Life in France

A not every day story of normal people trying to live their dream in France starting at the beginning and ending?

Tuesday, March 15, 2005

Stairway from Hell

As you can see perhaps from the title all is not well with the staircase. They are having a "petit problem avec le mur, il pas bien droit" great, what did they expect in a 120yr old house built out of natural stone and rock? Nothing here is straight or level! So we didn't get to use the stairs last night as only the top half had been fitted so it was up the ladder again! Today they are still having a problem and they have now gone for déjeuner not to be seen until 2ish I suppose.
The stairs are 90% in but I think the last 10% is going to take a little longer. Will we have them ready for tonight? gallic shrug, maybe we will or maybe not.

The sun is out again and I'm going to work outside. It's already 18° so they is good as it usually gets warmer towards three-o-clock. yippeee maybe after 4 weeks of sub zero temperatures springtemp has decided to arrive. Saw 5 deer in the field just behind us about 200m away. I'm pleased about that as I hadn't seen any for a while and was wondering if they had all been hunted. Thrush was on the menu last weekend at one restaurant. Not my cup of tea really I can't really imagine eating a songbird. Funny though, it is illegal to kill blackbirds. Funny laws the French have. ta ra

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