Later while walking Guzik the stalker emerges from his car and approaches Fred. Conversation follows and upon returning Fred tells of the mysterious man. Our stalker turns out to be a extremely friendly french man working at the racecourse. Determined to always arrive at work on time he leaves home early, and arrives at the racecourse early, giving himself time to relax before his shift starts.
Our mystery man enjoys taking and as they speak he begins to glow with excitement like a child at the opportunity to learn from his new friend. Fred invites him for coffee the following morning.
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Waking late after a tiring day of climbing we realise our Frenchman has already begun his work. Opening the van door to our surprise we find that he has left us some gifts. Lying by the car wheel is a bag of jam filled baby baguettes, a bottle of orange juice, 2 beers and a bag of dog food - what an amazingly kind guy!
We promise ourselves to cook him a nice breakfast the next day.
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Unfortunately during travel plans change rapidly - that night we do not return to the racecourse campsite. We are not able to thank the Frenchman or repay his kindness in any way. We leave not even knowing his name. But we will always remember him - our kind french stalker.
2 comments:
I'm so pleased you had a nice experience with the French. So many people go there and get treated like crap because the French don't have much time for tourists (esp. in Paris!). But there really are some lovely people, and I'm glad you ran into one :)
I also met some French people on my trip all of them was very kindly and open minded. But they wasn't a city-like persons. Any way from now on("enyłej" looks better) I like the country french people.
Looking forward for new post in this blog!
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