Pizza, Beer, and the 14th of July

 
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  Every evening French Husband calls to give a run down of the last twenty-four hours.His report ninety-nine percent of the time goes like this:

"We rode 760 kilometers, ten hours of riding, one stop for gas. Frances didn't sleep well. The roads are in perfect condition. Nice scenery. Hard to blog. We ate pizza and had a beer. It is very hot, the mosquitoes are horrific. All is good. We are having fun."

Last night he threw in something new, he asked me if I missed him. If I said yes he would have
felt bad, and worried (he is a worrier). I said, 'No.' He said, "Good! I hoped
you would say that."

We laughed.

I asked him what the food was like, for example while in Germany, "Did you have a potato pancake with apple sauce?"

But each and every time he calls he says, "We had pizza and beer."

I told him to shake it up a bit. He said, "It isn't about the food."

I guess you gotta be a motorcycle nut to love what they are doing.

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Note: Today is The National Holiday of the 14th of July. The French do not wave flags, nor have BBQs.

They do not even say Happy Bastille day. I guess there isn't too much to be happy about storming the Bastille and beheading people.

There are a few military parades, and fireworks to celebrate the National Holiday.

Last night my niece Juliette, Sacha and I went to the Fireman's Ball… a dance outside the fire station. Very casual where the children run around, few dance, and the rest sit around talking about la belle vie.

French Husband will certainly celebrate the 14th with pizza and beer.



Comments

26 responses to “Pizza, Beer, and the 14th of July”

  1. It’s funny how men look at life differently than women. French Husband misses you or he wouldn’t have asked. Just sayin’

  2. Okay…you DO miss Fr Husband…one can tell from your postings. The passion, the enthusiasm for life; that’s what we love about your postings! Get in that darling auto of yours, and take off to the country. Show us what you see through your eyes with your camera.

  3. Linda C.

    Yes, he misses you.

  4. Corey, love the little Flags. Does it make you miss our 4th of july celebrations? Men are such different travelers than women. Sounds like he is having a wonderful time, a real male bonding experience. However, there’s no place like home. Of course he misses you…what a romance the both of you have, not just with each other, but with life. Thanks for sharing.

  5. I love the fireman’s ball! Have you met with Skip and Karen yet? E

  6. Lieselotte

    … all is good, and we are having fun. So are we ! I went mountain hiking today ( on the hottest day of the year ) and climbed a mountain that is 1572 m above sea level ! The first thing I did when I got up there was to bury my head in ice cold water, then I felt better. I´m expecting some of my French cousins on Friday and Saturday, and I will cook for them ( not pizza ). When I was trying to explain ” Buckwheat ” to Francis last Friday, it ended up in big confusion because he thought we are growing some weird kind of herbs in our garden – we had a good laugh about that.
    Hugs,and enjoy yourself
    Lieselotte

  7. For several years we celebrated Quatorze Juillet with a distant maternal cousin and friends at the local l’Alliance Française chapter (photo available on request, proving that Farmboy Husband and I used to be youngish!).
    Then on this date 14 years ago we discovered papers among my father’s effects revealing that his family was NOT as they’d always told me Flemish, but instead Portuguese from the Azores — quelle surprise (que surpresa). Guess I could say I experienced my OWN revolution on 14 de Julho!

  8. Corey, as of this AM I was still unable to post on Yann’s blog. The textbox for typing in the verification letters gets covered up by the textbox with my message. Dunno whether this is a problem for folks with really huge computer monitor screens, too… Could you please let us know, because we wouldn’t want him to be discouraged that he’s getting so few commentaires any more.

  9. Julie Ann Evins

    Its strange, I would not of guessed Y to be a worrier. I would be asking for food reports too, so dull that they just refuel on pizza & beer and take off. Oh well. I would go in a truck with all mod cons and have long cake stops and a tour guide ! Jx

  10. Happy Bastille Day!
    “It is very hot, the mosquitoes are horrific.”
    My friends in Finland used to call mosquitoes ‘The Finnish Air Force’…

  11. As much as I hope to someday meet you and see all these lovely things you show us, I’m not letting my husband near FH. He would be off on that adventure in a minute, pizza & beer included!

  12. Happy Bastille Day! You were so sweet to not worry Yann. (who knew he was such a worrier!?) Of course, he already knows you miss him, and sounds like he misses you too. You both have something very special.
    In regards to a previous post about tv…I am regarded as bizarre because I don’t have cable tv, (even though I do have tv with a few stations). I would like to recommed two series from my former tv days – Designing Women (the ones with Suzanne Sugarbaker) and Northern Exposure! Don’t know if they have them on dvd, but if so, they are wonderful. Hope you can find them!

  13. Happy Bastille Day! Enjoy the day and celebrate with pizza and beer.

  14. There’s an old joke in Minnesota that the mosquito is their State Bird ;-)))))))

  15. Happy Holiday to you Corey. It noon here in Kansas and already 90. Heat index is suppose to be 109 this afternoon. I will be in my neighbors pool staying cool and sipping something cold…

  16. Marie-Noëlle

    Bastille Day is a “fête populaire” : by and for the people.
    Some villages and towns offer many more rejoycings than others.
    I personally have lived gigantic picnics or banquets, village shows, crazy games or rides, and the traditional torchlight or lampion processions (which are much appreciated by children)…
    American 4th of July celebrates the independance from another nation – it was the birth of a country, hence the flag waving and private parties; whereas French 14th of July celebrates the end of injustice and privileges between the people and nobles (in the same country)… -hence all the celebrations in public places … The people was happy to enjoy itself and to make the street its own lace …

  17. Marie-Noëlle

    oops !
    I meant “its own Place” !!! (sorry)

  18. Jeanine

    JuSt LoVe those Flags!*!*! AND I’ve been loving learning about FRANCE through your eyes!!! Jeanine, ChiPPy!-SHaBBy!

  19. MuseumMom

    It’s interesting to me that Bastille Day isn’t celebrated…Liberty – Equality – Fraternity – I’m humming the (French) national anthem right now…

  20. jend’isère

    Watched Tour de France with kids in the heat, quite patriotic way to spend Bastille Day, despite the win by a Portuguese.
    Lieselotte,”sarrazin” or blé noir is buckwheat.

  21. Theresa

    Can’t go wrong with Pizza and beer! That is funny. Men….they definately think different than women. Enjoy your time.

  22. Lucy Rogers

    MESQUITOS??????? You just shattered my illusions of love! I hate mosquitos. I dreamed that your neck of the woods was free of the monsters…How about poisonous snakes? Do you have those too? Just tell me now..

  23. Lia deKoster

    delicious
    I have read three readings today…
    I smile at your love of your husband
    my heart skipped several beats at the pride in your son
    and then the delicious memories and tears of those we love.
    ta………

  24. Last summer I discovered your blog as I was looking for Antique markets to visit in Paris and when I googled antiques in Paris Tongue in Cheek popped up. We celebrated Bastille Day at a firemans ball in Paris and everyone was dancing and drinking beer. It was lots of fun. I took photos of the artwork on the fire station wall of voluptuous women putting out the “fire” with the fireman’s fire extinquisher. It made me laugh out loud as there is no way fire stations here would get away with such “politically incorrect” art. I think folks wondered why I would be photographing the “art” when there was a party going on. At any rate it seems like I’ve “known” you much longer as I’ve been loving your blog ever since.

  25. I was in Paris last July 14th and it was amazing. The parade down the Champs Elysees with the horses and the french uniforms and the music was very moving… Then the planes flew over. It was very powerful. Great memories of Paris and the French people. We were by the Eiffel Tower and the thousands of people there.. all so orderly.. and afterward everyone stopped at the wonderful sidewalk cafes and had a glass of wine and just enjoyed the evening. I was able to be in Paris for 3 months and it was the best time of my life. Wish I could live there someday. I love your blog. Keeps me feeling like I’m still in Paris..Thank you

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