The celebration of our patron saint, St Michel, continues with enthusiasm in the town.
We began our quiet response last night with dinner at the
Aubege du Faby, with Norbert and Louise - great company :)
There were many arty mates also dining there- clearly the hip place to be. Good for veggies and vegans; good collection of art on the walls. Might move in.
We left in time to see the start of the firework display from the road and caught the end of it by the old bridge. Beautiful and bangy enough to resonate in ones chest but no dragons. (How can we celebrate St M without a dragon?)
Thence to the square where Abyss were banging out their TV music to general acclaim. Their professionalism is a bit frightening. Amazing that they come to perform in our little town - though our numbers are greatly swelled by people travelling here to watch and dance.
On the way home noticed this outside the town hall - we can write a message in homage to Jacques Chirac in the condolences book there. The general tenor of his obituaries here has been most favorable despite the small spat with embezzlement - maybe that goes with the territory.
My only memory of him is of his approval of completely unnecessary nuclear testing back in the day.
On the plus side we have learnt that he liked the poems of St-John Perse enough to keep them about him inside the cover of Playboy.
Kudos!
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