My roommate, Laurène, recently did an internship at a library here in Grenoble, and now, when someone can’t come to work, they call her to fill in for that person. The other day, she was working in the children’s department, and had to do storytime. She read them a story about a lion from Grenoble who goes to Paris. In French, lion is “lion” and is pronounced the same way as Lyon, the second largest city in France, which is about an hour northwest of Grenoble. If you are taking the train from Grenoble to Paris, you will always arrive at the Gare de Lyon (Lyon Station). So Laurène asks the kids what they think, and one kid pipes up, “Well, I think it’s pretty cool that he’s a lion and he arrives at the Gare de Lyon.” So Laurène tells them, “You know, if you go to Paris, you’ll arrive at the Gare de Lyon as well.” “Noooo…” they all exclaim in disbelief. Too funny. And that’s not the best part. In this book, the lion visits the Louvre, and sees the Mona Lisa. Laurène asks the kids, “Who painted the Mona Lisa?” One little boy raises his hand. “Leonardo DiCaprio.” ☺
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Un lion à Paris
My roommate, Laurène, recently did an internship at a library here in Grenoble, and now, when someone can’t come to work, they call her to fill in for that person. The other day, she was working in the children’s department, and had to do storytime. She read them a story about a lion from Grenoble who goes to Paris. In French, lion is “lion” and is pronounced the same way as Lyon, the second largest city in France, which is about an hour northwest of Grenoble. If you are taking the train from Grenoble to Paris, you will always arrive at the Gare de Lyon (Lyon Station). So Laurène asks the kids what they think, and one kid pipes up, “Well, I think it’s pretty cool that he’s a lion and he arrives at the Gare de Lyon.” So Laurène tells them, “You know, if you go to Paris, you’ll arrive at the Gare de Lyon as well.” “Noooo…” they all exclaim in disbelief. Too funny. And that’s not the best part. In this book, the lion visits the Louvre, and sees the Mona Lisa. Laurène asks the kids, “Who painted the Mona Lisa?” One little boy raises his hand. “Leonardo DiCaprio.” ☺
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So when do you get home Whit? Kristen is in England this week checking out places for us to live and Joseph is going to St. Pete's this summer. It seems that the Berhan Bunch is slowly taking over Europe. Good luck as I believe your time is winding down.
p.s. Storytime pretty much rocks. I have had to do three or four since moving back to America and I must admit it is a little easier than when we lived in Taiwan.
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