I miss living abroad but it's great to have an international evening out. Must try to make more foreign bonkers friends here in Bournemouth. Having a good clear out and found an email about this fun night out in 2005.
"I went to a concert before Xmas with a very international crowd which I like - French, Hungarian, Russian, Armenian, Polish (me), American and 2 Brits. The band was very good, altho' we weren't supporting Timi (my housemate) after all because they were Romanian, not Hungarian as advertised. It was raucous as promised and the gypsy songs were really funny:
"The Stuffed Cabbage” song
“a real man has 3 knives and a pistol in his boot”
“my darling don't look at my trousers”, plus
“last summer you were shy but this summer you learnt how to make cheese and how to make love”!
What a relief everyone enjoyed it as I organised it. We also danced on stage with them which was fun at first (kind of Greek) but then it got so fast, then faster again, it was like high impact aerobics and I was crying for mercy. I had to give up before the end but hung in there for a good 5 minutes of flailing limbs AND I was wearing my world famous boots!
This event was closely followed by the 2nd work team Xmas at the Olympic Greek Restaurant in Camberley which will have to remain a tradition because we can't find anything more fun. We had a whale of a time at Greek night. I love my team so much (they're all such great people, competent and fun too) and felt deep pride that the whole of our table (7) was up dancing, belly dancing, twisting, jiving, singing, smashing plates and mingling from the word go. We are not wall flowers - not if I have anything to do with it!
Anyway just wanted to capture the memory of those 2 fab nights. Ok so I live in the UK but it is a great place to experience various cultures in various ways."
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