More to come

I just put up the Florence post. As you can see, I started it long ago so it is dated March 10th even though I just published it.
I will try and put up both Rome and Ryan's Visit tomorrow. I have the pictures chosen and ready, which is the part that takes me the longest.
Today I met up with Maud. I was put into contact with Maud through my second cousin, Justine. Maud was the babysitter for Justine's daughter Eva when they were living in Aix. Maud no longer lives in Aix either, but was here for the day and was kind enough to meet me. We went to a cafe and then went to a few shops. She was very friendly and it was nice to find someone with whom to speak French.
That sounds crazy since I am in France, but as a result of the striking, I haven't had much of a chance to meet French students and therefore haven't had all that many opportunities to speak French. When I say speak French, I mean more than what you would say to someone in a shop or a restaurant and different from the way we speak French in class. It was good to have a normal and somewhat lengthy conversation.