A quiet week since our return from holiday further south, which continued in a way on Saturday evening as we went straight to a 50th birthday party for the husband of a work colleague of la bienheureuse. We almost skipped it through tiredness and the desire to avoid the need to figure out a word play on cinquante ans, a task which the host had set all his guests and involved a public performance. Fortunately we avoided the latter as ma bien-aimée was chosen to sit on the 'judges bench'.
Then Monday rolled round and it was back to work for both of us, this week ending for la bienheureuse with a day trip to Monheim today, and for me with getting book two off to be nicely printed out. Now all I have to do is try and find someone to sell it for me...
The weather has been too hot to do much else, sunshine most of the week and temperatures in the low 30s. A slightly cooler weekend is predicted. Meanwhile, a minor sporting earthquake in Lyon occurred earlier in the week with the transfer of young star striker Karim Benzema to Unreal Madrid. First the title is lost, then Le Phénomène. OL fans are up in arms, and demonstrating their discontent.
Another more welcome change here, hopefully, is the reduction of VAT on restaurant food, which in theory should reduce the cost of eating out by more than 10%. Though reading between the lines, in practice prices are unlikely to come down by that much. Restaurants are free to not pass on the reduction to customers, using it for other things, like staff wages, new equipment, etc, etc. On verra...
And unfortunately, the reduction doesn't apply to alcoholic drinks...
