Watching French Movies

I watched a French detective series on YouTube.

One of them is “Murder in Cognac”.

Landscapes, actors, plot...

The detective (young woman) is not only a detective, she also understands cognac. I am envious. How can you be such a versatile specialist!

Personally, I don't understand cognacs and their younger brother brandies. Maybe it's just not my taste, or maybe the time has not come.

However, I have Calvados at home. This is an apple or pear brandy, obtained by distilling cider, from the French region of Lower Normandy.

Interest in it appeared a long time ago, back in the Soviet Union.

I had a book, something like “Modern Yugoslav Detective”. There was the first mention of calvados.

Then there was Erich Maria Remarque, a German writer. “Three Comrades”, “Arch of Triumph”, “On the Western front without change”... Many of the heroes of his books drank calvados.

I have not found this drink at the stores in Russia.

And finally in America…

There is a drink ...

I offer the guests a try, I tell them about my interest in the drink and the author (Remark), but there is no understanding of taste.

Oh well. I'll just watch a movie and have fun.

Here is a link to this movie on YouTube. It in Russian but you can see landscape.

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