Now, the neighbourhood is filled with roses, lavender and cherries for us to pick, our neighbour just picked 2kg worth of cherries 2 weeks ago, I tried them and they are pretty sweet for something in the wild...
So this is a list of what we did and will do in summer:
1) On a fine sunny Sunday afternoon, open the windows and enjoy the breeze with a pot of fine tea and cake.
2) Before time stands still in August, settle all outstanding administrative matters, like exchanging your driver's license for this piece of paper (the locals also hold the same paper, since eons ago). This process is the most straight forward of all the French administration, whereby everything can be settled within an hour or so at the Prefecture (after getting your CDS of course). Documents required: True copy of translated driver's licence, original licence, 2 photos (same size as for CDS), true copy of CDS, and fill in forms given by the Prefecture on the day of exchange. Exchange is immediate, since it doesn't take much effort to laminate this piece of junk...which we cannot live without...
3) Go for a concert and summer sale in Paris. In the first week of summer, there were a number of free concerts to go to...but unfortunately, the weather was not very agreeable.
4) Go for a hair cut. I had mine done at a local hairdresser's, and had a great time speaking in French to her! She was really nice and patient to have understood my half-past-six French. Now that we are spending in Euros, I'm a little more thrifty when it comes to a haircut...so we save some Euros by cutting the Student's hair at home instead. Easy peasy...a full set of clippers just cost 10 Euros from Carrefour. But the Student's head is getting bigger, so I'm taking a little more time to get it in shape. I'm taking an average of 2 hrs to cut a "hawk" style.
5) And of course....go for a vacation since there is NOBODY working...:)
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