Guy Fawkes is alive and well in Europe! About half an hour´s drive from here, in France, there´s a bloke called Jim who runs a British supermarket - marmite, Birds custard powder, Walkers crisps...the stuff of dreams. Last night the enterprising young fellow threw a bonfire party and firework display for the British ex-pat community on his forecourt and in the adjoining field. The local Girl Scouts (run by Freyja´s flute teacher)had even made a Guy for the fire. It was quite an experience for, I suspect, nowhere else in the world on a Saturday night can you buy Remembrance Day poppies, swap Tom Clancy paperbacks, eat soggy British burgers and sample French wines with a sparkler in your other hand all at the same time.