We decided to go on holiday for a week to Porto Venere. It is a really beautiful spot – handy for the Cinque Terre and not to far from Genoa. The weather was gorgeous too.
But driving back from Monte Rosso, while exiting a roundabout in Lerici, someone drove into the side of our car.
Fortunately they stopped and were happy to exchange details. But it meant my first encounter with some new French vocabulary.
Firstly both parties fill in le constat amiable d’accident automobiie. There was a carbon copy underneath so I was able to give the other driver un exemplaire – a copy.
Then I had to ring our insurers and explain that we had been involved in:
Un sinistre – an accident
Our car had sustained some éraflures – scratches
L’enjoliveur – hubcap – had been damaged.
And there was un petit accroc – à little tear – in the tyre.
I have done everything I need to do so far but I’m sure there will be some more new words to learn in the coming weeks. I wonder if I’ll have to pay une franchise?
Thrown to (the) Lyon 