I had to ask if there was a bigger room
available. There was. My opening speech
completely fell through, but no one seemed
to notice. A lively discussion followed.
In the end I had even a few ideas how to
carry on. Luckily I had been so clever to
plan the meeting in the evening. By the
way Aline was not present. Some nice
women showed up, but not her caliber.
The bar closed at eleven. About half of
the people came along to have a drink in
a pub. Jules and Laurent, who to my surprise
were also at the meeting, suggested to go to
Le Lion d'Or, a pub where they played billiards.
And there they came up with something they
hadn't mentioned at all during the meeting:
workshops ... also small-scale. Recycling of
redundant stuff. A workshop annex second-hand
shop would be much easier to finance than a
farm. The difficulties to acquire a piece of land ...
