Powwow Report for Canada - Eastern Ontario (Jan 18 2003)


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Report from  NancyLynn
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Report from  NancyLynn
Hello everyone!
Five of us met at the Ramada Inn, Cornwall, where the pub and restaurant were unfortunately not open for lunch; so we strode across the street to St. Hubert BBQ and had ourselves a grand old time!
We discussed everything and nothing, we five translators with very different backgrounds: Maria Alejandra Fuentes, fresh off the plane from Argentina, her homeland, and beautifully tanned; John Chandioux, better known on ProZ as JCEC and the French forum moderator, and his dear companion Annette Grimaila; Odette Grille-Burgo, with a European accent in French and a decidedly Alberta one in English; and myself, the hostess and the only one who did not travel in -25C temperature.
I was so happy they came to see me, as you can see by the pictures taken with John's handy digital camera. I took some with my world-famous disposable, so if any of them turn out I'll be adding them to the set.
We spent a lovely afternoon solving the world's problems, as John called it, switching between French and English, much to Alejandra's chagrin ( :-) not really, as she was able to follow our topics of conversation and just contributed in English).
Odette caught a ride home to Montreal with Alejandra and her husband John (what a coincidence, my husband is John too) so that left just me to John and Annette who graciously bought me a drink at the by-then-open pub at the Ramada before I finally returned to my family, after dark. John and Annette had a business appointment the following day in Cornwall, so they stayed the night.
We all had a great time and agreed we ought to do it again -- but this time in spring or summer.
If you have not yet had the chance to attend a pow-wow, organise one in your area! It's so much fun to finally meet the faces behind the words, don't you agree guys?




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ProZ.com users and members who attended
: organizer : photos : report : host
NancyLynn
\"Reporter\"
María Alejandra Funes
JCEC
Odette Grille (X)
X \"Reporter\"
 

Postings from ProZians who attended this event

Jan 19 '03  NancyLynn: thanks again for a great afternoon!
I had a really good time, thank you all for braving the cold to come to me, and I hope we can meet again in the future.
We'll make it a summer pow-wow, with a bonfire maybe!... ah, I'm getting carried away...
thanks again :-)