Sisters and Friends and Geography
I have a sister who is living in a mid-Western city in the US. I myself am living in Amsterdam. Which is located in the Netherlands, also known as Holland, no it is not in Denmark and Danish is not spoken here (at least, not by most locals) and in case all this is too confusing: the continent we are talking about here is Europe (a.k.a. Yurp).
Certain readers will be delighted with the reminder that the Classically European (in the mind of many an American) Countries of France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Spain (to name a few) are also joined by the Scandinavian Countries as well as, for example, Poland and bits of Russia in belonging to the European Designation. So please generalize carefully.
My sister has a friend whose sister is living in Paris. I myself have also lived in the vicinity of Paris in a very small town called Samois-sur-Seine . This is a very quaint village with not much going on except the market on I forget which mornings and the Festival de Jazz Django Reinhardt which is really quite nice and involves listening to some jazz whilst sitting on the ground on the river bank with some rosé and watching some small children belonging to some friends run around on the grass, as I remember. But anyway it's probably not worth a visit unless you are going to Fontainebleau for some other reason and even then, well, let's just say there are other, potentially more exciting places in the region. Like Barbizon, where Van Gogh even hung out for a bit.
I have also a friend living in Paris or rather, come to think of it, several friends, although not all of them being friends of the sort with whom I have Regular Contact. In addition, I know some people that are living in, among other places, small- to medium-sized cities in various parts of the U.S., California, New York and also, I almost forgot, Amsterdam, which is where I happen to live.
Anyway Europe is a Very Nice Place to live being populated by various forms of Europeans, built up in numerous historical urban conglomerations burgeoning with modern skyscrapers as well as small quaint historic towns, and myriad other forms of Development, rugged sea coasts, the Alps, see the loveli lakes (a Moose once bit my Sister), also featuring an admirable commitment to the arts, fine wines and cheeses, strong coffee served in very small cups and numerous other benefits too numerous to list here.
It is also a very Nice Place to Visit and so, dear reader, if you fall into the category of either Sister or Friend, please consider yourself most heartily Invited to Visit.
Certain readers will be delighted with the reminder that the Classically European (in the mind of many an American) Countries of France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Spain (to name a few) are also joined by the Scandinavian Countries as well as, for example, Poland and bits of Russia in belonging to the European Designation. So please generalize carefully.
My sister has a friend whose sister is living in Paris. I myself have also lived in the vicinity of Paris in a very small town called Samois-sur-Seine . This is a very quaint village with not much going on except the market on I forget which mornings and the Festival de Jazz Django Reinhardt which is really quite nice and involves listening to some jazz whilst sitting on the ground on the river bank with some rosé and watching some small children belonging to some friends run around on the grass, as I remember. But anyway it's probably not worth a visit unless you are going to Fontainebleau for some other reason and even then, well, let's just say there are other, potentially more exciting places in the region. Like Barbizon, where Van Gogh even hung out for a bit.
I have also a friend living in Paris or rather, come to think of it, several friends, although not all of them being friends of the sort with whom I have Regular Contact. In addition, I know some people that are living in, among other places, small- to medium-sized cities in various parts of the U.S., California, New York and also, I almost forgot, Amsterdam, which is where I happen to live.
Anyway Europe is a Very Nice Place to live being populated by various forms of Europeans, built up in numerous historical urban conglomerations burgeoning with modern skyscrapers as well as small quaint historic towns, and myriad other forms of Development, rugged sea coasts, the Alps, see the loveli lakes (a Moose once bit my Sister), also featuring an admirable commitment to the arts, fine wines and cheeses, strong coffee served in very small cups and numerous other benefits too numerous to list here.
It is also a very Nice Place to Visit and so, dear reader, if you fall into the category of either Sister or Friend, please consider yourself most heartily Invited to Visit.
posted by AlleyCat | 2:33 PM
5 Comments:
what about if i consider myself both sister AND friend? or what if i want to bring a friend with me? anyway, if thus invited, i will surely come.
ah. there are sisters, and there are friends, and then... THEN there are sister's friends.
(sinister chuckle...)
also, i cannot think of which friend i might have, who has a sister living in paris. unless you are referring to a different sister?
ah! the mystery of it all!
It would appear that a mistake has been made, as the person previously referred to in this blog as a sister of a friend of a sister is neither that nor, in fact, living in Paris (anymore).
The persons responsible for sacking the persons responsible for this error, have been sacked.
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