si mon pied avait été écrasé par un poids lourd! </span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-size: 24.37px;">Finalement la douleur commence à s’éteindre et je réussis à m’endormir. D’un sommeil entrecoupé mais quand même. La nuit prochaine n’en sera que meilleure.</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-size: 24.37px;">Au matin, c’est nettement mieux. Compte tenu de l’amélioration de mon état, le traitement continuera son effet pour les prochaines heures, j’en suis très confiante. Ainsi se terminera ma rencontre non désirée avec la méduse bleue « man-O-war » autrement nommée en espagnol « bakito portuguese ».</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;">It was floating on the wave, all blue. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Its body, resembling a thick fin made of gelatin, was adorned with dark blue lace and although I did not see them, some filaments were following him. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It came slowly towards the shore. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Armed with my cell I wanted to approach it and take a picture. </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;">Disaster, the wave pushed him on my left foot. Pain pierced me almost immediately. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Luc having left to train on the beach, I didn’t wait for him. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Quickly I picked up our belongings and headed to our room. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>A quick consultation with the neighbor informs me that I must go to the clinic for anti-allergic treatment. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Without her advice, I would have done the same.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;"> N.B. According to Murphy's law, it is always when you need it, there is no taxi. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Finally, I find one ! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Despite my pain, the driver who wanted to swindle me did not succeed. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>With my insistence, he ended up finding some change ... grrr.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;"> At the hospital, the personal took care of me immediately. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>A white metal stretcher is of incredible comfort when you are about to collapse. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Invasive pain and burning sensation on my foot went up in my leg and lower abdomen. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>My whole body shook in tremors that I couldn’t control. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I'm having a big allergic reaction. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Immediately, somebody gave me an injection and put a hot compress on my foot.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;"> As the members of the clinic said " poco a poco (little by little) ", I responded to the injection (understand that it took me 1/2 hour before I stopped shaking). <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>In the afternoon, burn-pain subsided despite repeated hot compresses. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I am told that it will gradually improve in less than 48 hours. I have to be patient ...</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;"> Then, after a while, personal gently freed me from my bed and invited me to pay the consultation as well as an antihistamine and a topical cream. I left the clinic and its attentive and competent staff. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>For almost nothing. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Maybe 2 hours have passed.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;"> I went back to our room, but Luc has not yet returned from his training. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He will learn everything when he returns. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I was still in pain. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The hot water compresses relieved me until late in the evening. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I felt like my foot has been crushed by a heavy weight tractor !</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;"> Finally the pain started to go away and I managed to fall asleep. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Sleep broken but still. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Next night will be better.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;"> In the morning, I feel much better. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Given the improvement of my condition, I trust that treatment and simply keep on doing it. </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;">Thus will end my unwanted encounter with the blue jellyfish "man-O-war" otherwise known in Spanish as "bakito portuguese".</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;"> Naughty Portuguese bakito! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>You leave me with scars, but not my dearly wanted close-up picture ! </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px;">En toute fin d’année, il est de coutume de cogiter un bilan afin de faire d’éventuels <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>nouveaux choix pour ce qui vient. </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px;">Ainsi voici mon exercice...</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-weight: bold;">Bilan de la décennie</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px;">2010 - 2011: incubation d’un projet de fou;</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px;">2012: on fait le grand saut, on vend tout et on part du Canada, à l’aventure. Le départ à la retraite est ainsi prématuré, on prend des « contrats » de gardiennage de maisons partout dans le monde nous amenant à rencontrer des gens fantastiques;</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px;">2014: un accident personnel nous oblige à modifier notre projet de vie. On continue notre vie d’errance, mais environ 6 mois au Québec, 6 mois à l’extérieur du Canada. Nous sommes officiellement des « oiseaux migrateurs », pour un résultat somme toute, plus logique. De retour au Québec pour la belle saison, je retourne aussi travailler chez mes clients et amis. Tout le monde est content;</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px;">2015: Luc découvre de nouvelles passions sous la forme de courts-métrages;</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px;">2017: la Turquie me procure ma 1re et vraie expérience de vadrouilleuse en solo (6 magnifiques semaines)</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px;">Quant au </span><span class="s2" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-weight: bold;">Bilan de l’année</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px;">Début 2019 m’a vu faisant un long voyage en vadrouille, seule pendant 4 mois pendant que Luc se chauffait seul au soleil du Mexique. Nous sommes forts, capables de fonctionner chacun de notre côté, tout en demeurant toujours aussi amoureux;</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px;">Mon travail d’horticultrice m’a <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>fait souffrir encore plus de maux de dos. Résultat, ma retraite approche ... </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px;">Aussi, nous avons trouvé un nid montréalais qui nous convient en tous points. Et nos logeuses sont formidables. </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px;">A l’été, des balades à vélo nous ont fait découvrir de nouveaux secteurs. On a bien l’intention de continuer ces découvertes.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px;">Enfin, avec le déménagement de ma soeur et son mari à proximité de la métropole, j’ai ainsi profité du bon temps avec ma famille. </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px;">Conclusion, on n’a rien à flusher en fin d’année... ni rien à flusher de cette décennie... </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px;">Nos besoins sont petits, mais notre bonheur est grand. Notre projet de vadrouilleurs était fou mais c’est génial. C’est définitivement la meilleure décennie de notre vie.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px;">Je souhaite qu’il en soit de même pour vous tous ! </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 24.37px;">Bonne et heureuse année, longue vie, santé et amour à tous ! </span></div>
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<span class="s3" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;">Marie France et Luc </span><span class="s4" style="font-size: 24.37px;">💕💕💕</span></div>
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<span class="s3" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;">At this time of the year, it is usual to picture the past to eventually make better choices for what will come.</span></div>
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<li class="li2" style="font-size: 24.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 14px;"></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;">2010 - 2011: crazy project is incubating...</span></li>
<li class="li2" style="font-size: 24.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 14px;"></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;">2012: we finally make a plunge, selling everything and leaving Canada, adventuring. Retirement is earlier than expected, we begin sittings everywhere in the world, meeting fantastic people and making new friends;</span></li>
<li class="li2" style="font-size: 24.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 14px;"></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;">2014: a personal incident force us to modify our way of living. We continue our life of errance, but about 6 months in Quebec and 6 others out of Canada. We are officially 2 snowbirds (leaving all winter long) which finally is more logical. Back to Quebec every year, I return working to my previous good clients and friends. Everybody is happy;</span></li>
<li class="li2" style="font-size: 24.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 14px;"></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;">2015: Luc discovers a new passion making short films;</span></li>
<li class="li2" style="font-size: 24.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 14px;"></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;">2017: Turkey gives me my 1st experience as a solo backpacker <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(6 wonderful weeks)</span></li>
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<span class="s3" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;">Now, <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>my « bilan » of the last year:</span></div>
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<li class="li2" style="font-size: 24.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 14px;"></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;">Beginning of 2019 saw me making another long trip as backpacker, alone for 4 months. During this time, Luc is sunbathing in Mexico. We are strong, able to manage our lives apart each other, and still in love;</span></li>
<li class="li2" style="font-size: 24.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 14px;"></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;">My work as horticulturist is more and more difficult. My back reminds me retirement is close...</span></li>
<li class="li2" style="font-size: 24.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 14px;"></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;">Also, we find a little « montrealer » nest which suits us perfectly. And our owners are fantastic;</span></li>
<li class="li2" style="font-size: 24.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 14px;"></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;">On summer time, with our bikes, we discover new places in Montreal. We want to continue that way of exploring next year for sure ! </span></li>
<li class="li2" style="font-size: 24.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 14px;"></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;">And finally, with the moving of my sister and her husband close to the metropole, we enjoy life with my family.</span></li>
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<span class="s3" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;">To conclude, looking all that, we have absolutely nothing to flush in this last year, nor for the last 10 years as well...</span></div>
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<span class="s3" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;">Our needs are small, but our happiness is big. Our way of living as backpackers is crazy, but amazing. It is definitely the best 10 years of our entire life. </span></div>
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<span class="s3" style="font-size: 24.37px; font-style: italic;">Happy New year, long life, health, and love for all of you</span></div>
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Il est arrivé hier soir, s’infiltrant lentement dans nos intérieurs, dans nos vêtements. </div>
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Ce sentiment de froidure que nous connaissons tous certains jours. </div>
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Il entre et ne veut plus repartir. </div>
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Déjà que les demeures d’ici sont plutôt aérées et faciles à transpercer...</div>
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Il a pris de la force dans la nuit. Ce matin il gronde et maudit le ciel. </div>
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Et on m’a dit qu’il était ici pour rester ! Sans même payer !</div>
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Ah ces fronts froids, on les retrouve bien partout ! </div>
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P.S. en effet, la température est passablement plus fraîche depuis hier (on est contents d’avoir apporté un bon chandail), la pluie s’acharne sur la végétation, l’humidité ambiante dépasse les 99% et le vent souffle à écorner les bœufs ... qu’il n’y a pas ici. </div>
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Et la mer est déchaînée. </div>
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Bref ... J’adore notre terrasse ! </div>
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Marie France, face à la mer, à faire face au front froid</div>
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<i>He arrived yesterday evening, slowly entering inside and out. </i></div>
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<i>This feeling of cold that everybody knows in some days.</i></div>
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<i>He comes in and doesn’t want to leave. He wants to stay forever in our places. </i></div>
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<i>He gained force over night. This morning, he growls and damns the sky. </i></div>
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<i>Somebody told me he is here to stay, without paying his due! </i></div>
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<i>Those cold fronts, we find them everywhere!</i></div>
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<i>P.S. indeed, weather is quite colder since yesterday (we are happy having brought a good pullover). The rain infiltrates whatever hole it finds, humidity exceeds 99% and strong winds would be good to remove bulls’s horns (which are not here). </i></div>
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<i>In one sentence... I love our terrace!</i></div>
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<span class="s2">On aime beaucoup être ici. On pense y rester jusqu’après le 1er janvier (de plus on a des amis qui arriveront après noel, alors on les y attend. Pour le moment notre chambre (sur la mer) se termine le 21 décembre, mais on se louera un petit studio si on peut trouver (ce serait mieux qu’une chambre pcq on pourrait se faire à manger).</span></div>
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<span class="s2">La bouffe n’est pas très bonne ici à Cuba sauf en de très rares occasions. Mais c’est ok. Le mieux est encore de se faire nos propres repas, comme on peut (Miracle! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>On a trouvé de bons poissons en sauce... en canne!). </span></div>
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<span class="s2">M’enfin, il y a pire que ça dans la vie </span><span class="s3">😉</span></div>
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<span class="s2">En ce qui concerne internet, on a un gros hôtel pas loin d’ici qui offre un bon réseau. Faut quand même utiliser notre carte (1$/h) mais ça fonctionne bien, et on n’en abuse pas. </span></div>
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<span class="s2">Voici pour les dernières nouvelles. J’en profite pour vous souhaiter nos meilleurs vœux pour le temps des fêtes de Noel. </span></div>
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<span class="s2">Jouissez de la vie, elle est courte quand elle est belle!</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;">Varadero’s beach is so beautiful, and his water so clear. We love to be here. We think to stay here until after January the first (indeed we have some friends who will arrive after Christmas. We are waiting for them). </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;">For the moment we have a nice room on the beach, but we will have to leave for December the 21th. We will try to find a small studio where we will be able to cook for ourself.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;">Here, food is awful (except in rare occasions). But it is ok, there are things worse than that. </span><span class="s3">😉</span><span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The best is to do our own meals (by the way, we found very good fish in a good sauce... in tins!)</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;">About Internet, we have a big hotel close to here, with a very good internet network. We still have to use our card Etecsa (1$/hour), but it works well and we don’t use it too often.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;">There are our last news. </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;">By the way, Luc and I wish you all a merry Christmas. </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;">Enjoy this beautiful life, it is too short when it is nice! </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-style: italic;">With Love</span></div>
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<span class="s2">Marie France et Luc</span></div>
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Marie France et Luchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521274936822677010noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596772834771050280.post-74013597595410488462019-12-07T09:45:00.000-05:002019-12-07T09:45:03.467-05:00Varadero<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="s2" style="font-size: 19.46px;">Autre ville, autre expérience</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-size: 19.46px;">Varadero, longue langue de terre traversée par, tout dépendant où, entre 1 et 5 rues de large (dont l’autoroute) et ... 23 km de long. </span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-size: 19.46px;">Ce qui nous fait 23 km de sable blond pour marcher l’une des plages les plus belles qu’on a vu. Sable retourné mécaniquement tous les jours (pour faire disparaître les déchets jetés par la mer), eau cristalline, presque pas de poissons ni crabes. A peine quelques 4 ou 5 « man-o-war » (sorte de jelly fish duquel il faut éviter de toucher une flagelle urticante). </span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-size: 19.46px;">Varadero, longue ville à hauteur d’homme, du moins à sa base (près de Santa-Marta). Les gros hôtels tout inclus sont surtout au bout de la presqu’île. Les résidences privées louent presque toutes une chambre, un studio, un appartement, ou même la maison en entier. Suffit de cogner et demander pour le tarif et la disponibilité. C’est ainsi que les résidents arrivent à se faire un salaire. </span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-size: 19.46px;">Ici, les commerces sont beaucoup plus nantis qu’à La Havane, touristes obligent je suppose. Heureux les gens de pouvoir se procurer un peu plus de denrées. </span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-size: 19.46px;">Bien sûr il y a toujours plusieurs manques, mais c’est beaucoup moins évident que dans la capitale. </span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-size: 19.46px;">Par contre, les restos de locaux, on peut les compter sur les doigts (d’une main). Ici les restaurants et bars sont pleins de touristes, beaucoup de québécois d’ailleurs. </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 19.46px; font-style: italic;">Other city, other experience. </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 19.46px; font-style: italic;">Varadero, long tongue of earth crossed by 1 to 5 streets (depending where) and 23 km long.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 19.46px; font-style: italic;">Which means we have 23 km to walk on one of the most beautiful beach we have seen. Sand in mechanically moved (to erase ocean waste), cristalline water, almost no fish nor crabs. Only a very few « man-o-war » (kind of jelly fish which we have to avoid the stincky flagels)</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 19.46px; font-style: italic;">Varadero, is a small city, at least at the beginning of the “island” (close to Santa-Marta). The big resorts are mostly at the end. </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 19.46px; font-style: italic;">We rented a small studio. Tomorrow we will move in another, by the ocean. Like in La Havane, a lot of owners are renting a room, a studio, a flat, and sometime all the house. This is the way the are gaining money. </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 19.46px; font-style: italic;">You only have to knock and ask for the price and the disponibilité. And a lot are speaking English. </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 19.46px; font-style: italic;">Here, the shops are better stocked. To please the tourists, of course.</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 19.46px; font-style: italic;">There is also some lack of products, but it is way better than in the capital. </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 19.46px; font-style: italic;">And about the restaurants, of course again, they are for tourism (a lot are <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>from Québec). Almost none for locals. They have to go to Santa-Marta. </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-size: 19.46px; font-style: italic;">This is it for now. Stay tune, I will come back ! </span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-size: 19.46px;">Marie France </span></div>
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