Aujourd’hui j’ai fait mon dernier cours de français.

Ça n’est pas a dire que maintenant je parle français comme un français – mais juste que mes cours – payés par Euronews – sont terminés.

Mais j’ai fait de progres.

J’ai appris beaucoup de choses de la langue française et de les complexités de la vie en France aussi.

Alors il ne reste que dire un grand merci a ma prof Frédérique.

Vous êtes la meilleure.

J’ai compté trente et un aujourd’hui.

Beaucoup plus de la premiere fois.

Ou la derniere fois.

We went on a trip to Antibes. We saw boats:

A beach:

The world’s biggest word search:

People eating out in the late October heat:

But once again, Lyon wasn’t far away:

Halloween is coming.

But actually we are in Nice.

We’ve taken a little holiday to the Côte d’Azur but still there are reminders of Lyon.

In Nice, not just a big lion but also this:

But why is that a reminder of Lyon?

Well remember this? The big statue in Place des Terreaux?

And who made the Statue of Liberty?

Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi.

Vous vous souvenez de ça?

Alors j’ai trouvé une nouvelle carte de la France sur le sac du supermarché Carrefour.

Et qu’est ce que c’est ça au dessus de Lyon?

Un accordion? Mais pourquoi?

It is if the chocolate shops are anything to go by.

This weekend in the centre of Lyon there was another braderie and this one was a biggie.

Lots of shops were selling discounted goods. In Place des Jacobins it was all about the plants.

Then there was a food and drink area. It was nice to stand in the sun and have a Corsican style pulled-veal roll.

And a local beer.

As it’s mid-October it must be time for the festival des courges encore une fois.

Parc de la Tête d’Or houses a huge variety of squashes of all colours and sizes to add a real autumnal feel to the place.

There are also plenty of games for les gones to enjoy.

Like last year some of them made their way home with us.