Part 4; Day two and onwards!

The end of the first came and went as did the second and third. Just to make life easier a cold decided to install itself into my already exhausted body. So between the sneezing, tissues and coughing the interpretation became fairly complicated. Especially because trying to speak any language when your nose is incredibly blocked does not lead to easy communication so every so often I reverted to mime. The next few days passed in a blur of English, French and other such anomalies. On Thursday night we were invited to the soirée they were having in Belleville at the monkey bar, which was thoroughly enjoyable. The sole problem was that we possibly didn’t spend enough time mingling with everyone and spent most of the evening giggling over various drinks with Eh, who was the gentlemen from Thailand. Most people left at a reasonable hour but there were a few stragglers that stayed until the early hours of the morning, so on Friday it was big sunglasses and careful movement all round (although I have to point out that all interpreters had left by midnight!). The last day went very well and the interpreters got a round of applause, which made me go so red that someone asked if I was okay. Everyone involved in the conference was lovely and it was a thoroughly enjoyable experience.