@kdfrawg I used to watch people doing that.

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@kdfrawg Excellent!

Machine or boat?

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@kdfrawg My Swiss friend says that it’s really boring in England, where people speak the same language all the time. Mind you, when we’re having our coffee meetings, she gets just as confused as any of us about remembering to speak English to the waiters.

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I really struggled with that in Venice. It didn’t help that I was surrounded by French people on the vaporetto ride from the airport.

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I tried it very briefly for French or Italian (can’t remember) but didn’t enjoy it.

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@kdfrawg Almost.

@kdfrawg Oooh!

@kdfrawg She was there a lot right at the start, but then launched a magazine that didn’t leave much time for chatting.

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@kdfrawg I think she was before your time.

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