I may have been a little previous in my assertion that spring had arrived. Last couple of days have been somewhat cooler, and today is positively chilly. Just hope it warms up by the weekend...
La bienheureuse is currently in Milan for a couple of days, and preceded her trip with a bit of a spring-cleaning frenzy over the weekend. We thus didn't get out much, apart from a dutiful stroll out on Saturday evening to sample the atmosphere as OL finally confirmed their 7th league title in a row. The match was being shown on a big screen in Place Bellecour and we got there for the second half, by which time the suspense was over. Towards the back of the crowd there was a less than excitable atmosphere, but as the final whistle approached plenty of flares were going off further forward, and the walk home was to the ritual continuous accompaniment of car horns.
Apparently a crowd of several thousand stayed up till 2am to welcome the team back from Auxerre, and Place Terreaux was packed yesterday as they made the expected appearance on the balcony of the Hotel de Ville. Sleep and the vacuum cleaner respectively exerted the greater pull for us on those occasions though...
