Last summer, DH and I spent a weekend in a small town for one of his sports meets. It was a typical small town: one grocery store, one gas station, a few motels, and about four bars. While in our motel’s breakfast room, I was chatting with some of DH’s teammates. Everyone else in the breakfast room was from the team except for one couple, who were conversing with each other in French. As I was leaving the breakfast room, we all said the usual “Bye”, “See you at the site”, etc. Just as I was about to go out the door, I turned around, looked at the couple, smiled and said, “Au revoir”. The French-speaking couple looked quite shocked and said, “Au revoir!” The looks on their faces were priceless.
We aren't aware how something so small can make a big impact on someone's life. I'm thinking they smiled about that all day.
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty neat. I wonder if they were shocked because they figured you knew French and heard all the gossiping they were doing beside you at the table.
ReplyDeleteJust kidding.
Apparently, I had a full on conversation in Africa with a French couple, after we hot air ballooned. I was hammered. But I think (hope) I made some sense!