{"id":1621,"date":"2011-07-02T19:46:15","date_gmt":"2011-07-03T02:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/backattheranchwithpaula.com\/coffee\/?p=1621"},"modified":"2011-07-02T19:46:15","modified_gmt":"2011-07-03T02:46:15","slug":"le-sketch-du-jour-nude-frenchman-le-lac-de-montriond-lady-in-nickers-annecy-june-25-26-1980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backattheranchwithpaula.com\/coffee\/2011\/07\/le-sketch-du-jour-nude-frenchman-le-lac-de-montriond-lady-in-nickers-annecy-june-25-26-1980\/","title":{"rendered":"le sketch du jour: nude Frenchman, le lac de montriond, lady in nickers, Annecy. June 25 &#038; 26, 1980."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1622\" style=\"width: 473px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1622\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1622\" title=\"Scan_2\" src=\"https:\/\/backattheranchwithpaula.com\/coffee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Scan_2-463x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"390\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1622\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paula:  &quot;Excusez-moi.&quot;  nude Frenchman:  &quot;Bon.&quot;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I think I forgot something in my sketch, must have blocked it out of my mind.<\/p>\n<p>I remember being a bit shocked. But, I didn&#8217;t want to seem rude, so I just proceeded to the shower.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder if I left on my shorts? Like when we used to wear shorts under our dresses so we could play on the jungle gym without the boys seeing our underpants. And yes, in the Graves family we called them underpants, not panties. \u00a0Sorry to all those boys without sisters who can&#8217;t imagine girls using such a utilitarian word.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Wed. June 25, 1980.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>woke up late-breakfast.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>RAINING.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Ran at 11:00 (3 miles)- shower*<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>*there is a new guy here with a big Afro hairdo. encountered him <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NUDE <\/span>doing his wash when I headed into the shower room today! I said &#8220;excusez-moi&#8221; &amp; he just smiled and said, &#8220;bon.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Went to town, bought socks. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>[the cold is really starting to get to me. this is when I adopted my european look of wearing knee high socks with sandals which continued with short socks well into my twenties. this was not the norm at that time as it is now.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>At 5:00, had tea &amp; chocolate.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>5:30- went to Le Lac Montriond-green lake in the mountains made from melted ice that falls from Alps. The melted ice makes the water green.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Went higher up to a little tiny mountain town, Chamonix. \u00a0Goats run around all over in hills and on the roof of this house with a dog that tends them. Very cold-about freezing.<\/em> [my handwriting is very shaky here, so I must also be freezing]\n<p><em>Snow and tops of the Alps can be seen. \u00a0Few houses, but those there are built into the ground.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>dinner\/potage, pork chops, creamed potatoes, salade verte, apple tarte patisserie<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>June 26, 1980.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Woke at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">10:00!!<\/span> Raining per usual.<\/p>\n<p>Decided to run to Le Lac Montriond.<\/p>\n<p>I was lost (went wrong way) for about 2-1\/2-3 miles, so by the time I had returned, I&#8217;d run a little over 10 miles.<\/p>\n<p>Met a woman on the way up to the lake who was darling! \u00a0She said &#8220;Vous \u00eates jeune et bronz\u00e9e et de bonne sant\u00e9&#8221; or something like that (young, brown &amp; healthy). \u00a0She asked if I was running to the lake and if I was staying at the Auberge. \u00a0She was from Paris &amp; knew the owners of the Auberge. Very cute-was about 55 and had on knickers &amp; knee socks &amp; sweater &amp; hiking boots.<\/p>\n<p>Arrived back at Auberge just in time to catch the bus leaving for Annecy. \u00a0Stopped to picnic en route (roast pork, baguettes, tomatoes, oranges, chips).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">RAIN!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Raining in Annecy, but it is a really neat town. \u00a0It is on a lake and there is a big, long stretch of park, grass, flowers, benches. We sat in a caf\u00e9 &#8217;til it quit pouring &amp; then walked around.<\/p>\n<p>The women there were really <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">pretty.<\/span> It really was noticeable-much more beautiful than in the smaller towns.<\/p>\n<p>There was a cute little bakery with a big crowd around it that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">smelled<\/span> heavenly!! \u00a0We walked by it &amp; waited to see what the crowd was (mostly Parisians) for. \u00a0A fresh, hot batch of little pie-like things had just finished baking &amp; the people were waiting for a warm one. \u00a0Nixie bought one, and they were like little cheesy-eggy quiches.<\/p>\n<p>Things like that, I&#8217;m really going to miss.<\/p>\n<p>Returned to Morzine.<\/p>\n<p>Cous-cous for dinner-I can take it or leave it-<\/p>\n<p>mutton<\/p>\n<p>chicken w\/ vegetables<\/p>\n<p>grit-like stuff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think I forgot something in my sketch, must have blocked it out of my mind. 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