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I’m Not Learning To Speak French

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Deborah Bine

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Learning to speak French is becoming an issue for me. Try as I may, it is a bit of a pain. Perhaps it’s because my brain is full of trying to deal with everyday life.

Iโ€™m not learning to speak French, but I want toโ€”I really do. However, challenges every day seem to take up my learning time.

Like bedding.

I can’t seem to understand bedding. In one of the blogs, I mentioned how confusing it is to choose a bed size. To start with, the measurements are all in metrics, which means I start with a disadvantage. Then, there are more configurations and iterations in bed sizes than you want to know. When I think I’ve figured it out, I mess up.

Just do it

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Yesterday, I drove friends from Uzรจsย to the train station in Nimes. They have a vacation home here and were heading back to Australia by train with an overnight in Paris. The large Carrefour store is in Nimes, and I’ve wanted to check out a few other stores, so taking my friends to the train station was a perfect excuse for a shopping trip.

Picky-picky

Yes, I know I’m picky. Finding the right-sized linen for a bed seems necessary. I should have considered that when I purchased the two 80x200cm beds instead of 90x190cm for my tall American guests. ย Who knew there were no linens to fit? The guy who sold the beds to me did not think I’d have these problemsโ€”or maybe he did. I couldn’t understand everything he was telling me in French.ยญ

The finished guest room

So what do you think?ย 

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