L’amour après le deuil (Love After Grief)

Duolingo French Podcast

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4.6 • 5.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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While on a day trip with his senior citizens club, Raymond Silvestrini survived one of the worst traffic accidents in France’s history. But after meeting Monique, a fellow survivor, his life took another unexpected turn -- this time, for the better.

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0:00.0	In 2015, Raymond Sylvesterina was enjoying retired life.
0:05.0	He was 68 years old, had three kids and seven grandkids,
0:09.2	and he and his partner Lucienne lived in the French countryside
0:13.4	in the southwestern department of La Gironde,
0:16.7	near the famous vineyards of Saint-Emilion.
0:20.2	I lived in La Gironde, all my life.
0:24.2	On one side, there was the Atlantic Ocean
0:28.2	and on the other, the forest of the land
0:31.0	and the department of the garden.
0:34.0	For me, it was one of the most beautiful regions of France.
0:38.8	Raymond lived in a small village.
0:41.2	His partner Lucienne, he calls her Lulu,
0:44.6	ran the village grocery.
0:47.0	Together, they belong to the Senior Citizens Club,
0:50.0	the club of the Third Age.
0:52.8	We lived a beautiful life.
0:55.5	We met everyone in the village.
0:59.3	We loved to travel with the club of the Third Age.
1:03.7	At the beginning of 2015,
1:06.3	I didn't think I'd live the greatest tragedy of my life.
1:13.3	On October 23, 2015, Raymond survived
1:17.5	one of the worst traffic accidents in France's recent history.
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