A mixed weekend. The good: weather remained mostly warn sunny, and there were plenty of outdoor events in Lyon - the annual mass participation mountain bike ride through the streets, up and down steps and along the river; displays by local associations; and an art and pottery fair in Vieux Lyon. The bad: neither of us really got out to enjoy any of it.
Reasons for not getting out much? The good: la bienheureuse, who was being extremely conscientious and worked most of the weekend to get the new documents (which will become part of European law) finished. The bad: the fact that she was forced to work induced sheer laziness on my part, though I did fiddle hard trying to learn how to do things on the new waterproof computer.
We did in fact go out once, on Saturday evening, to watch some football. Two matches in my case, one in that of ma bien aimée. The good: OL won the game we both saw, albeit in rather uninspiring fashion, to remain joint top. The bad: watching in the pub as my true équipe de cœur lost for the second time in a row in that dismal, rainy northern city. The ugly: the concession of three goals in a crazy ten minute spell that lost them the match. The really ugly: two attempts to maim former teammates and one attempt to incite a riot amongst the away fans by a certain unloved, money-grabbing, egocentric striker.
