Lost In Limoges

From the sheep-dotted pastures of France's underpopulated Southwest, Limoges rises in all its grey glory. The city's claim to fame: fine porcelain. The half-timbered houses of the Medieval center are surrounded by strip malls and McDo. Land-hungry Brits descend with flailing pocketbooks (thanks, RyanAir). The weather is remarkably cool year-round. Sure, I live on rue de Nice, but this is NOT the Cote d'Azur. Welcome to Limoges, "the middle of nowhere"-- or as Pierre says "everywhere"-- France.

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

GOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLL!



I just watched the most brilliant match of the World Cup-- gorgeous and intelligent soccer, well-executed plays, France was on fire. They make it look effortless. Far better than the ugly Dutch-Portuguese game, full of brawls and faked injuries, or today's Brazil-Ghana match where Ghana was so outmatched it was painful. God bless Frank "Frankenstein" Ribery, the feisty player from Marseille who's become my fave. (he looks downright scarey in the picture.) After tonight's game, I think the French are destined to win the World Cup.

posted by MWN @ 10:58 PM  

4 Comments:

  • At 12:23 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I agree with you! we will win this f...amous cup!! you will have to learn " la marseillaise " if you want to sing with us for the final!

     

  • At 4:53 AM, Blogger Tony said…

    VIVA LA FRANCE! Pierre must be happy with France defeating Brazil today.

     

  • At 10:32 AM, Blogger MWN said…

    What an awesome game! The streets of Limoges went loco last night with cars honking and drunk Frenchies waving flags... I wished I'd taken pictures to post on the blog!

     

  • At 11:05 PM, Blogger Pierre said…

    Zidane is magnifique.. MW prefers Ribery, the new symbol of french intercultural society.. Did you know that Ribery became muslim to get married with his wife ???
    Crazy!

     

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