Ça c’est mieux.

Do you remember this the other day? Well look at it now!!👀👀👀

Having escaped to London for most of this week we missed the intense heat in Lyon which most people here say has been unbearable.

The heat is overpowering at the moment and it’s very hard to sleep.

The good news is it is due to end tomorrow.

After a few days escaping the heat in London, I saw this ad at Lille Station.

The pig is in the corn?

It appears to be an expression in rugby that means the game is lost, if I’ve understood correctly.

It is a reminder that the rugby union World Cup takes place in France from 8 September.

If you need more French expressions for rugby situations, you’ll find them here.

And that’s in the shade!

That’s August for you – no demand for these electric scooters.

Last month it was our neighbour the orange cube that was getting cleaned.

Today it is our turn. I’ll leave it to you to decide which approach is more effective.

Back from our holidays and back to Lyon. I had been told it is empty en Août as everyone takes Les Grandes Vacances. But wow – it is empty. Like a city after a zombie apocalypse would be, I imagine.

And the shops are almost all closed.

Nous nous reverrons en Septembre.

J’ai commencé lire un autre livre en Francais. Il a reçu des bonnes critiques dans le Times alors j’ai pensé pourquoi pas le lire en Francais au lieu de la traduction.

J’essayerai de lire un chapitre par jour mais il y a une chose que rend ça plus difficile. C’est la punctuation francaise.

Regardez ça. Le premier point et sur le deuxieme page.

Alors, on y va. Je me relance.

We have gone on holiday to Sicily and yet – even on the Italian island – there is a Euronews connection.

My talented colleague RuthWright – who runs the Green and Travel areas of Euronews – lives in Sicily. As we were in the area we popped in to see her and her husband Ettore.

Ettore runs a yoga and kite surfing centre and we had a lovely dinner with some yoga enthusiasts.

It is an idyllic spot for a bit of yoga so do look up Floripa if you want to practice your yoga in a gorgeous setting in southern Sicily.