One of the things that my Brit friends turned me on to was these wonderful thin mints in chocolate...After Eight! I'd decided that I wanted to have some for the vernissage evening so when Jane and I went in to the Carrefour in Figeac for the BIG SHOP I was on a mission. Running down the candy aisle with 4 worker bees stocking the shelves, I couldn't find the After Eights. So, I turn around and say: "Avez-vous Apres Huit?" All four looked at me puzzled. I go in to my explanation en francais, and still ??? When Jane arrived I asked her to see if she could find them. She did. She held them up and everyone burst in to laughter. I didn't get it then, but I got it last night. I'm retelling this story at the vernissage "en francais" to Yves and Antoine. They too, burst into hilarious laughter. I don't get it again, but then they tell me. To the French, they are just After Eight...no need to translate! I went to all that work and felt like a fool, when all I had to do was ask for exactly what I wanted-After Eight!
I will be back sometime soon with a post about the vernissage.
Happy S unday!
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