Michelle’s cousin has been here this week, visiting in Paris. It’s been wet, cold and rainy… She left today and the sun came out and we had our first real day of summer, 31 degrees in the shade. Lovely. Off to Italy tomorrow for our summer holidays. We rented a villa in Praiano on a cliff overlooking the sea. It’s been busy around here. Jorge’s coming for a quick breakfast tomorrow, he arrives from Mexico about an hour before we leave to the airport, so it will be a quick coffee, croissant and “what have you been up to?” type conversation, before we head for sun, sea, good wine and loads of pasta… can’t wait!