J’ai appris un nouveau mot aujourd’hui- libellule (n, f). Dragonfly.

Right – how does this work? This is ma boite au lettres.

This is my delivery from Amazon.

So how did it fit in there? Explique le moi.

Remember this time last year – how do you stay cool in Lyon when the temperature hits 38c?

Well, the same tricks still apply.

While in Marseille we also got to see a bit of the recent rioting first-hand.

As Hanna drove Lolo home there was a poubelle en feu right outside her flat.

We saw youths in masks running around and the next day saw burnt out cars around the city.

Also, when we were having lunch Chez Hanna the next day, she got a call from the local administration telling her not to put her bins out that night.

That should fix it.

As Matthew and his friends had gone to stay with Cath’s sister in Aix-en-Provence we took the opportunity to join them this weekend.

We went to a lovely lake – étang de la bonde – for some food, some swimming and a few drinks.

We also got the chance to see Alma again who is talking both French and glish- as she says.

When asked who I was, she replied tonton – and my heart melted.

We also sampled some local delicacies like panisses – chickpea slices. Delicious.

And we stayed in a delightful AirB&B which we will definitely use again.

Look who’s back on the Rhône. It must mean it’s time for the Entre Rhône et Saône festival.

I’m afraid I’m going to miss it this year.

Cath bought this book for Alma who we will be seeing this weekend.

I read this a lot to our boys when they were little so I know passages off by heart – like:

My tie is a scarf for a cold giraffe, my shirt’s on a boat as a sail for a goat, my shoe is a house for a little white mouse, one of my socks is a bed for a fox, my belt helped a dog who was crossing a bog, but look me up and down I’m the smartest giant in town.

So what’s that in French?

On our way back to the flat we saw this operation going on inside Aux Merveilleux de Fred.

We have some guests with us this week! Matthew arrived with his friends Ella and Toni on a tour of Europe.

They started in Paris, then a few days with us then off to Aix-en-Provence, Nice and Genoa.

We took them to Aiguebelette to get away from the heat and to swim.

Il fait chaud à Lyon alors on est allé a la piscine.

Ça fait longtemps que je n’ai pas nagé alors je m’en ai profité de la piscine de 50m.

Il y avait beaucoup de monde.

Cath a vu des jeunes filles qui se battaient et on a vu aussi quatre garçons qui sont entrée ilegalement.

Je doix trouver une piscine à Lyon qui est moins bondé.