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September 23, 2007

Arrival in Carcassonne

Well, Charlie and I have made it to Carcassonne. We're trying to improve our spoken French, and I am trying to make progress on 'H4CK1NG T1MBUKTU' - a parkour 'n hacking book for boys.

The medieval part of Carcassonne (La Cité) is particularly nice.

In church today there was a dog who rolled on the floor at the front during worship. No photo of that, unfortunately.

Talking of domestic animals, does anyone know the French word 'taupin'? At least, that's what it sounds like, but I can't find it in the dictionary. The reason I ask is this: the owner of our gite has a cat called Taupin. 'Why's he called Taupin?' I asked. 'Well,' said Léon (in French), 'that's because when we first got him he had large black testicles, and we had to have them removed.' 'Oh,' I said, and scurried off to find a dictionary.

So, any takers? Why is the cat called Taupin?

Posted by sahelsteve at September 23, 2007 10:55 PM