Goodbye la France

I'm Francesca Tereshkova, a British girl who washed up on the shores of France aboard a Eurolines bus in 1998. I came to France the day after I finished my University finals. I'm now 32 with two children. I married my Russian boyfriend (now 'hubski') in 2003. And I've learned as much about France as I need to know. In August 2006, I brought my family back 'home' to the UK. We're still adjusting... This is my story.

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Location: Formerly the Parisian suburbs, now the town of E., Darkest Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

I get perverse enjoyment from doing the opposite of what everyone else does. I wish I could stop but I can't. So when thousands of Frenchies were leaving France to find work and to make a better life in the UK, I chose to do exactly the opposite. That was in 1998. My French experience is unlike any I have read about in the vast Brit-in-France literary sub-genre. I have no French boyfriend or family, no country house. Dog poo has never inspired me to pick up a pen. I have recently given up on France ever changing, or me ever changing, and brought my family back to the strange new world that is England in 2006. This blog, part life-story, part diary, is my way of saying goodbye la France, and hello Angleterre (or in the Oxfordshire vernacular, 'Orwoight?').

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

You think it's all over, Zizou? It is now.

Zizou, have you been reading my blog? How could you have publicly humiliated me in this way? Don't shrug, you know what I'm talking about. I reach deep within myself to pull out a compliment and you fling it back in my face. You head-butted my girlish fantasies along with that Italian.

Don't worry Zizou. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. You are not the first Frenchman who has disappointed me. But you are one of the few I have ever liked.

Oh, parting shot number 2 - I found out something new about you on BBC News 24 after the match. The Brits refer to you as Z. Z. That's pronounced "Zizi"*

Just fancy that!

* French slang for vagina

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yours is one of the best blogs I've read. Why no comments? I can't be the only one who's found you. I sent a comment saying how much I liked it a while ago. When it didn't appear, I assumed you found it too boring. But it's weird. I note they are moderated. Are you very meticulous?

2:06 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sorry, this is driving me mad. Why no comments? I've sent two, were they moderated as too dull, or is there something wrong with your comments thingy? No problem with mine going missing, but your blog is lovely, and I'm puzzled by their absence.

11:19 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Zizi is slang for penis.

9:49 PM  

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