Into Nîmes to the Franciscan Clinic today to check out Jan's ticker. Every now and then she gets palpitations, mostly when I enter the room, but we went to check to see if there is a medical reason, rather than just hero worship. (Words fail me - Ed.) Anyway, she is fine and is gently read the riot act about losing weight and doing more exercise. At least I'm not the only one to get an ear bashing around here!
Whilst I was waiting for Jan, I read an influential French medical magazine that hailed the British company that had invented a means of installing computer chips into women's breasts. The chips can play music, and the company has developed this new procedure because women are always complaining that men look at their breasts, but never listen to them.
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In order to cheer ourselves up, after the morning misery, we had lunch at Lizarran, a tapas bar in the new precinct opposite Geant, on the south side of Nîmes. The address is Zac Carre Sud, Rue Jean Lauret, 30900 Nîmes, 0466 59 32 48. They do various types of tapas and pinxos, which we really enjoyed and which would have helped our new lifestyle enormously, if it hadn't been for the bottle of wine. But hey, you can't have everything can you?
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Jan then needed a bit of retail therapy, so we scoured the shops to find things that we didn't really need, bought them, and then felt a lot better for it. I cheered myself up by putting the car through a super dooper new car wash just down the road. For a relatively modest cost you can get your car back to showroom condition, and one day, I'll spoil myself and go back for the works. Very therapeutic.
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If you thought that you could get away from the World Cup by reading this blog then you are very much mistaken. The football started tonight with the hosts, Germany, playing Costa Rica. Germany won 4-2 but what on earth were they doing letting Costa Rica score two goals? Underestimate any team at your peril lads.
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