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THAT SUMMER: AUXERRE, 1992; Burgundy, with angst; For one hormonal adolescent, a school exchange to Auxerre in 1992 promised booze and birds. Instead Tim Wild got lumped with the school nerd and dreamed of escaping to Wherevershire.(Features)
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Byline: Tim Wild
It was, to all intents and purposes, the first time that I had travelled abroad alone. No matter that I was literally put on the train by my French teacher and parents, and met at the other end by someone else's; throughout the journey from London's Victoria Station to the Burgundy region I imagined myself to be quite the cool loner.
It was June 1992 - my hair was long, my jeans scuffed, and my guitar was slung casually over a shoulder, lending me in my imagination the air of someone with tales to tell and distance to travel. When I walked into the lobby ...
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