Hello,
It has been rather a soggy week! Flooded roads and waterlogged fields are all
around. Wellingtons are no longer a
fashion statement, they are a necessity!
I suggest heading for the city. The first Sunday of the month in Bordeaux is
car free, though you can drive along the waterfront, you can’t access the old
centre with your car. Take your umbrella
and enjoy a change of scene.
Whatever you do this week in the Gironde and Dordogne
regions, keep dry and take care,
Best wishes,
Helen
Week 5 2014
The 40th Antique and Contemporary art Exhibition
is on at Bordeaux Lac running from 25 January – 2 February. To find out more go
to http://www.salon-antiquaires-bordeaux-lac.fr/index.html
Monday 27 January
Tuesday 28 January
28 January 14h15
: The Wolf of Wall Street is showing
in VO at the Grandecran in Libourne.
Based on the
true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stockbroker living the
high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal
government. Starring Leonado DiCaprio,
Jonah Hill and Margot Robbie
28 January 20h30 : The Selfish Giant (Le geante egoiste) is
showing in VO at La Breche cinema in Ste Foy.
The Selfish Giant is a contemporary fable about two
scrappy 13-year-old working-class friends in the UK who seek fortune by getting
involved with a local scrap dealer and criminal, leading to tragic
consequences. Starring Conner Chapman,
Shaun Thomas, Sean Guilder
Wednesday 29 January
Thursday 30 January
30 January 19h25 : To Kill a Mockingbird (Du Silence et Des Ombres) is showing at the Grandecran in Libourne.
Based on Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize winning book of 1961. Atticus Finch is a lawyer in a racially divided Alabama town in the 1930s. He agrees to defend a young black man who is accused of raping a white woman. Many of the townspeople try to get Atticus to pull out of the trial, but he decides to go ahead. How will the trial turn out - and will it change any of the racial tension in the town ? Starring Gregory Peck, John Megna and Frank Overton
30 January 19h25 : To Kill a Mockingbird (Du Silence et Des Ombres) is showing at the Grandecran in Libourne.
Based on Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize winning book of 1961. Atticus Finch is a lawyer in a racially divided Alabama town in the 1930s. He agrees to defend a young black man who is accused of raping a white woman. Many of the townspeople try to get Atticus to pull out of the trial, but he decides to go ahead. How will the trial turn out - and will it change any of the racial tension in the town ? Starring Gregory Peck, John Megna and Frank Overton
Friday 31 January
Saturday 1 February
Sunday 2 February – la Chandeleur
‘Dimanche a Bordeaux sans voiture’ The first Sunday of the
month in central Bordeaux is car free.
You will also find an open air market at Place Pey-Berland, a great long
market stretching the length of the waterfront on the Quais and an antique/flea
market at St Michel also on the waterfront, but at the other end, near to the
stone bridge.
2 February : Brocante Marche aux puces in Bergerac at Place Cayla, Place de la Myrpe and surrounding streets.
2 February : Rauzan Marche des puces at
the covered market in Rauzan opposite the school.
2 February 15h30 : Concert de la
Chandeleur at the Chapelle Sainte Marguerite in Capitourlan, just to the east
of Castillon.
2 February 18h15 : To Kill a Mockingbird (Du Silence et Des Ombres) is showing at the Grandecran in Libourne.
2 February 20h30 : Philomena is showing in VO at the Grandecran in Libourne.
When former journalist Martin Sixsmith is dismissed from the Labour Party in disgrace, he is at a loss as to what do. That changes when a young Irish woman approaches him about a story of her mother, Philomena, who had her son taken away when she was a teenage inmate of a Catholic convent. Martin arranges a magazine assignment about her search for him that eventually leads to America. Along the way, Martin and Philomena discover as much about each other as about her son's fate. Furthermore, both find their basic beliefs challenged. Starring Judy Dench and Steve Cougan
Coming up…
2 February 20h30 : Philomena is showing in VO at the Grandecran in Libourne.
When former journalist Martin Sixsmith is dismissed from the Labour Party in disgrace, he is at a loss as to what do. That changes when a young Irish woman approaches him about a story of her mother, Philomena, who had her son taken away when she was a teenage inmate of a Catholic convent. Martin arranges a magazine assignment about her search for him that eventually leads to America. Along the way, Martin and Philomena discover as much about each other as about her son's fate. Furthermore, both find their basic beliefs challenged. Starring Judy Dench and Steve Cougan
Coming up…
And finally…
The Catholic holiday of Candlemas, on 2 February, is a feast
to commemorate the purification of the Virgin Mary and the presentation of baby
Jesus. In France, this holiday is
called la Chandeleur, Fête de la Lumière, or jour des crêpes.
Not only do the French eat a lot of crêpes on Chandeleur, but they also do a bit of fortune telling while making them. It is traditional to hold a coin in your writing hand and a crêpe pan in the other, and flip the crêpe into the air. If you manage to catch the crêpe in the pan, your family will be prosperous for the rest of the year. There is also a train of thought that suggests you should keep this well flipped pancake on the top of the wardrobe for the year to doubly ensure good fortune…
Not only do the French eat a lot of crêpes on Chandeleur, but they also do a bit of fortune telling while making them. It is traditional to hold a coin in your writing hand and a crêpe pan in the other, and flip the crêpe into the air. If you manage to catch the crêpe in the pan, your family will be prosperous for the rest of the year. There is also a train of thought that suggests you should keep this well flipped pancake on the top of the wardrobe for the year to doubly ensure good fortune…
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