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then you go from Notre-Dame up the side to, to towards the, uh, Champs Élysées ()
167. Clarence: Jamste Alices.
168. Suster: Jamste Alices, um… that’s at the bottom end is, is this monument, whatever. That, the whole
place is full of monuments in any case en dan gooi jy daar af {and then you go down there}.
169. Clarence: Ja {Yes}, () I don’t think they walked that much.
170. Suster: Oh well.
171. Clarence: Completely fascinated by the underground, um, my sister was a little dumbstruck, having
[laughter]
172. Suster: [laughter ]
173. Clarence: My sister’s first experience outside of the country. I think the furthest she’s been is
Stellenbosch, you know what I mean. [laughter] So, um, we’re travelling in the underground
and she looks a little kinda, uh, worried. Wat gat (gaan) nou aan {What’s going on now}? So
eventually she plucks up the courage to ask me, “Clarence, so why are all the stations called
sorti?”[laughter]
174. Suster: [laughter]
175. Clarence: Sorti of course means exit in French [laughter] and there’s obviously more exits than the name
of the station. So I had to explain to her that that means exit. It was quite embarrassing for her.
Ja {Yes}. [laughter]
176. Suster: [laughter] But she asked. But she asked and she got fined for that as well. [laughter]
177. Clarence: [laughter]
178. Suster: Two euros, you know. For, for asking that, for asking that question.
179. Clarence: Reflections on Paris?
180. Suster: I, I.
181. Clarence: Two dumpings.
182. Suster: [laughter] No, Paris is a, is a place of romance. It’s a place of dinges {things}. But to, as, as
would go in groups, you know, sort of relationships starts, you know. Some friendships, uh, do
really develop in groups in that nature because you, you basically live with each other for a,
for a fair amount of time. But also, relationships beyond friendship starts, uh, and, and ends.
Mense word ge-dump {People get dumped}. En dan argue hulle nou wie’t (wie het) vir wie
ge-dump, verstaan jy {And then they argue about who dumped who, you understand}. Oor
’ie (oor die), oor ’ie (oor die) {Over the, over the} dinner tafel {table}, you know. No, I
dumped you. No he dumped you. En dan gat ’ie (gaan die) rumours rond en daar was baie
rumours op die tour {And then the rumours go around and there were many rumours on this
tour}. Ja, jy gat (gaan), jy gat (gaan) net toilet toe vir tien minute en dan’s (dan is) daar ‘n
rumour, verstaan jy {Yes, you go, you just go to the toilet for ten minutes and then there’s a
rumour, you understand}? [laughter] And rumours were abound, but, ja {yes}, rumours got
squashed as well. Um, we had an advocate on the tour with us that acted as judge in our, in our
tour court, uh, who handled himself excellently because uh, uh, a few people was, was called
to order, uh, uh, for various things and the judge, uh, ruled on these cases, um, and ruled
favourably on these cases in a in a lot of instances
183. Clarence: Thank you Advocate Joey Moses for taking that tough role. [laughter]
184. Suster: [laughter]
185. Clarence: Okay, so no other reflections on Paris?
186. Suster: Uh, Paris is a, is a place where you have to explore. You, you have to explore the dynamics.
It’s a VERY old city and it’s got history and an, an amazing amount of history. Um, you, you,
have to explore it in your own way. I, I explored Paris at three ‘o clock, half past two in the
morning I took a walk in Paris. From half past two till six o clock with two guys from
Bontheuwel. Um, and we explored the parts, okay, alles was toe gewies (gewees) {everything
was closed} but we walked and we walked up () and, and we walked to one district and
through to another district for three hours. Three and a half hours we just walked.
187. Clarence: Looking for a pub.
188. Suster: [laughter]
189. Clarence: [laughter] Only to find out that the only pub that is open is at the hotel
190. Suster: Is right next door to the hotel. Daarna was die twee, die twee Bontheuwel ouens baie
kwaad, wiet jy {After that the two, the two Bontheuwel guys were very angry, you know}.