Stuff

The big news here today is Slovenia qualifying for the football (soccer for the Americans) World Cup in South Africa next year by eliminating Russia. Not exactly what the doctor ordered but FIFA will have to swallow this bitter pill. They were more successful in making sure France advanced over the Republic of Ireland on account of a completely irregular goal (double hand play by Henry overlooked by the refs in the extra time). I empathise with the Irish.

On an unrelated note, the third Thursday in November is the official release of Beaujolais Nouveau. This year I received an invitation to the release party in Ljubljana. At first I thought it was some kind of mistake but then realised the invitation was dispatched among the students of French within the company. I wasn't keen on going but a colleague convinced me to join her and we attended the party together. The wine was very nice but not exceptional, the food was plenty and tasty and we circled for a couple of hours without much happening before deciding enough was enough and we left.