Ignoring a wet yesterday, le printemps lyonnais seems to have definitely arrived. Lovely weekend, spent mostly recuperating after exhausting holiday apart from a Saturday evening trip to watch OL stumble & slog towards a 7th successive title. Tight and uninspired game against 3rd placed Nancy was finally decided 15 minutes into the second half when a Juninho free-kick was deflected into his own net by an Alsacien defender. Lyon retain the 2 point lead going into the final game of the season tomorrow at Auxerre.
The other sign of spring in this part of the world is the annual platane (Plane tree) seed invasion. In the current breezy weather, the fluffy pests blow everywhere. Most somehow seem to find their way into one's eyes. Some days goggles are necessary.
Meanwhile, on the home front, I finally signed the surrender in the battle of the leaking pipe. Le plombier was duly called on Tuesday & turned up on Wednesday. Quite impressive service for a plumber, particuarly as having originally said he might make it on the Tuesday afternoon, he actually phoned in the early evening to apologise for not doing so.
On the political front Sarko continues to make somewhat heavy weather of his 2nd year in office, though not quite as heavy as Mr Brown. This week we've had a totally unexpected oppostion victory in parliament, defeating a bill on OGMs (genetically modified organisms - though said bill was pushed through the next day after the government mobilised forces), and a teachers' strike to protest against pay and cuts in education.
