Septemberdage

Et par dage efter at vi er kommet hjem fra sommerferie, hører vi en mærkelig lyd i gaden. En spruttende, hvæsende lyd fra oven: En multifarvet luftballon, der ikke er højere oppe end at vi kan invitere passagererne på champagne. De kommer dog aldrig.

A few days after the summerholidays we hear a strange noise in the street. A multicoloured balloon passes over over heads and not further up than we are able to invite the passengers to come for champagne. However, they never turn up. Wonder why.


Vi får dansk besøg fra Tyskland, Lars og Vivi med børn, der laver hvidvin på stejle skråninger i Rhin-dalen godt 400 kilometer længere nordpå. Det er lærerigt at kende vinfolk andre steder: Har foreløbig lært, at Vivis vinbjergsfersken med knaldrødt kød også er kendt her - tata Monique har to flotte ferskentræer i sin flotte køkkenhave - og desuden , at de arver vores "brugte" vejr. Vi har lovet at tage behørigt hensyn og ikke bruge al solen, når høsttiden er inde i Tyskland.

We get Danish visitors from Germany, Lars and Vivi with children, who make white wine on steep sides of the Rhine-valley 400 kilometres further North. You even learn from knowing wine-people elsewhere: So far I have learned that the vineyardpeach of Vivi is also known here in Champagne - aunt Monique thus has two in her great kitchen garden in Soulières. The second thing is that they inherit our "used" weather in Germanay, so we have promised not to use all the sun when harvest time approaches in Germany. Fair enough.


Dagen efter besøger vi Vinke (Flemming) med mor og far og kommende søster eller bror i Paris. Det er sidste gang inden familien Sløk rejser tilbage til det store æble. Snøft...

We visit Vinke (Flemming) and his mum, dad and little sister or brother to be in Paris. Last time before family Sløk returns to the Big Apple. We will miss you here.


I Luxembourg-haven ser vi Guignol, marionnet-teater, overraskende uhyggeligt faktisk, men også sjovt at opleve børnene, der er 100 procent på, når Guignol beder dem om hjælp.

In the Jardin du Luxembourg we watch Guignol, the theatre of marionnettes, that is actually surprisingly scary. However fun too to experience the children, who are 100 percent into the thing, when Guignol ask for help.


Legepladsen udenfor er heller ikke uden evner. Clement sætter stor pris på legepladser nu og udforsker dem med pæn ekspertise efterhånden.

The playground outside the Guignol is quite okay too. Clement has grown really fond of visiting playgrounds and explores much more than before.


Staudebedene i Luxembourg-haven er vidunderlige.

The flowers in the Jardin du Luxembourg are just wonderful.


Landsbyen Oger i Côte des Blancs har netop vundet en pris som den eller en af de mest blomsterudsmykkede byer i Europa. Det ses... Jeg ved ikke om jeg synes det er kønt, men mange blomster er der, og der er bestemt også mange pittoreske hjørner i den lille vinby.

The village Oger in the Côte des Blancs has just won a price as one of or the most flowerdecorated village in Europe. And there is certainly many flowers... Whether it is really that pretty I am not sure, but there are many, and there are also several pittoresque corners in the small vinegrowers village.


Clements nye hitleg er at tage alle plasticposerne ud af skuffen og putte alle tupperwaredimserne samt kolonialvarerne deri. Hvorved jeg fandt ud af at dåser med makrel i tomat faktisk slet ikke er så hårdføre som jeg ville have troet.

Clements new favourite game is to take all the plastic bags from the drawer and fill them up with tupperware things and drugstore goods such as flour, sugar and cans. This is how I realized that cans with maquerel in tomato sauce - one of my favourites from Denmark - actually do not stand as much as I would have expected.