Je crois que j’ai trouvé la raison pour laquelle le cube vert est si sale.

Vous vous souvienez de ça?

Il y a quatres semaines j’ai commencé a lire cette livre.

Et maintenant je l’ai fini! Toutes les 604 pages.

C’etait tellement bien. Il y avait bien sur des mots et des phrases que je ne les savais pas.

Mais le sens et l’histoire j’ai bien compris.

Je le recommand ce livre a tous.

Ça y est. Ça a commencé – la coupe du monde 2023. En France!

It kicked off last night with hosts France beating another pre-tournament favourite New Zealand at Le Parc des Princes.

There are some games in Lyon. Les Gallois will be here in a couple of weeks.

As previously mentioned I am not a great rugby fan and don’t even know a lot of the terms.

But watching a bit of Ireland v Romania on French TV I noticed that when Ireland scored a try the word essai flashes up. Well I never.

Il fait toujours beau à Lyon et aujourd’hui le cube vert prend du soleil.

Il y a une autre braderie dans le voisinage mais cette fois c’est une grande braderie.

It’s getting hotter in Lyon – the thermometers are in the mid-30s. So we decided it was time to visit another lake.

A colleague recommended Lac D’Anse – he said it was like Lac Miribel but nowhere near as busy.

He was right. Still quite a few people there – paddleboarding, swimming, kayaking- but nothing like the madness we encountered at Lac Miribel last year.

I even managed a swim across the lake. Very refreshing.

I think we’ll come back.

This took me by surprise.

An ad at a bus stop for Belgrade – including a pic of St Sava’s temple where we were a few months back, in May.

Except we couldn’t get a direct flight from Lyon!

The 3 September marks the day Lyon was liberated from the Nazis. We discovered that last year when we stumbled across un défilé – a parade.

This year we stumbled across un défilé again – this time near our flat.

There were plenty of military cars on show and men and women in uniform.

But as it was lunchtime, everything stopped for a spot of dejeuner.