Outside in the street, he isjoining three other expatriates. Internship over.
Bernd from Hambourg, Javier from Cordoba, and Peter from Bristol. Xavier arrives, shakes hands, and a long discussion starts:
Xavier -Je ne comprends pas
Javier - Ah porque? lo he dicho muy bien y muy lento.
Xavier - Si mais je crois que j’ai un problème avec l’accent.
Bernd - Was hast du gesagt, ich habe nicht verstanden. Kannst Du sagen noch einmal?
Xavier - Oui, alors ce soir on va du côté du Standing Pig boire une petite pinte
Bernd- Was passiert morgen Abend ?
Javier - Te vas manana? A donde ?
Peter- Getting nowhere so far, I believe it’s time to speak in English,At least, that
willmake everybody getting a grasp. Tonight we’re going to this pub, the standing pig, am I right, Xavier?
Xavier – Ouais.
Javier – Entonces, we’re going a este bar, al fin del camino Peter – Yep, let s go there,
it’s time to celebrate the end of our placement! Xavier – Oui, merci de l‘invitation. Je ne savais pas, Félicitations. Je dois juste come back to my car prendre mon portefeuille Inside the
pub,
Xavier - qu est ce que vous voulez boire? Moi, je prends un verre de
vin.
Bernd – Was? Was wollen wir zutrinken... Keine Ahnung, fur mir, ein
Massbier.
Javier- Tomar una copa, porque no, tres chupitos de Tequila!
Peter - Yes and for me I will take a lager.
TV is introducing one game of Football, a crowd is gathering around the
screen.
Peter – Oh look perfect time, it s Manchester City against Fulham
Bernd – Wo ist Fulham? Peter – a suburb of London.
Xavier – Ok, at least better than ligue 1, but je ne connais pas ces
équipes.
Xaviertakes the orders and starts serving the others. First of many, they
cheer.
Xavier- Santé
Bernd – Prost
Javier – Salud !
Peter – Cheers.
Peter is deeply absorbed by the TV, Javierturns around and sees one friend
:
Javier – Mira, es Laura, vamos ...
Peter- ok, will join you later. Football cannot wait, can it? Everyone grabs a sit, and
gathers around the table.
Laura – Ciao Javier, come va?
Javier – muy bien, la fin de mi curso, estamos celebrandolo. Parlare un poquito
espanol?
Laura – tutto bene.
Javier – Estoy con amigos, aqui Bernd de Alemania, Xavier de Francia y Peter, al fronte de
la tele, de aqui
Laura – encantado a todos. So I’m Laura, this is Paola, and there
Anna.
Xavierdoes the traditionnal French smackygreeting.– Enchanté.
A discussion, no tail, no head, starts to be created. They spoke about how they arrived
here, where they live, what s going on in their life. English is the diamond opening the door to all windows. Javier continues speaking to Laura in Spanish. Groups are forming. Bernd from Munich
stays with Paola, from the North of Italy. Xavier starts speaking to the person sitting next
Xavier – So you’ve been here for a long time, never wanted coming back
?
Anna - yes, everyday, but hey, given the situation, quite happy to be down here and have a
job. And you, what s for you next?
Xavier – I don’t really know, enjoying my job so far. Watching quickly the table, waiting
for an answerhe s going on:
Xavier - Regarde moi tout ça, elle est pas belle l’Europe???
Bernd and Xavier cheers.
Anna – Si molto bene. I am going to Oslo this week end, and I came back from Prague, was
amazing
Discussion continues, are distorted and starts getting alcoholised. Xavier, himself, cannot
really go back to his place in this state, where is his place?
So, Then comes your decision.You can choose to continue. What happens next? I don t know. I
am 29 and back at school, why would I know? Why should I know?
Getting to the unknown and forgetting the Y. Simply as done.
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