"Don't you watch the news!" my mom answered. The fuzziness of her Skyped image couldn't mask her surprise at my apparent ignorance or her worried look.
France (according to international news) is going ballistic. Demonstrations and rioting (mostly in the bigger cities)…gas shortages…blockades…cancellation of flights, trains, buses, etc. yet we continue on here, oblivious to it all. Today we walked to the tennis courts for Yanni's lesson (we don't have a car, so gas isn't an issue), sat on a bench to watch him play and basked in the warmth of the October sun. And yes, there was a strike yesterday. Tomee had the day off because of it (Yanni didn't...his teacher was one of the four who showed up for work) and we went shopping. The strikers paraded through town with banners and chanted slogans, but it wasn't menacing at all. No overturned cars on fire, no smashing of windows, just an interesting diversion.
I will admit to being a tiny bit worried about the flight thing though, as my mom and Liz are expected to arrive here on Friday. Their international flight into Paris won't be a problem, but we're not sure about the domestic Paris-Montpellier flight or if there'll be a gassed up rental car waiting to bring them to our 'oblivious' little corner of France.
Of course it is the start of the Toussaint holidays and even striking workers and rioting students don’t want to give up their time off!!
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