Spring is here in Lyon!

What a difference two weeks can make. And am I happy that spring is here! Not only for the weather, but for all the greenery that's sprung up over the last few weeks.

When I finished my tests during the first week of April, the weather was still grey and the mornings nippy. But now, as we enter the last part of April, outside the sky is blue and everybody is out and about. I just came back from Place Bellecour in the heart of Lyon and it was full with people shopping and walking leisurely through the streets with family or friends.

Outside, too, the cafes and even the restaurants in the Merciere district (where all the famous bouchons, or bistros, are located) have set up tables on the sidewalk. All the people who have been hiding at home, then, have made it a point to be seen sipping a drink outside or enjoying a meal on a cool spring evening.

It's absolutely perfect right now, neither too hot nor too cool, and I think that I've going to really enjoy these next two months (before the heat of summer drives us all underground).