Francesca in France

I did our three nights hotel bookings and Michel is happy.
He was laughing hard when I told him (jokingly) that we will be sleeping in a tent, in the English Garden in Munich.

We will be passing our night in Park Hotel

No choice as it is the cheapest and available we can get along the highway.
Here' a map to follow our route.
 
 

When in Munich, Germany, we reserved a room at Arabella
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Dont be shock girls, we have a very good price on that one. Octoberfest is over, so rooms in Munich are in promos.There are lots in the net, so I am that ambitious, I took a four? star. Why not huh, if the price is as low as in a two star hotel in France.

Next night is in Drei Loewen
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It took me days and days to look for these bookings. As the days gone, the price is getting higher! Good enough I booked them,asap, because after 30 mins, some rooms availability is gone, or price goes up to 50 -100 euros more.
Its like stock market eh?

Butler today told me that the Boss is taking a hotel in Lyon, France. Boscolo Grand Hotel. Butler added, I cannt afford to have a room like that. I said: No. It is 400 euros per night,what more if a double room, I cannot.Then he asked me where we will be staying when in Munich.
I said: Sheraton.
His jaw dropped ! LOL !

Today, Madame afternoon told me, I will see them on Wednesday. I said, I will have some holidays in Munich, Madame. She was delighted! She said, "it is where we live!" Maybe we can see each other there! I said, Why not Madame, maybe. Actually, I dont fancy the idea. I prefer to have a real holiday, with out employers, LOL!
Then she asked me where are we staying? In a filipinas' house?

I said : I dont know yet with my husband, Madame.
Why did I lied?
Because, I dont want her to know where we stay. She dont need to know di ba? After all huh, its private, not related to work.

Today Butler said he has to fetch Madame in Torino tomorrow at 7:30 am and be back in Monaco around 2:30 pm.
I told him, you must wear a coat and tie because you are driving a Bentley with a rich Madame as a passenger noh!
Butler: Oh no, I never wear a suit with a tie in my life, so I dress my normal casual clothes.
Ngehh, what does he look like in a Bentley then? Imagine the scene. With his strong B.O. Mama mia.

So I remind him of the story he told me last time he fetch Mdame.Madame treat her in Autogrill!

"No wonder at mid day, Madame feed you only sandwich at AutoGrill !But if you are in a suit, she might consider you to have a meal at Cafe de Paris noh !"

(Girls, Autogrill is ala 7 eleven -grab- a- sandwich- shop along the highway.)

Joke 2:

He got good news! He told me on 16th of November, is his five years anniversary with Thailandaise gf.Abah, five years na sila? Tumagal si Thailandaise????!!!LOL

I suggested to him, (seriously) to treat his GF in Hotel de Paris,(Monaco) for one night stay!
His eyes got big !!!LOL !

"Whats wrong with Hotel de Paris, Butler? You can afford it.(still serious tone ko.)

He said: It is 700 euros per night! dont you know?!

"Butler, your gf has five years of "suffering" with you, that one night romantic treat is not even sufficient, dont you see?(Its obvoius, I am playing him up.I supressed my laugh.)

He said: Good enough I am not married to you...(in his contemplative look towards me)

Me: "The feeling is mutual, Butler ,good enough we didnt meet before.
But, I work hard , same with your gf.
If you dont see it, its the time noh? (I continue teasing him...)Butler changed topic:(ubos katwiran, LOL)" I think I should pack some rice and curry for lunch tom going to Torino.
I answered: "And stop the Bentley in the highway, let Madame wait, as you are having your asiatic meal, shrimp curry with rice.

He said: Yeah, one way to sack me...

Me: (Laughing)I would be delighted, Butler.It's a dream come true! LOL

Girls,pls lang, wag nyo ako gayahin. I am truly nasty when it comes to Butler.Cute siya pag nainis!

I have my anti Tetano injection. Kelangan eh. Five years old pa ako nag pa inject, kelangan na mabago.
Punta ako sa Monaco clinic,today 9am and the nurse is chatting me up in French language.

Her: you may pull down your pants and lie in the lounge chair for the injection in your bom bom(butt).

(So I did as told.)

She said: "hows the children in Philippines?" (while she put the needle and pushing the medicine out of the syringe.

Me:(Aw,sudden impact of needle felt) " Fine. They are happy."
She: Good.
Me :Mama n'est pas la, (is not around,)alors ils sont tres content (so they are happy...)

She laughed loud on my comment,while pumping the injection,I felt her hand shaking (while laughing) and the neddle hurts,(hu hu hu) . I felt it, as if she is drilling a hole on the wall, not on my butt!

Mama mia !


Lessons learned: Dapat wala joke joke if may turok sa pwet. I am at the losing end, not her ! ! !

Sakit ng pwet ko ha!

Until now.

Welcome !

 
 

 
 

 
 

Hope I did the photos well. La lang, Just feel like showing off. Blame it to ana


She got a nice bedroom and her baby' bed too! Gaya gaya akoh!

Everyday,coming home, I would passed by our mailbox at the hall and would pick up our mails and open it and put it all in the table for Michel to see.( Just before he start to eat, LOL)
Yes, thats how brutal I am to him, no meal unless bills are discussed and sorted out.

Poor husband.
I know, I am a terrible wife, not a good example, LOL

Our discussions goes like this:

Michel: Bank statements! Again ? (in his complaining tone)
Me:( Et oui,) oh yes, got to be updated how our bank is going on, you know. (with my eyebrows moving up and down grinning...)
Michel: Usually, I dont bother with bank statements...
Me: (cutting him off) Oh no, for me it is important.
Michel: How come?
Me: To see if it is still wise to stay married to you , you know!
Michel: (Gets the joke and laugh.)Thats a good appetizer, my dear

Our photo in Holland last March 2005.



Joke 2:

In bed, 10pm, we are back to back to each other, ready to close eyes and sleep.
5 mins later...

Michel: are you sleeping already?
Me: No, not so so, why?
Michel: Just to let you know, I am happy to be with you...I love you very much...I would like to do many things, travel places with you, etc etc...

Me: "What do you want!"

It puts him off, LOL !

Good night to all!

My employer in the afternoon told me,yesterday she will have a guest staying in her apartment, if she can borrow my keys for her guest to use , as tomorrow, they are at home when I come to work at 1pm , so I just ring the doorbell.

So I left to Madame my keys of the apartment.

Today, at 1 pm, I buzzed in, no one opened the door! I waited, as maybe she is in the bathroom, and buzzed again, still nothing.

I use my cellphone to call my employer.

I was annoyed,I would like to say:
"Madame, I been ringing in the door,no one is answering, where are youuuu!" ala words of a peasant (paysan) LOL

But being trained (by Michel)to be a bit decent and respectful, I said:

"Madame, seems no one is inside the apartment, should I pick the keys in your office to get in the apartment?"(with my teeth grated under control!)

She said surprisingly, "Oh, sorry, I completely forgotten about it. I will call a taxi, and bring personally the keys to you. I call you to go down the building when I arrive."

Wow! she is calling a taxi and pay 40 euros (2,640 pesos)just to give me the key, when the distance is just one bus stop away (roughly 500 meters) from her office. Well, she is a business woman, so it might be just a few bob to her to pay the taxi.

Normally she would ask her driver to bring me the keys, but she thought, I will get annoyed and leave, which at times I did, LOL.

She knows me, I can play games with her, like not feeling well,Madame, I come back tomorrow...LOL !

But then, 40 euros for a taxi in 500 meters ride only back and forth to office one km !
I can fetch the keys from her, better. And give me the 40 euros! Hihihihi.

Today, my morning employer (with Butler) hired a gardener to trim (three lemon trees,one 7 foot olive tree and around 20 banana trees.)
Total cost of the service: 1200 euros, one day work (with three Portuguese).

Thats 79,200 pesos !Huge eh? Just to trim the trees!

Butler is complaining, he had been painting the kitchen, still have the stiff neck due to hard work done in painting the ceiling and he got nothing!Bwehehehe!

I told Butler today: "at least you are not wearing a brilliant red pantalon with blue coat..."

Because our Boss wears that attire today, and I said: Olaaaahh!
Brilliant red and blue:

click here !


Mama mia ! French flag ang suot!

Got this in a forum about trip to Munich:


" Also, highly recomend Mikes bike tour which lasts 4 hours and takes you to all of the sights of munich and tells you about them as well. It's not expensive and believe it or not, you are not riding to much of the tour. Meet under the old town hall in Marienplatz at 2:30pm daily. Also, you can catch a two hour train ride to Innsbruck Austria and take a cable car to the top of the Alps. Breathtaking view!!"

"We took walking tours that are in the Germany Fodor's guide. They were awesome with great restaurant recommendations.
You can also consider taking a day trip either to

Eagle's Nest

or to
Neuschwanstein Castle

Even if you aren't a partier, you won't want to miss stopping into the HofBrauHaus for a liter (or four). And you'll want to make time to see the Glockenspiels at Marienplatz.
The BMW Museum is out near Olympic Park if you like BMWs, but if I were you, I would take the Fodor's (or similar) walking tour of the churches and buildings. This was a complete and total blast. : )"

Fantasric! Great. Basta ba merong Bavarian Beer, oks na ako.

We plan to visit Munich, just to taste whats up in Germany, I asked Michel if he would like to have an accomodation in a Castle. He said, o-wo-wow, thats wonderfullll! Eskayted si Lolo! LOL
So I show him this:
guesthouse in a castle

He said,hmmm, seems interesting...
Or this:(just to see some other choices)
hotel in Munich

Michel said: Naaaaahhh! Take one that's different! Come on...
So I browse again, and voila: He wanted different it is then...different!
tents for rent! mura lang!

Click nyo sa "rates"!
Pero for summer lang ito, shhh, paasar lang ke Michel. Post ko later reaction niya, LOL.

I am eskayted. We are visiting Munich, Germany! Yehey.

I checked the airlines, Lufthansa offers 220 euros round trip x 2 total of 440 euros! No way.
Mahal!
I checked the train schedules, because here, TGV is 5hours, turbo ride, on a 900 kilometers (9 hours if by car ) distance.If it is in France.

But we cannot take the same train, because I cannot book in the net the itinerary in one go,(the France train, then Italy train, Liechtenstien train, Austria, then Munich, Germany.)Besides there will be a lot of going in and out of the train, transfer here and there, rolling with our luggages.

Michel said: Dont bother. We will take the car. Tipid pa!

So, Saturday 2pm of October 29, from Nice, Monaco, to Milan, to Insbruck, passing by Austria destination to Munich. Looong travel by car! Assuming , it is as far as Nice- Paris, (900 kms)we can make it on mid night ( Sunday). Take a hotel somewhere outside the town, and start the tour Sunday morning. Hopefully.

Back to Nice, France on Tuesday, Nov 1.

Here is the site:

munich, germany


Ang mahal ng tour nila! 120 euros two hours!Each! Mama mia.

But:

Eskayted akoh! And we will do our own tour, we can save to pay our meals and hotel, LOL
Sino na nakapunta ng Munich???!!! Tips naman dyan o! First time namin ni Lolo mapunta doon! Sapalaran lang. Baka abutan namin ang October fest nila.

Germany daw has the best beer in the world! (Glug! Glug! Glug!)

Makikitagay pa ako don!

As of today, hindi pa rin kami bati bati ni Butler. Napakatahimik ng mundo ko if he doesnt talk to me.I am used to it working alone anyway.

He is using this toilet bowl in the gym room of the Boss. And everytime I have to put down the cover , because he is not doing it after his rituals.What a pig!
For two weeks, I didnt close it anymore. He didnt also.
Huli siya ni Madame! LOL
Alangan naman ako ang nag tataas ng cover ng toilet bowl, eh wala naman akong man's thing.Pag nag wewe ako, nakaupo noh, hindi gaya niya, nag didilig.
Ayun! Nahuli ng madame ginagamit nya ang bathroom doon, and he is a pig!Splatter all over ba naman ang proofs!Mano man lang after eh, punasan niya ng tissue, then close the lid! Eh Cochon (pig)nga eh.

Then yesterday, after the garden, he looked around the house (of course, looking for any faults of my work.) Napansin ko bakas ng shoes niya, dusty, pasok siya sa room ni Madame. May bakat sa marble floor, footprints niya. Hindi ko nilinis, even area ko yon.What for, tapos ko na linis yon, never ako babalik to wipe it.

Alam niyo na kasunod, tawag siya ni madame, dinakdakan, na he has no right to enter Madames room, etc etc. Ay oo, Madames' room is only to be cleaned by me. What is his purpose there, eh tapos ko na work yon!Bakat ng working shoes niya! Huli na naman!

Then today,feel ko lang mag request ng holiday. So I told Madame if possible ask Sir, on October 31 monday, pwede hindi ako work, kasi Nov 1, holiday also. Then bayaran ko na lang sa Nov 19, National Holiday in Monaco, birthday yon ng Prince Rainier (he is dead na nga lang, pero nasa calendar pa, kaya holiday yon.)

Approved!

And alam ni Butler yon!

Aba nang wala na sina Sir at sila ay mag Golf sa Mougins, France,aba, alam ko ayos na room ni Madame and all over the house, yong carpet sa bath room, nakatupi and ang takip ng tissue paper sa bathroom, naka taas! Ababababah, may nang aasar!

Hindi ko sinugod si Butler. Before I went out today at 1pm, I told him: Have a nice weekend, ciao!( with ngiting aso.)

Showing, I am not affected. Hanap niya away, punta siya sa Iraq!

Bon weekend to all!

And hey, punta kami ni Lolo sa Munich, Germany this end of October...Shhh.

Michel in Manila

his favorite Barber in Cubao

Greenbelt 3 in front of Starbucks Coffee





Happy man.
Its a bit corny, but sometimes I asked myslef, why me, he took for a wife. He deserves someone better noh?

How did we met? He is a Jehovah's Witness. Thirty three years of his life. A man of principles. Mingled with a lot of filipinos in Monaco,for ten years, until I was in one of those meetings, studied the Bible with him. I was baptised October 1999, Marsielle, France.
Thats why.He will marry only a woman that has qualities he fond of.He waited 19 years (as a widower) to marry me!

September 21,2001 we left the truth,(as we are not a good example, we are living in together out of marriage) and October 5, 2005 we are in again. Officially.

Thats our secret.Shhhh!

Hi, girls, lagi wala news ke lola Francesca nyo!
Kasi hectic, mama mia. Maskit likod ko ngayon but ito, hataw sa blogging! LOL
Miss ko na kayo! Mamaya, silip ako sa blog nyo rin, hehe.

News:
Two weeks na kami, deadma ni Butler. Wala ni hi or hello, goodbye au revoir, sayonara.
And I was happy. Kasi tahimik ang mundo ko, wala usap usap, natatapos ko work ko.
Nagsimula ang deadmahan sa fridge na ayaw ko itulak at kuno "buntis" ako.Mula noon ayaw na ako kausapin ni Bading, and oks lang sa akin. Siya naman itong hindi makakatiis, kasi if may products na I need him to buy, he has to talk to me about it, or if he is out to the garden he has to tell me to answer the phone in case some calls. Bwehehehe.Oui or non, lang sagot ko. Two weeks. I feel great! Life is beautiful and peaceful!

News 2:

Si Pinay, Cel ang true name niya. She needs declaration of work kasi may papel na siya. Ay oo, kelangan para ma maintain ang papel niya sa Monaco, dapat work niya declared . Kung wala siya work declared sa SSS, next renewal niya wala siya papel for another year. Not like my status, kahit wala ako work, carried ako ni Frenchman, kasi kapamilya nga, kaya tuloy papel ko, kahit wala ako work. Eh kay Cel, talagang kelangan niya ma declare na nag wowork siya.Or else, bye bye papel.

Eto na, she got another work. Her old employer, tuloy declare niya doon. Eh may nagoffer sa kanya ng work in the afternoon, bantay bata. Nakupo, 6 and 8 years old girls, ang kukuliiiit! Andoon yong tsenilas niya itatago nila if nakaakyat siya ng upuan to get something at the top.Sinusuot nila at ikot ng ikot sa buong bahay, maririnig mo raw anf tok !tok! tok !ng takong! LOL

Or pauwi na siya, tatago bag niya, Or yong vaccum niya, pinapatay nila, then they run away, or maghahampasan ng mga unan sa sofa, na kakaayos lang ni Cel!

Puro pasaway!

So reklamo si Cel sa Madame niya, mabait naman ang amo niya:

Cel: Madame, if these two girls continue their games, you will find me one day, nakabigti na sa kesami ng banyo nyo. Magbibigti ako!I 'll kill myself!
Ang tawa ng Madame kasi raw nacomedy pa ni Cel ang difficult situation. Pero mababait naman daw itong 2 bubuwit, and if they are in school, oks na oks!
Minsan, mas gusto pa nila yong baon ni Cel na adobong baboy, kesa sa ulam nila!
Mas gusto kainin ang kanin na lutong Pinoy, kesa sa kanilang cook, Uncle Bens rice, eh ang tigas non pag nasaing. Kahit daw ketsap lang ulan basta kanin na saing ni Cel, hataw sila. Kaya si Cel, said to the cook, oy, doon ka bili ng bigas sa Asiatic store, perfumed thailand, mas gusto ng mga bata!(para raw yong baon ni cel, hindi na liligawan ng mga bubuwits na ito!! LOL (Kasi kaya siya nag babaon, minsan ang luto ng cook, puro salad, pano ka mabubuhay non sa maghapon!)

May isang kaibigan ako, rito, papel niya Monaco. Mahal apartment niya! Mama mia. Studio lang yon ha? So naghanap siya ka share, kahit francaise. Para less upa. Pero gamit address lang daw, 200 euros/month.Hindi titira. Kasi to maintain the Monaco residence card, dapat may address ka ng Monaco. Ay oo, isa yan sa mga problema ng may mga papel dito. Wala address, or wala mag dedeclare na amo...

Do you fell comfortable if you arrive in your house, and it is clean of mess?
I do. Just a habit though. Before I dont bother, I have mess in our rooms too.
But time is changing, I have to have a clean house.And it is satisfying.

Same with the churches we are attending on Sundays. If a church is clean (spiritually) I dont say no, I would go in, hear the mass and be fed with scriptures in the Bible.

But one thing that annoys me. The gay marriages. A Priest commented, gays are human being. We have to be compassionate with them.
Of course. I do agree.

But what I dont want them is :to be married in God's house.Oh no sorry. Its not acceptable in God's eyes. He created humans as a man and a woman, not a lesbian or a gay, isnt it? Your opinions?


I dont like to see also priests having illegitimate children because they cannot marry.You know, the vows of celibacy. Imagine Priests conducting marriage vows to couples and he cannot have his own marriage because he vows celibacy, and let his illegitimate children unrecognised by the law of the land.It is happening on some church organisations !
Mama mia.

I know we all desire to have a clean house,even it is not a fantastic one like the rich people in Monaco, but at least we maintained it clean.

How about God's house, you are coming with on Sundays? How clean is it?


Sorry, if I am a bit of strict/extremists here. Just my views. Forgive me.

Wala tren and bus, kaya Lola nyo, 6am pa lang nasa Monaco na, nag mamarinate ng sarili sa tasa tasang kape until papasok at 9am.

October 4 is my anniversary date of coming to France. One year na Lola nyo regular dito(na nagsusuffer?), hehe.
October 5, today, i finalised na petition papers ng minors ko, to go to France. Ang siste, wala tren at bus, from Monaco to Nice Taxi ako! Kamahal! 90 euros yon, sayang!
Paano, may work si Lolo Michel, hindi ako ma sundo to go to Immigration.

Anyway, okey itong driver , Mercedes E220 ba naman taxi niya, kaya harurot sa Highway, hindi ako late sa appointment.Uy, sarap pala kung drive mo mercedes car! Sana yon nalang kotse namin, hehe.

Pero, yong mag interview ha,( 2nd na ito) wala, kasi nga strike,hindi pumasok, so yong isa ang nag aassist ng papers ko. 3hours inabot mama mia.
Paano, hindi siya marunong in English, but I gave her the translated authenticated in french copies,so okey na. Sana.
Eto nasilip na yong ibang payslip ko, hindi pala original. Fax copy lang pala ang ibang nabigay ng employers ko. So yon lang ang kulang, but she said, pasok na papers ng 2 anak ko, if ibigay ko ang mga orig payslips ko, I can pass by to hand it to her, without rendezvous(appointments). Okey ah! Superb!

Then nasilip niya yong finality ng annulment ko. Nakalagay, 10,000 pesos ibigay ng Tatay ng mga anak ko as financial support monthly. Sabi niya sa akin, baka raw hindi approve sa tribunal (court) yong travel consent, kasi may support naman daw mula sa tatay ang mga bata, bakit pa papuntahin sa France. Ngeeh, sabi ko, wala na work yon, kaya nga kinukuha ko na mga anak ko, kasi chomage (out of work)na siya.
So ask niya ang isang french employee, sabi eh, okey na yan, what is 10,000 pesos a month, it is nothing in euros, besides as long as both salary of Madame and Monsiuer(kami ni lolo) ay okey, no problem yan sa tribunal.
Good ! May kakampi ako sa loob!

Pero, nobayan, may tribunal approval pa pala visa ng mga anak ko!Super higpit ah!

Anyway, I cant believe na I handled it with a frenchlady employee ang filing and interview. Wala kami english speaking, nakaya ni Lola! (shocked!)
Means , ha, my french language is already improving, hehe.

Salamat sa hirap ko sa driving lessons, napiga ang utak ko to learn french!

Hi to sha, I got your message, I will arrange to meet you soon. Okey na ba to have dinner in Italy, with Pinay? Ang bruha, mag blow out daw sa papel niya! Will let you know asap. Itong Saturday sana, if okey ke Lolo to drive us there. Oks ba sa iyo yon?
Okey, goodnight muna to all.
Hi Mikkie!Musta!

And my kids are asking, they want to go to Star City this month, as December is a busy month for the internet shops.

I told them I answered them in a week. I got to ask the permission of the Master,Lolo Michel.

Today, my kids Yahoo mail me:
Ma, is there an answer already for us to go Star City?

I answered, when do you want to go and how much is the budget, and I didnt wait for their reply added:

Ang mahal naman! LOL

Hay, naku, October na. On November 1, All souls day na.Magandang Gabi Bayan tv program will feature again Noli de Castro's favorite: aswang, manananggal, nuno sa punso, white lady sa Balete drive, or channel 2 will show :Shake Rattle and Roll.

Ngeeeh...

Kayo ba, do you believe in Ghosts?

Butler did the painting for 5days. He was proud of it, he told me: Look what now the kitchen, it is super bright and nicley painted.
I answered, sorry I cant see a thing.
All I saw is your head getting bigger and bigger...

At 11pm, the Boss called. He asked if Butler finish the kitchen.
He said, just a few retouch!
The Boss was surprised!
"What? 5 days, already gone, and you still there at the kitchen?

Butler's jaw dropped!

At 12 noon, Boss called again. I will be coming today. Please shop me some vegetables, etc etc!

Butler and I were shocked! We expect the Boss to arrive after a week!
Butler panicked! He told me to push back the Huge fridge, as he will clear the painting mess.
I said no.
And why not? (Butler asked me)

Because I am pregnant! In Philippines, pregnant women do not push heavy things.

Talo na naman Butler sa lola nyo!Nakalusot ako sa tulak issue!