Freezing cold in Lyon this morning, snow in the mountains, sleet as we were leaving the Lyon-Arsenal match last night - winter is on the way. The visit of the reigning European club champions attracted a crowd of 7000+ to Gerland yesterday evening to watch an entertaining scoreless draw. I'm talking of course about ladies football, not that I'm obsessed by the game...
Meanwhile, back in real life, the strike (in protest at the reform of the special pension regimes) amongst railway and power company workers continues. Started yesterday, continuing today, and likely to carry on into Friday at least, while negotiations continue apparently with an end to the crisis in sight ("sortie de crise en vue"). In Lyon however, the metros, buses and trams are running normally...
