I added three new pictures yesterday to the Dijon photo gallery. I'm finding Dijon doesn't seem to be as photogenic as Lyon, Bordeaux or Strasbourg, for example. And of course, Paris. No rivers running through the heart of the city. Not a lot of greenery or color. Kind of drab, IMHO. But perhaps that is just me and limited to the area where we are right now. Regardless, photographically I think I will focus more on little interesting things I see around me.
Eventually we need to find a pet store so that we can buy more poopie bags and WeeWee pads for Salsa, who still likes to use them occasionally. So we decided to ask people that we see walking their dogs for advice. Pam even wrote down a couple of questions (in French) on a slip of paper so that if a person doesn't speak English we can just show them our question in writing. Of course, I'm not sure how we would understand the answer.
That is one of my problems with learning how to ask a question in French. It's easy to ask, for example, how much something costs (combien?). But then when they answer "ipsum lupus congratus pleesum" you go, like, okay, merci. Huh? So it is not enough to just be able to ask questions, you have to be able to understand the answers as well.
About 8AM this morning I was walking our dogs and this older man (i.e., about my age) was walking his as well. Soon his dog and Gravy decided to do the butts-sniffing routine. So I figured this guy might know where a pet store is. I asked him--in French--if he speaks English. He said, yes, I'm Canadian. How cool is that?
I thought at first that he might be a tourist, but no, he has lived in France for over 40 years and is now retired. He told me about a huge pet store (Maxi Zoo), but it is about a 15-minute tram ride away. He gave me directions and I looked it up on the Internet. It will be another adventure, but we can hold off on that for another couple of weeks. Anyway, it was a nice encounter and we shook hands and agreed we would no doubt see each other again soon.
Then I went to what's becoming my regular place to get an overpriced "take away" cup of coffee. It's a little restaurant with a bar right inside the door so I just take the dogs in with me right after they've done their business. They are very friendly there and now I'm a "regular."
Today I'm going to trim my fingernails.
Eventually we need to find a pet store so that we can buy more poopie bags and WeeWee pads for Salsa, who still likes to use them occasionally. So we decided to ask people that we see walking their dogs for advice. Pam even wrote down a couple of questions (in French) on a slip of paper so that if a person doesn't speak English we can just show them our question in writing. Of course, I'm not sure how we would understand the answer.
That is one of my problems with learning how to ask a question in French. It's easy to ask, for example, how much something costs (combien?). But then when they answer "ipsum lupus congratus pleesum" you go, like, okay, merci. Huh? So it is not enough to just be able to ask questions, you have to be able to understand the answers as well.
About 8AM this morning I was walking our dogs and this older man (i.e., about my age) was walking his as well. Soon his dog and Gravy decided to do the butts-sniffing routine. So I figured this guy might know where a pet store is. I asked him--in French--if he speaks English. He said, yes, I'm Canadian. How cool is that?
I thought at first that he might be a tourist, but no, he has lived in France for over 40 years and is now retired. He told me about a huge pet store (Maxi Zoo), but it is about a 15-minute tram ride away. He gave me directions and I looked it up on the Internet. It will be another adventure, but we can hold off on that for another couple of weeks. Anyway, it was a nice encounter and we shook hands and agreed we would no doubt see each other again soon.
Then I went to what's becoming my regular place to get an overpriced "take away" cup of coffee. It's a little restaurant with a bar right inside the door so I just take the dogs in with me right after they've done their business. They are very friendly there and now I'm a "regular."
Today I'm going to trim my fingernails.
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