Over to our favourite bakery for a loaf of our favourite sesame seed studded dark rye bread. In the gutter are two pairs of sandals and an orange. Oranges not uncommon in the streets here, but this one nowhere near an orange tree.
In Carrefour, Silent Night is playing faintly in the background. As J says, the first Christmas carols we heard were in Canada - the day after Hallowe'en.
Television here seems now to be digital. Thus we have a new box and a brilliant picture - but both state channels and Euronews have a "signal" problem. As J says, it's really a reception problem - the picture keeps breaking up and the sound stuttering. So it's possible to see, say, Sarkozy speaking, and even to establish the topic, but not actually to follow the speech. If war broke out we'd know, but we might never find out who'd won.
In Carrefour, Silent Night is playing faintly in the background. As J says, the first Christmas carols we heard were in Canada - the day after Hallowe'en.
Television here seems now to be digital. Thus we have a new box and a brilliant picture - but both state channels and Euronews have a "signal" problem. As J says, it's really a reception problem - the picture keeps breaking up and the sound stuttering. So it's possible to see, say, Sarkozy speaking, and even to establish the topic, but not actually to follow the speech. If war broke out we'd know, but we might never find out who'd won.