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Rock country and a pub gig

Yesterday, Paddy, my English professor, had planned for me an evening in a famous pub where great bands have played. I had my first taste of very good English beer, brewed in London. Then, we attended a gig. The first band, whose singer is Steve Eggs, played pop music. After, another band called Society played country rock music, [...]

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A pint of Pride and a rock-country gig

Tonight we will take Frederic to a local pub called the Half Moon which is famous for live and unplugged music.  It has a long musical lineage having boasted small and intimate ‘sessions’ with Jimi Hendrix and Van Morrison.  Frederic says that the english language is much more ‘musical’ than French so this night out [...]

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Two weeks with Maria in Edinburgh, continued. Week Two.

Monday 29th. August. Maria returned from London late last night. She is quite tired although she much enjoyed meeting up with her friends, especially going to ‘Billy Elliot – the Musical’ which she had been wanting to see for some time. She is, however, low in energy today and her English has become less fluent [...]

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