Change is Here!

The socialists are in the majority in Parliament, in the Senate, in the Municipalités and of course have the Presidency. There were those who said before the elections that this would not be good for democracy but scare tactics didn't work. Not sure what happened to democracy in the last five years either.
Back at a local level, there was the ceremony to commemorate General de Gaulle's call to arms (from London) after the French surrender which was of course followed by an apéritif. I then had lunch at long last with Rowena in the restaurant though as usual she couldn't stay long, and we kept getting interrupted by people I knew stopping to say hello. Somehow it just didn't feel right. I guess being out of touch for long hs an effect.
This evening we drove down to Girona airport to pick up Mary who is here to stay for a week.