These weeks started with the long-awaited Coupe de Site. This is a yearly event held on the work site, with sports, games, food and prizes for the kids. The departments are organized into teams, and the preceding weeks were all of the preliminary matches of football, volleyball and chess. Only the finals were held on the day of the Coupe de Site.
For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been rollerblading down by Les Invalides, the cluster of monuments that was formerly a barracks, an armoury, and military hospital, and a church with a beautiful gilded dome (which was converted to The Temple to Mars during the revolution when churches weren’t in fashion). Napoléon’s Tomb is there now, with his russian-doll-like seven-layer coffin.
Of course you don’t need me to tell you that this is World Cup time, unless you live in a tree or are American (although unlike Canada, they have a team this year). I was told early on that if I wanted to be able to socialize with the average français, I will have to be able to discuss the latest football or foot match, and know recent scores, major players, and what Zedine was up to.
GKarlsen
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