An almost 13-year-old Smokey, keeping cool in the garden. It's a good thing he can't hear so well these days, as the streets just beyond those hedges are loud at the start of summer. Read on in today's bruyante update. TODAY'S FRENCH EXPRESSION: blindé   1. jam-packed, full (of people)  2. loaded (with money) blindé de monde = crowded, full of people  In books: Travels … Continue reading The worst thing about summer in the south of France + do you know these slang words?