It’s been a busy first week of May. May 1st is a public holiday here so we spent Tuesday in the Jardins des Halles with another Australian family picnicking in the park. Both of us bought loads of Italian goodies plus champagne plus rose plus desserts, we sat in the sun, chatted about all the important things, the kids had a play in the kids playground and then we ended the afternoon here, drinking more champagne. While in the park we witnessed a gaggle(!) of homeless being rounded up and sent on their way by a dozen or so policemen and park patrollers, it was hard to work out just exactly what they had done and why they were being removed. We tut tutted and felt sorry for them (they weren’t upsetting anyone) and watched them as they were moved on, then on again and again until they left the park altogether. Not 10 minutes later one of the same policemen walked towards us, bent down and quietly advised Michelle to cover our bottle and be a little more discreet in our alcohol consumption otherwise we would have to be removed as liquor was forbidden in the park…. it took us just a bit longer than that to realise the similarities and the differences in treatment.