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22 février 2012

The Motorbike Saga Continues

The Motorbike Saga Continues

I've had fifteen hours of motorbike lessons so far, and have reached the stage where I'm working hard at it and not feeling I'm actually getting anywhere. There's a circuit you have to do for the test at a very slow speed, as you have to drive through...

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Tags: mayotte, temperature, emily, lesson, motorbike, driving school, helmet, jacket, track

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19 février 2012

Mahabou and M'Gombani

Mahabou and M'Gombani

This Sunday afternoon was lovely and fine, so we set off to walk up and around the Pointe Mahabou, a cliff on the other side of Mamoudzou where the very first sultan of Mayotte, Adriansouli, was buried. Other cars were driving up, so I started driving...

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Tags: mamoudzou, sun, road, brochetti, flowers, m'gombani, mahabou, maoulida, park, restaurant, shengue, signpost, state, walk

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15 février 2012

Tying the knot

Took the car to the garage this morning for an oil change and to get the air-conditioning sorted out, as there seems to be a leak somewhere. The mechanic behind the counter received a phone call while we were there and put the caller - apparently one...

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Tags: car, garage, air-conditioning, employee, knot, oil, telephone, tie

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14 février 2012

Inspector Valentine

Inspector Valentine

I’m being inspected today. Inspections in the French education system aren’t like Ofsted ones: there’s only one inspector at a time, usually, and he or she’s only coming to inspect one particular teacher over one hourly period. The teacher is warned a...

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Tags: school, lesson, inspection, marks, ofsted, plan, sleep, students, tuesday, valentine

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12 février 2012

Madame, la pluie, elle tombe!

Madame, la pluie, elle tombe!

Talk about keeping things for a rainy day. There are so many rainy days here – and so much rain – that I don’t know what to do with most of them. Some do, though. There’s construction work outside at the moment – just underneath our flat, actually – where...

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Tags: mayotte, flat, water, rain, philip, crepi, curtain, rainbow, table, television, wall

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