Boulogne sur Mer (France)

[Kikoo]

Hello, i'm french (so, forgive me for my bad english) and live in Boulogne sur mer
This town is just in front of England, it's a very beautiful town with very sympathic people (like all frenches )
the proof: even Napoleon came in it when he wanted to invade England (the past is the past)
so, if you want to go in France, go in Boulogne

[warch]

Bonjour Kikoo! your English is better than my French.
Have you lived there all your life?

[Kikoo]

yes, i was born in it
have you already heard of that town ?
and you, where do you live ?
(do you know speak french ?? even a little ??)

[plthijinx]

isn't that near the border of spain? my best friend, his brother and I drove from paris down to there for the running of the bulls in a mini-coop. damn that drive sucked. i don't remember much though, too many 1664's and heineken's. beautiful beaches!

[Kikoo]

Originally posted by plthijinx
isn't that near the border of spain?

it's in the northern France

my best friend, his brother and I drove from paris down to there for the running of the bulls in a mini-coop. damn that drive sucked. i don't remember much though, too many 1664's and heineken's. beautiful beaches!

it seems to have been funny

[plthijinx]

i can't remember the name of the town that we drove to. i'll ask my bud. he's living in Lyon right now. anyway the trip down there sucked and we camped at a public beach but because i have a bad back we had to rent a hotel room for 2 days that ran 884 francs. beautiful country though. albeit the campgrounds were a bit nasty.....

[richlevy]

Does your Boulogne have a first name?


The previous statement is a pun based on American cultural trivia related to marketing of food products, specifically 'cold cuts'.

I know that 'mer' means ocean or sea, but is there a translation for Boulogne?

[Katkeeper]

I am a fan of France and the French people.

Reason 1: their wines.

Reason 2: their food.

Reason 3: their art. That is, ART.

Reason 4: they are obsessive and I understand that, being obsessive myself.

I could go on.

[plthijinx]

Originally posted by richlevy
I know that 'mer' means ocean or sea, but is there a translation for Boulogne?

ran it through babblefish, it means "boulogne"

[Kikoo]

Originally posted by plthijinx
i can't remember the name of the town that we drove to. i'll ask my bud. he's living in Lyon right now. anyway the trip down there sucked and we camped at a public beach but because i have a bad back we had to rent a hotel room for 2 days that ran 884 francs. beautiful country though. albeit the campgrounds were a bit nasty.....

884 francs, 135 €, it's rather expensive
if you went in France and have a french bud, you know speak french ??

but is there a translation for Boulogne?

no, Boulogne is the name of a town
in France, there is 3 Boulogne
-Boulogne sur Mer
-Boulogne Billancourt
-Bois de Boulogne
i don't know what that means...if it means something

[plthijinx]

Originally posted by Katkeeper
I am a fan of France and the French people.

Reason 1: their wines.

Reason 2: their food.

Reason 3: their art. That is, ART.

Reason 4: they are obsessive and I understand that, being obsessive myself.

I could go on.

Amen to that! i've only had 4 bad experiences there. well not so bad but as to rudeness in the 3 times i'd visited. my best friend (whose french) and i decided to take a breather and go bowling after sight seeing one day.we got to the alley i said i'd buy the first round and when i ordered i ordered in french and the bartender was snobbish and acted as if he couldn't understand me. then in english i said "i want two fucking beers you moron" then he said that i didn't have to be so snotty" to that i responded: "i'm in your country so why shouldn't i speak your language?" he responded that "i didn't have the accent down right". don't got me wrong. not all parisians are that way. the guy was probably having a bad day. i still love the hospitality that i recieved whenever i've been there. be it paris or amiens. amiens. now there is paradise. the old architecture, the people, the ambiance of the town. just beautiful. white beaches with blue water, fishing, surfing, lounging......

[plthijinx]

i used to be able to speak french. i took it for 8 years but i haven't used it in so long that i've lost it (or most of it, unless i spend a couple of weeks there then it starts to come back.......but i can say une autre bière, s'il vous plaît

[Kikoo]

Originally posted by Katkeeper
I am a fan of France and the French people.

Reason 1: their wines.

Reason 2: their food.

Reason 3: their art. That is, ART.

Reason 4: they are obsessive and I understand that, being obsessive myself.

I could go on.

, i like you, you know what is good
Vive la France !!

To plthijinx: he must have been in a bad day
i think it's fine you speak english, not enough english make the effort

EDIT: to you all, are you english or american ??

[plthijinx]

Originally posted by Kikoo
To plthijinx: he must have been in a bad day
i think it's fine you speak english, not enough english make the effort

EDIT: to you all, are you english or american ??

i'm american. texan to be exact. yeah, it was just a bad day. everyone has them. the hospitable people that i met there outweigh the 4 occations that i ran into. granted one of the times was at a game with PSG and sochaux during the championnat de France Professionnel 1993-1994 1ere Division. a couple of kids (ans 13 or 14 perhahps) thought that me and a friend were english and threatened to shout out that we were english in Le Cup of the stadium. this is a long story and i'll have to tell it sometime. too tired to do it now though......

[Elspode]

I think Boulougne means "lunch meat", doesn't it?

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