Well, the sadness of saying goodbye to our friend was offset by the arrival of Eric's sister, one of her kids, and one of her nephews. They are both right around Dio's age or 1 year old. It's her nephew's first time in Europe and definitely different from the small town in southern Alberta that he has grown up in!
They arrived mid-afternoon, so of course we went to the beach. It's so gorgeous right now--warm air but not too hot, water that is just slightly cool.
I ended up cooking all sorts of things: sausages roasted with fennel, mustard, thyme, and red wine; a big vegetable and flageolet bean salad with balsamic dressing; plum tart; dark chocolate almond cookies.
My day started suuuuper early due to a conference presentation in Australia. My 7 am session was afternoon for them. I was still feeling just a bit off, so I stayed home to watch the rest of the conference.
We were surprised by a huge and VERY NOISY street parade with drummers and dancers. It seemed to have lots of people from Brazil but also other places like Madagascar. I'm not sure what it was, but it was the loudest street parade I've ever heard in my life. When I edited the video, I had to turn it down by many decibels and it's still plenty loud on my computer.
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