I do it my way

Living through a pandemic

in the south of France

411 days in Carcassonne since

1st lockdown in March 2020

DAILY AND WEEKLY STATISTICS HERE

▫️ INCIDENCE RATES

As of yesterday evening, there were no departements in France with an Incidence Rate larger than 400, this means that based on this information only, the announced deconfinement steps can go ahead in all regions.

In our own Aude departement, the incidence rate is also receeding and stands at 185,45

▫️ BRITS IN FRANCE

I mentionned yesterday a TV program following the lives of a few British people living in Occitanie. I have found the link on France TV where you can catch up with it.

The program is called

Brexitanie

“For the British who live in Occitania, the Brexit is a bad surprise. Everything risks becoming more complicated: travelling between France and England, getting medical treatment, working, trading, studying… The Brexit will change the rules of the game for the 27,000 English people living in Occitania.
With humour, energy and sensitivity, whether they are winegrowers or students, retired, musicians or bistro owners, they explain their choice of a life made in France, in the Hérault or in the Gers, and their desire to remain European. What are they all looking for in Occitania?”

▫️ PLACE CARNOT – CARCASSONNE

The official reopening is scheduled for May 8th just in time for the re-opening of the terrasses of the bars and bistrots on May 19th. The 10 days are needed to set up all the tables and chairs within the new layouts. Question: do the bars and restaurants also have new furniture?

▫️ MUSIC OF 1969

Another number 1 in France at that time.

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▫️ SATIRE

▫️ NEWS FROM ACROSS THE POND 🇺🇸

▫️ WEATHER

Quite a bit of a downturn compared to yesterday but apperently it is much nicer at the coast and therefore this is were we are heading shortly.

Living through a pandemic

in the south of France

410 days in Carcassonne since

1st lockdown in March 2020

DAILY AND WEEKLY STATISTICS HERE

▫️ COVID 19

Last week I showed another picture with many “departements” with an incidence rate bigger than 400. Well there are only 3 left and they are all in the Paris suburbs area.

▫️ DIY

I have given another coat to my desk and we are getting there as far as matching the colours are concerned. I do not think it will get better. Maybe with regular polishing. I have put up my background new poster I had made of one of my favorite town. It is almost like staring at the window from the hotel I sometimes used there.

▫️ MUSIC OF 1968

Another Top Hit in France at that time. Number 1 in fact at summer and very much the top slow dance in the night clubs on holiday.

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▫️ MUSIC

I think I make good use of my deezer subscription. I did not realise I listened so much to Neil Young last month.

▫️ SATIRE

▫️ NEWS FROM ACROSS THE POND 🇺🇸

▫️ WEATHER

Another very pleasant day today…

▫️ ADDITIONAL READS

🔸 The Robot Surgeon Will See You Now (NYT, $)

🔸 ‘It’s like a rotting carcass of its former self’: funeral for an Oregon glacier(Guardian)

Living through a pandemic

in the south of France

409 days in Carcassonne since

1st lockdown in March 2020

DAILY AND WEEKLY STATISTICS HERE

▫️ COVID 19

A week after the start of the school year for schoolchildren, secondary school students will also begin to return to their classrooms this Monday morning. After two weeks of distance learning, interspersed with two weeks off, high school students are going back to school in half class, with alternating face-to-face and distance learning classes. For secondary schools, the start of the school year will be face-to-face, except for 4th and 3rd grade students in the fifteen departments most affected by the pandemic. This Monday also marks the end of travel restrictions: no more need for a certificate to travel beyond 10 kilometres from home. The number of Covid-19 patients in intensive care units was stable on Sunday, at less than 5,600, after several days of slow decline, according to figures from Santé publique France.

▫️ TEST

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▫️ MUSIC OF 1969

Another Top Hit in France at that time

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▫️ FOOD & DRINKS

▫️ SATIRE

▫️ NEWS FROM ACROSS THE POND 🇺🇸

▫️ FUN

▫️ WEATHER

Prediction in the local press say it will be an early and very hot summer…