Thank you, Jeremy!
Oscar: Paris or Rome - it would have been much the same to me other than at the time I spoke Italian much better than I do now, when it has disintegrated into Spitalian, and I never know which one may come out of my mouth - usually not very well. Had I remembered school French better, I'd be able to handle this in perfect Mediterranean. As it is, French remains a written language to me, which can be read but no longer penned or understood through the ear. Who says the mind doesn't go on holiday?
I'm currently watching Engrenages, a French cop drama series, and without subtitles I'd be lost. But I'm reliably told that the French seldom understand other French people either. Which explains a lot about their politics. Just like the Brits, then.
;-(
Rob