Je habite au paradis

What a wonderful weekend.  Maybe it was the week of rainy weather or maybe it was just the events but this was really a fabulous few days.  The weather was a perfect 17C (about 65F) with a sky so,  so blue. After a fabulous 3 hour ride on Friday, yesterday began with coffee and chatting with some new friends on the Cours Mirabeau. We exited the cafe to a find a demonstration going on (a teachers' union…sound familiar Wisconsites?).

When we got back to our apartment there was a young woman across the street singing opera out her window ("across the street" is about 5 meters by the way).  We then spent the afternoon climbing to the top of Sainte Victoire, the local mountain icon. It was about 4 hours and 2000 feet of ascent.  Specatular.

More photos of our trip to the summit

Today was tutoring from a wonderful friend in the morning and then another great ride under the gaze of the mountain.  The day finished watching a cycling race (a criterium) right through our pretty town.

Wow.