Allez les Bleus!

Not sure how much coverage the soccer world cup is getting back home but here it is the only thing on the news. And I mean literally - the first quarter hour of the half hour news programme is devoted to soccer. I thought NZ was bad with rugby coverage but it really is exactly the same here, just for a different sport. We felt we should get into the spirit of things so have been watching games here and there. Unfortunately, no-one really rates les Bleus, the French team, and they had a nil-all game the other day against the Swiss, much to the nation's shame. It's still an exciting watch, and I even know what the off side rule means now.
The other regular item on the news at the moment is the heat. Summer doesn't officially start until next week, but it's already very warm. Earlier this week we had several days of 32-33 degrees, but today it's a relatively cooler 25! Rather different from NZ from what we've been reading. It's lovely though. It's a dry heat so bearable, just. I'm sure we'll get used to it at any rate!