Well, its the last day of my pre-festival week in Cannes checking the apartments and doing a few jobs. The new fence has been installed at last which is a momentus occasion considering how long it has taken to get here! The assemble generale (residents meeting) was an eye opener and went on for over three hours - on a day when the sun was really hot for the first time during my stay. Thanks to Christian who translated for me - my French is still not good enough for complicated meetings etc. though I have been practicing all week and my French teacher wwould be proud of my determination to try - even though many people replied in English so my accent is obviously not perfect!
The atmosphere has changed in the last few days and Cannes is now packed full of men in black suits and black sunglasses, huge groups of excited tourists running around with cameras and people cleaning and painting everything - I even saw them painting the pavement last night! The beach, however, was lovely and deserted so I managed an hour or two of peace and quiet before I came back to clean apartment Leon ready for our Film Festival arrivals late today, the guests are return visitors from last year so I'm sure they will settle in quickly. The lovely Becs will clean this apartment as soon as I leave for the airport in half an hour - assuming the ash cloud doesn't suddenly decend back over France or the UK airspace so watch this space I may be here for the Film Festival if it does!
Bye for now from Sunny Cannes.
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