14 juillet à Bordeaux

 
 
 
 

There were two bands on parade and they gave a brief concert after the ceremony.
My friend Renaud was in the Air Force band, dressed in white.
Then we went down to the riverbank to watch the fireworks barge come upstream and to wait for the fireworks.
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Alan said…
Another special moment was when one of the Chinese students phoned to ask where we were : "à coté du fleuve. Près de la Garonne. Entre le miroir d'eau et le bateau avec les feux d'artifice. Non, près de la rivière. Ce grand truc d'eau qui passe par la ville. Il y a un gars qui vend des choses à manger, il a deux parasols, on est à 100 mètres de lui. Non, près de la Garonne. Non, sur les quais. On est presque dans l'eau, quoi ! Il y a une dame qui te salue avec sa casquette blanche."

The folks around were making helpful comments like 'il vend des glâces.' "C'est pas la Seine !" and one lady began waving her cap in the air to guide the students to where we were.

They never found us.
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