Some French words sound great. I thought I’d share a few with you. Today’s funny French word is “turlupiner”.
Quelque chose le turlupine:Â something is bothering him.
Category: France
Funny French words: rutilant.
We are continuing our little series on funny French words. Today’s word is “rutilant”. According to the online Larousse dictionary, it means: “Qui est d’un rouge vif, éclatant : Cuivre rutilant.” Or “Qui brille d’un vif éclat : Une carrosserie rutilante.” In English, you would translate by gleaming or glowing.
En Avant de Guingamp, 2013-2014, team presentation
On Tuesday afternoon, I went to see the presentation of the En Avant de Guingamp team for next season with Jean-Baptiste and Maxime. We had a great time and were able to get very close to the players.
Roudourou, the pitch
Pentecost Monday in Pontivy
Each year, Evangelical churches from Brittany organise a day of ministry and fellowship in the small town of Pontivy. A speaker is invited, and about 300 people attend. This year’s theme was “suffering” and the speaker was an Englishman called Gordon Margery, who ministered in Brittany for many years before moving in another part of France. It was a good day. It didn’t rain and the children enjoyed it. Most of the Guingamp church had come along and we had a good time seeing friends.
Crossing France on the motorways
France has got a very efficient network of motorways. There are 11 392 km of motorways. About 8000 km of these are toll roads.
Today, we crossed France, from Guingamp to my hometown of Chambéry: 1000 km, 980  of which were on motorways.
I love driving on French motorways. It is a quick way to move around. They are well maintained. They feel safe. There’s not too much traffic if you avoid Paris and the few who have a lot of traffic. Some people think they are expensive. But you get the services you pay for, don’t you? I don’t mind paying if I get a good service. We left at 3am and arrived at 1.30 pm. That’s not bad considering many people were on the roads for their holidays. The only traffic jam we saw was in Lyon: people going towards the south. But we were on a bridge overlooking that road.
One of the downsides is that you don’t see much of the country. On our way, we went through many beautiful and historic places: Tours, the Loire Valley and its castles, Bourges, Lyon… But if we had avoided the toll roads, it would have taken several days for the journey. But we’ve arrived safely and quickly for a bit of holidays in the beautiful Savoie.