90 second speed dating with the Swedes

May 25, 2010

tags: Cote D Azur, Currencies Direct, Ex Pats Golf, Golf in Valbonne, Living In France, Moving To France, Riviera Business Club, Valbonne

The Swedish business speed dating event staged by the newly named Riviera Business Club takes place in Valbonne, well Sophia Antipolis really, at the Media Garden Hotel on Thursday evening. I have a whole lot of business in mind, but suspect the young blonde Swedish goddesses I am hoping for are more likely to be craggy vikings, Peter Lynn will know this state of mind as “glibido” – all talk and no action, but for the good of educating our nordic friends about the value of using Currencies Direct for their currency transfers, I will selflessly give up my evening.
I am invited to play 9 holes of golf on Wednesday by Paul Thornton Allen. The last time I played with him at The Victoria in Valbonne we visited parts of the course which I believe have never seen a human face before. To call him wayward would be like describing Adolf Hitler as a bit naughty, but it will be a good exploration exercise, I shall pack my machete and quinine tablets and if we ever find our way back from where he has it, the usual 10 euros will change hands in my direction and be stuck to my forehead after victory in time-honoured fashion.
Bluebell the camper has passed her control technique and so our summer accommodation is secure. Work will commence as soon as the wife gets back on those polka dot curtains she has in mind, but weighing on my mind, from the list of jobs she left for me, will be the irksome duty to buy and collect stones, sand and cement, for completion of the path to the new terrace, there being no one nearby stupid enough to volunteer to collect these for me, despite my offering the entirety of my guaranteed golf winnings in Wednesday. There will be a party to celebrate its opening, of that I am certain.

My picture today is from my garden and from where I removed the largest spider I have ever seen. My daughter had an arachnoleptic fit, ie the frantic dance performed just after you have walked through a spider’s web and swears it was 2 metres across. Her maths have never been strong but a spider 2cm’s across is still a massive by her standards.

purple flag by the pool, thats not a spider by the way

Steve Weston asks for copies of all the photos I took on Sunday for the Regsgolf website and I am happy to comply unless I hear from any one of the following: Maria, Paul Duffy or Pauline with a suitable bribe..I will save the one of Steve exhibiting another truly scandalous shirt for a future occasion!

Chris France

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Best on line resource in Valbonne? http://www.valbonneonline.com/

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