It Wasn't to Be

21.9.14:
Breakfast later than usual while lingering over the Sunday paper followed by a glass of wine at the bar and lunch at home. Otherwise, nothing of note.
Weather:
28° Cloudy
Headlines:

• Hollande has a popularity rating of 13% and Valls' is slipping too. 
• Leonard Cohen is 80 today

20.9.14:

Went to the market to keep our rendez-vous with Pierre and Marie. Frustratingly, for them , they got stuck behind a very slow driver so the journey took at least an hour longer than it should have done. Still, we filled the time quite happily over a coffee with Michèle, Henri and a number of their friends. Had lunch at the "Chat qui Rit" though were a bit disappointed with the service and thought that it was overpriced. In the end they decided to leave for home when we went to the memorial mass for the beekeeper's girlfriend. Church, twice in two days and I'm not even a believer. The service was simple and surprisingly moving.
This evening Jean-Jacques came around for a bite to eat and of course, the service was excellent and being free, good value for money!
Weather:
30° Sunny
Headlines:
Sarkozy has sprung into action after announcing his candidature for the leadership of his party which, if he wins, will be renamed and restructured. Opinion polls show that the majority of the French don't want him back.

19.9.14:

We heard this morning that Pierre and Marie were going to come over from Limoux tomorrow to see how Christian is doing and to take us for lunch. Just in case, they decided to stay over, I did a quick scoot around to prepare a bedroom. our other piece of news came from the surgeon who will change Christian's pacemaker on the 3rd October.
In the afternoon, there was the  funeral of Andrée (80 yrs) who was from an old village family. Needless to say, the church was full to overflowing. Afterwards we retired to the bar with Nany and André for a quick beer and spent the evening quietly at home.
Weather:
30° Sunny
Headlines:

• Scotland voted "no" with a majority of more than 10%
• France started bombing raids in Iraq 

18.9.14:

Thursday again so the day followed its usual pattern - language exchange, the bar for a glass of wine then lunch at the restaurant with Terry and Ann joining us  towards the end of our meal. This evening we were invited to Linde's along with Jean, Françoise and Kathy for dinner. Linde wanted us to meet David, a friend of hers from the States who's going to be making a film about her family history. Linde's research is proving interesting eversince she found her Austrian Gran's diaries recently  charting her time in France after the outbreak of the 1st World war. As an enemy alien, it wasn't a happy time for her as she was moved from one camp to another leaving her former more privileged life behind.
Weather:
28° Sun
Headlines:
Voting in the referendum on Scottish independence.

17.9.14:

We took a trip into town this morning as Christian had spotted some shoes that he fancied. Had a glass of wine in the sun but apart from Christian going to the Mairie for a meeting in the evening, it was an uneventful day.
Weather:
28° Sun and cloud later

16.9.14:
The first Spanish session of the new season took place this morning and luckily for me it was all about logtisics then on the way back home, Christian and I met met up at the restaurant for a coffee. In the afternoon I had my last but one physio appointment followed by a meeting at the Mairie to talk about the use of the old Mairie building. Rounded off the day with an "apérobio" which Christian and Jean-Jacques gate crashed later on.
Weather:
26° Sun at first and torrential (and I'm not exaggerating) rain at the end of the afternoon