Bordeaux in lists

Dear all!

The only post on this blog in English, because I want to thank you all for the past 3 weeks. For the first time in maybe 6 or years I’ve been away from home longer than 3 weeks. And because of you it was one of the best trips I ever made. I think I was so fortunate to meet all of you and to discover the city together. Because of you I was able to be myself and to surprise myself now and then. I hope I somehow did the same for you and that you will remember this trip the way like I remember it. Of course it was inevitable that I would create some boxes for all of you…or at least your country…

Merci beaucoup!

Bordeaux in 20 themes:

Book: Still reading the fucking Light of August by James Faulkner
Movies : World War Z, Mud, Lilja 4-ever, Biutiful, Guess who’s coming to diner
Food : Canard avec frites, Tiramisu du maison, strawberry soup !
Drink : Oasis and Moelleux 🙂 In Bordeaux it’s legal to drink sweet wine
Music : Papaoutai Stromae
Clothes : shorts and havananas
Bar : Le jungle bar
Bus : 4
Weather : every day between 30 en 40 degrees
Beach : Le Porge Ocean !
Running gags: all the jokes about Salsa, Stefan’s unfriendly attitude towards women and following a French course Rodrigo style (always late or not showing up at all)
Best spot in town : Place du mirroir
Biggest surprise : The Swiss
Biggest disappointment : My shower
Most embarrassing moment : Almost getting arrested for drinking in public
Favorite French phrase: ca marche, quelle histoire, avoir un ticket avec…
Funniest moment: The guy trying to catch the bus and the condoms in the swimming pool
Best activity: Horse riding in the Medoc area
Best thing heard about the Dutch: “They are everywhere.”
Best quote about me: “You are a lemon.”

Best quotes :

By Lola : He’s so handsome I can already see him as the father of my son. (or everything with ‘fuck’)
By Jens : No, my wife would not be jealous. She would be jealous if you were all 40 years old.
By Rodrigo : I promise I will be on time tomorrow (and of course : absolutely yes !)
By Sina : Boys are just awesome !
By Stefan : My dancing is as good as my French.
By Tommy : You sleep in my bed, I take the couch.
By Geraldine : C’est tous les jours la même avec toi !

Nationalities in our group :

Swiss : 3
Spanish : 4
English : 2
Irish : 1
German : 3
Danish : 1
Italien : 1

What I’ve learned about :

The French :

They do not like foreigners. I’ve been here 3 weeks and not even met one French person. As soon as you say that you don’t speak French, they wish you a happy holiday and turn around.
They take their time, for everything : walking, driving, eating, drinking.
The French men are better dancers than the Dutch men.
They are very fond of their lunch.
They are friendly, but keep a distance.
They can cook.
They can speak English better than we think.
They eat late (21 :00/22 :00)
The men dress better than the women (in my opinion).
The men are also very handsome (a lot of hair and a nice tan)
In Bordeaux the hipster doesn’t exist, they have the retro punkrocker.

The Germans :

They are very very very friendly
They are interested in a lot of subjects
They are very skilled drinkers
They like to talk about WO II
They actually made me think more positive about them
They are very driven (they have ‘schwung’)
They know a lot about good food and drinks (but why don’t they cook it themselves ?)

The Swiss

People from Swiss are very good looking !
They share more or less the same cultural values with the Dutch.
They have a great sense of humor.
They are very polite.
They are very sportive.
Their language is a mix of German, French and something Scandinavian.
They are very rich.
They have a lot of talents.
It’s very hard to find the Swiss because they are a bit isolated and there are not a lot of them, but if you do find one it’s so much fun.

The Spanish

There’s a big difference between the Spanish men and women !
They have a great sense of humor as well.
They hate bad service !!
They think the customer is the king (Dutch expression ;))
They know exactly what they want and how they want it.
They are very passionate about everything.
They like dirty sex 🙂
They do not talk about sex (or anything that comes close to the heart).
They like to touch people when they speak to them.
They have a really heavy accent when they speak another language. It’s almost impossible to decode.
They have a lot of hair.
They are very sociable.
The Spanish men have problems with being on time.