Sunday 6 June 2010

Charles Dickens in Bordeaux


Everything about this card intrigues and entertains me.  It was sent to me by a Russian student studying in Bordeaux who apparently often goes to the pub to practise speaking English (rather than anything else I can think of).  I haven't come across an English pub in France before, though plenty of Irish ones for some reason.  And why name it Charles Dickens, I wonder?  That isn't a very typical pub name.  And the illustration is of London and not Bordeaux.  All in all, a card to ponder idly.

4 comments:

  1. What an interesting history. I know there are books listing pub names in Great Britan and some are a hoot. Most are mysterious, some reason dating back out of memory now.

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  2. Yes, they do have some very weird and wonderful names. Some chains have started making them up, which is a bit of a shame. because I prefer the traditional ones.

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  3. Two of my favorite postcard themes ... beverages and books. And a bit of globalization thrown in for good measure :-)

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  4. Why name something in France after Charles Dickens?

    Hmmmm.

    It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

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