Joelle
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | retired teacher of English professeur d'anglais en retraite |
| Location | Vannes, Bretagne/ Brittany, France |
| Introduction | I am very much an anglophile.Ever since 1967 when I stayed in England(Stockton-on-Tees)I have loved Britain.Over the years I have visited this country many times.I often stay in the north-west with my friend Kim.She is the one who first took me birdwatching and taught me how to use a computer ,take and edit digital photographs.She has been very encouraging when I first thought of starting this blog.But I am still in awe of computers and so I kept dragging my feet.She threatened to "kick my bum" if I didn't get going.That did it! Kim's bird photos are excellent.She has got her own website ,called: www.kimcomania.co.uk Do visit it! Je suis très anglophile.Au cours des années passées, j'ai visité ce pays de nombreuses fois.Je séjourne souvent dans le nord-ouest chez mon amie Kim.C'est elle qui m'a emmenée faire du birdwatching et qui m'a appris à utiliser un ordinateur et à prendre et retoucher des photos numériques. Les photos d'oiseaux de Kim sont excellentes.Elle a son propre site sur le web appelé:www.kimcomania.co.uk Visitez-le! |
| Interests | Main interest: reading (fiction ,travel ,nature books) then,bird-watching with Kim, photography ,eating out and cooking. Visiting England, Principal centre d'intérêt: la lecture ( fiction,voyages, nature)puis le birdwatching avec Kim,la photographie,sortir au restaurant et cuisiner, voyager en Angleterre. |
| Favorite movies | I don't go to the cinema any more. My favourite films date back to the 70's by Italian movie-makers such as Dino Risi or Fellini. Je ne vais plus au cinéma.Mes films favoris remontent aux années 70 avec des cinéastes italiens tels que Dino Risi et Fellini |
| Favorite music | Classical music,for instance Schubert's Lieder or chamber music. La musique classique ,par exemple les Lieder et la musique de chambre de Schubert. |
| Favorite books | Annie Proulx,Alice Munro,JG Farrell,Susan Hill,Julian Barnes,William Boyd,William Trevor,Muriel Spark,Wayne Johnston,Jim Harrison, Beryl Bainbridge,Colin Thubron |