14th of July at the French Embassy reception
As French citizens, we received an invitation to the French Ambassy reception on the 14th of July in the Kadriorg gardens, in Tallinn. We tried to dress as best as we could with our volunteer clothes, but many people wore very fancy dresses. It was very agreable afternoon and the white tables decorated with blue white and red flowers (colour of the French flag but the blue flower used was the estonian national flower) were very good looking in these Versailles-looking gardens.
I shook the hands of a few people thinking they might be the embassador before finally meeting him and his wife. It was the first time I have seen an ambassador be so natural and speaking to people on the same level. During that evening we enjoyed a good 15 minute conversation with him, listening to his interesting stories and telling him a little more about our volunteering. He seemed glad to see two young French people volunteering, and said he might stop by on his way maybe some time this summer. A prestigeous visitor to our museum !
Unfortunately they had not planned to have so many people at their reception and most of them had not called before. Therefore, the four cheese plates disapeared in an instant with all those French people craving for good cheese ! We enjoyed the company at our table and the band singing a few French classics.
