the human face of tourism

I should have listened to my own advice - a friend has published some of this blog in the college magazine. Remember Da Nu Rossetta Stone? Turns out it looks pretty racist when read on its own.

The last few days I've been in France on tour with my choir, singing in some grand old Cathedrals and eating some fine fine food. We stayed with host families, and mine went out their way for us, literally, driving us to and from rehearsals. Their children were lovely, we think - we were mutually incomprehensible. Yesterday the choir was treated to a diplomatic reception from the Mayoress of S -, for whom we were about to sing a mass. They handed out some tourist bumf including a priceless leaflet written in flamboyantly haphazard English. Titled 'Expressions: The Human Face of Tourism' it includes such corkers as,

The river is 'A real delight, for image hunters but also for fishermen'

The area 'knows haw to enhance the sky. Nature and man have drawn pictures with varied taste and colours'

You can look forward to 'the biggest conglomerate of troglodytes, gardens brimming with rare flavours, exuding golden and chalky reflections.'

And finally, your visit will be 'a journey sprinkled with water and history which will not let you forget that S - and its region has a multitude of marked hiking paths'


And if all that wasn't enough, I found a £ in the street yesterday.