tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post2014918880523381028..comments2023-10-29T10:58:50.227+00:00Comments on Nutty Gnome: La Grande Reunion?!Nutty Gnomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06146296943319504785noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-77467129964321929932013-02-15T16:05:30.570+00:002013-02-15T16:05:30.570+00:00Thank you for visiting my bloga dn for your kind m...Thank you for visiting my bloga dn for your kind message Larry. I hope to see you again soon :-)Nutty Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06146296943319504785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-85776794252894444102013-02-14T06:45:02.847+00:002013-02-14T06:45:02.847+00:00Great to know the -- in depth from this blog.This ...<br /><br />Great to know the -- in depth from this blog.This will really help for my forward steps to be taken.<br /><a href="http://www.beattheheatonline.com/court-yard-patio-covers-las-vegas/" rel="nofollow"></a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06921286923164791796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-28457666200683478072012-07-15T19:45:21.940+01:002012-07-15T19:45:21.940+01:00Hi Pondside. You really ought to try and find her ...Hi Pondside. You really ought to try and find her again, it'd be such fun!Nutty Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06146296943319504785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-10193002946238942292012-06-10T08:33:37.787+01:002012-06-10T08:33:37.787+01:00What a great trip that must have been. I've o...What a great trip that must have been. I've often imagined finding my pen pal from Singapore - I never met her, but was connected with her by her brother who was studying in Canada.Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-70239201486609713692012-05-07T17:53:11.880+01:002012-05-07T17:53:11.880+01:00Aaawh, Thanks Woody *blushes*!!!Aaawh, Thanks Woody *blushes*!!!Nutty Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06146296943319504785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-85266986229239961112012-05-07T17:52:36.429+01:002012-05-07T17:52:36.429+01:00Ey up Bilbo!You've got it sussed - it was very...Ey up Bilbo!You've got it sussed - it was very important to me to have found Claudine and her family again. They were such an important part of my teenage years.<br />The reunion was initially nerve wracking, but I really couldn't have hoped for it to have gone any better! :)<br /><br />Haha - don't fret. Our next trip will also be wonderful - a meeting of minds and mad midgets!!! Feed us G&T and the scones can be rock hard and we won't care! :)<br />Can't wait to come up regardless of lack of strawberries!Nutty Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06146296943319504785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-15317915465882039102012-05-06T22:06:11.180+01:002012-05-06T22:06:11.180+01:00That's a wonderful post and a wonderful story;...That's a wonderful post and a wonderful story; one of your best, in a blog which sets the bar pretty high. Great stuff.Gordon Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13796375484099193959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-73127453846108984972012-05-05T08:15:00.209+01:002012-05-05T08:15:00.209+01:00Hi Nutty, sorry I didn't comment before - I me...Hi Nutty, sorry I didn't comment before - I meant to :{<br /><br />Lovely to read your account of the trip, it really comes across how much it meant to yo and what a wonderful reunion you had. <br /><br />Hope your next trip is as successful (gulp - out of practice at making scones and the home-grown strawberries won't be ready)BilboWagginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06913801147278606148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-86450960985968850972012-05-02T13:22:43.533+01:002012-05-02T13:22:43.533+01:00I'm glad you got here in the end Joeyluv! I be...I'm glad you got here in the end Joeyluv! I bet life with the peepers has been keeping you busy?! :-)<br /><br />The trip was wonderful and I too love that last photo of me and Himself - we don't often get a good one of both of us! Shows what a happy, relaxed trip it was.<br /><br />Not sure I was ever cute (or had a heyday for that matter!), but I do love life and you can see it only too well my dear friend!<br /><br />I can imagine the 4 of us posing for a photo too - but laughing and talking too much at the same time! :-D ....we will make our shared dream come true at some point in the not too distant future Joey, I can feel it in my bones!!!Nutty Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06146296943319504785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-7976848325822218112012-05-02T05:58:06.917+01:002012-05-02T05:58:06.917+01:00Crazy me in life to finally get to this fabulous/h...Crazy me in life to finally get to this fabulous/heartwarming post, dear Liz. (And I knew you were going ... ) Sounds like all was perfect and a well- deserved reunion with cherished friends. So enjoyed the trip beside you, fun friend. Love the Eiffel Tower Shots and the last shot of you two is endearing!<br /><br />How cute were you in your 'heyday' and still are! Your zest for life is contagious, dear Liz. One day my dream is to see the 'Ho-Hum Housewife', Mr. Ho-Hum, Nutty Gnome, and Himself posing together in a photo :) We have talked of this ... perhaps one day to come true.joeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09569378877717221045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-34623815165631979902012-04-26T16:15:15.050+01:002012-04-26T16:15:15.050+01:00Hi Kathryn - I got all teary at the Gare du Nord s...Hi Kathryn - I got all teary at the Gare du Nord station as we left, but at least I know we'll see them again soon! :-)Nutty Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06146296943319504785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-62255836900533784162012-04-26T16:13:37.191+01:002012-04-26T16:13:37.191+01:00Hi Sue...French Guyana eh? Tricky!
If my experienc...Hi Sue...French Guyana eh? Tricky!<br />If my experience is anything to go by, it'd be well worth the effort to pick up the relationship again :-)Nutty Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06146296943319504785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-18916613322292892222012-04-26T16:11:50.581+01:002012-04-26T16:11:50.581+01:00Hi Catmint, no,no, you're fine - envy away! :-...Hi Catmint, no,no, you're fine - envy away! :-)I love France and it's a bit like going home wherever in France we go...but this really was going home!!<br /><br />I agree - Didier was seriuosly cute when he was younger, but Himself wins hands down now!!!Nutty Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06146296943319504785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-7260749133151279982012-04-26T16:08:42.466+01:002012-04-26T16:08:42.466+01:00Hi Olga. We did very little French when the girls ...Hi Olga. We did very little French when the girls were young too, so don't beat yourself up over not using the audio courses!!!<br />Maybe that's not the right learning style for you anyway? It doesn't work as well for me as it does for Andy as I much prefer the interaction with someone else!<br />Perhaps I should just speak in French with you when we have coffee soon?!!Nutty Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06146296943319504785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-26050538419135684872012-04-25T23:59:56.025+01:002012-04-25T23:59:56.025+01:00Awwww. This is such a sweet reunion story that I g...Awwww. This is such a sweet reunion story that I got teary. :) I'm so happy for you all! Your Paris story is lovely as well. Well done, dear!Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11578708219764389811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-48684923674307091382012-04-25T09:57:38.617+01:002012-04-25T09:57:38.617+01:00I would like to meet up with her again but we neve...I would like to meet up with her again but we never seem to be in a place where that could happen - for a while she was living in French Guyana. WE have sort of drifted to cards and notes etc.Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-20935927751315055062012-04-25T09:26:59.894+01:002012-04-25T09:26:59.894+01:00...sigh ... would it be horrible of me to admit to......sigh ... would it be horrible of me to admit to just a little bit of envy? I haven't been to France since the 60s (!) but through you feel I've had a little taste of it again. Anyway ... I'm pleased the reunion and trip were so successful and I think Himself looks much cuter than Didier!Sue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-91884277682195449812012-04-24T20:15:54.159+01:002012-04-24T20:15:54.159+01:00Hi Liz!
What a wonderful heart-warming story. I...Hi Liz!<br />What a wonderful heart-warming story. I'm so glad you've found your friend.<br />Very nice pictures, too!<br />And how envy I am of your and Andy's determination in (re) learning French. Well done! I've wanted to learn French since I was a teenager. Even bought 2 audio-courses... that have been collecting dust on the shelves for couple of years now :( - shame on me.<br /><br />Olga.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-15228972798469616432012-04-24T16:30:14.726+01:002012-04-24T16:30:14.726+01:00Hi Britta. It was very easy very quickly with Clau...Hi Britta. It was very easy very quickly with Claudine and Gerard and with Didier and Florence (Claudine's sister) as they were the ones I'd known best. It took a little longer with the 2 younger brothers as they'd only been 15 and 11 when I last saw them!<br />The whole big family meal on the Sunday was very familiar though - and great fun!Nutty Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06146296943319504785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-66407439576951151682012-04-24T16:26:37.016+01:002012-04-24T16:26:37.016+01:00Hi IG - yes, I remember your post about Eric Tossi...Hi IG - yes, I remember your post about Eric Tossi. I was convinced you'd made his name up! :-P<br /><br />I dropped so lucky with Claudine as I really do think students were paired up by drawing names out of a hat - and it could have ended up so differently! <br />2 years after the 1st exchange trip only 3 of us were still in contact with our exchangees and 5 years on, I was the only 1. Interestingly, I did get a request from an old schoolfriend asking me to ask Claudine if she knew where her old exchange friend was...she didn't!Nutty Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06146296943319504785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-84211586634315352542012-04-24T16:21:51.025+01:002012-04-24T16:21:51.025+01:00Hi Sue, at least the French don't mind when we...Hi Sue, at least the French don't mind when we don't stick to the rules...and they still understand what I'm on about!<br />Don't you have the urge to meet your French penfriend again?Nutty Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06146296943319504785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-53112238783877684252012-04-24T13:38:37.156+01:002012-04-24T13:38:37.156+01:00Dear Nutty Gnome,
what a wonderful reunion! So in...Dear Nutty Gnome, <br />what a wonderful reunion! So interesting to see people after such a long period, and then, after a while, feel quite familiar again. Facebook gives us a lot of chances to revitalize old connections (a cousin of mine wrote from Canada), and an Easter visit in France is lovely.Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-87618312373769039292012-04-24T10:25:30.297+01:002012-04-24T10:25:30.297+01:00I went on an exchange visit with a toerag named Er...I went on an exchange visit with a toerag named Eric Tossi. I believe I blogged about him once! I'm glad your relationship has lasted. Eric and I failed to connect, although I do wish, with hindsight, I'd beaten him senseless!The Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18345021580985320660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-46583019552415739822012-04-24T10:14:25.294+01:002012-04-24T10:14:25.294+01:00Must admit I don't speak French by the rukes e...Must admit I don't speak French by the rukes either but - as one French person once told me - neither do the French!<br /><br />I too have had a French penfriend since school days although we have only ever actually met once!Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292808539041077623.post-14280141339131913012012-04-24T09:06:01.480+01:002012-04-24T09:06:01.480+01:00Hi Rob, 6 days of constant French was exhausting a...Hi Rob, 6 days of constant French was exhausting as I've not spoken so much, so consistently for years - but I even dreamt in French one night!!!<br />Himself's French had always been better than he thought but he always compared it to mine and decided it was lacking! Now though, his French is more accurate than mine because he can remember the rules and I still struggle with the assorted past tenses! :-P <br /><br />You're right - I was nervous and full of trepidation but it did keep me focused on improving my French again! I couldn't have asked for the visit to go any better...it won't be 25 years before we see them again, that's for sure!<br /><br />La Mayenne was cool but dry, Paris was cool but very wet most of the time! I don't do queues when it's dry, not a chance when it's peeing it down!!!Nutty Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06146296943319504785noreply@blogger.com