Hello!
This week, 1st November is a public holiday called La Toussaint. On this day many French people honour the lives of their deceased relatives by putting flowers on the family graves – traditionally chrysanthemums. Most shops and restaurants are closed as people generally try and spend the day with their family. By the way, even though you might think that chrysanthemums would make a great gift – don’t try offering them to a French person, here they are flowers for remembrance. The cemeteries are filled with colour at this time of year.
Whatever you do in the Gironde and Dordogne regions, have a great time.
Week 44
30 October
31 October
1 November - jour ferie
2 November
Coming up...
And finally...
A spooky pottery workshop resulted in an ossuary of skeletons. (I looked up the collective noun for skeletons - another option was a clatter of skeletons... I'm a sucker for a collective noun 😉)
