Today we had tickets to the Lyon ATP tennis final at Parc de la Tete d’Or.

It’s only a 30 minute walk from the house but Lyon is experiencing a vague de chaleur – a heat wave. It was 31 degrees today.

As Parc de la Tete d’Or has a flower garden and a zoo in it, there are some great sites on your way to the court.

We got to the temporary court built on the site of the velodrome.

Once in our seats we realised just how hot it was. 31 degrees with the sun directly overhead.

We were both hoping for a straight sets Cameron Norrie victory. The UK no 1 won the first but Cath had to leave – that’s how hot it was.

I stayed for the second set hoping for a swift victory- and Norrie had two match points at one stage. But he blew those and it went to a tie-break which he lost. I decided to leave then – not having too much faith in Norrie. But I should have had more because he won the decider in double- quick time, 6-1.

It was a great day – hot but great. Nice to see Lyon putting on such a well-organised event.

One thing I noticed while in London were the preparations for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

Despite having worked at the BBC for years I am so grateful that now in Lyon the royal celebrations will not loom quite so large.

I had to pop back to London for a meeting at Euronews’s London office – which is this:

And not this:

While in London I made new Euronews friends and also saw my sons and dad as well as some former BBC colleagues.

Speaking of my ex-colleagues you may remember they bought me a leaving gift in January.

Unfortunately, because they bought it on the Printemps UK site the goods could only be delivered to a UK address.

So I finally got to pick it up and with the weather the way it was in London on Thursday, the timing was perfect. Merci beaucoup.

So back to Lyon with the bare essentials.

Some Vélo’v’s this morning had adverts for le train on them. Pointing out it’s a long way to Paris by bike seemed a bit unfair just over a month before the Tour de France.

I then spotted these striking colours outside the Green Cube. A nod to our new owners?

We need to talk about the OFII – the French office for immigration and integration. It is through this department that we had our recent lung x-rays and medicals.

Because we were not granted our passeports talentes we have various stages to go through to validate our year-long visas.

For me that means doing something called La Formation Civique.

Now I have been invited to a half-day to sign my contract of integration, do a French test, watch a presentation about integration and an interview to evaluate my needs.

At least it’s not far from the OFFI-ce.