Mourning

I haven't been able to do much in my state of mourning post the 4-0 loss. Sunday night I went to Cafe Oz on Boulevard Montmartre to be once again amongst aussies. Unfortunately I ended up next to a group of very loud Germans who made all 4 goals incredibly painful. Nonetheless it was good to be in an english speaking crowd for a while, to order my drinks and food in english. I fear that if i do not speak it regularly I will forget my mother tongue and be left with only my shoddy french grammar. Monday at school I was once again shamed by the laughter of my classmates, ah well at least my team is in the cup, who's laughing now???
I have now decided to come out of mourning and look to the future, Saturday is sure to be better!!
Yesterday was the 10th birthday of the eldest girl who I am looking after so I spent the morning making cupcakes. After struggling to find all the right ingredients in french I finally managed quite a masterpiece (see pic). Cupcakes were followed by a trip to la piscine where it is obligatory to wear a swimming cap and take a shower before swimming- the french love hygiene!!
Today I had school where I practiced some french tongue twisters, can anyone say: Ces six saucissons-ci sont si secs qu'on ne sait si s'en sont (with a french accent?) This afternoon I wondered around Place des Vosges until the rain forced me into a cafe to wait for the girls to finish school. The waitress seemed taken aback when I ordered a hot chocolate rather than un cafe. I simply cannot handle french coffee as the only time I drank one of the tiny cups of espresso I nearly couldn't walk home because of the strength of it. Guess I'm not very french in that regard.
Anyway I'm off to teach english to the girls, nothing cuter than french kids speaking english!!