Visit
I’m feeling all sad now because my sister and brother in law where here for a week and now they’ve gone home. 
It was nice to have the company and to do things together that I can’t really do on my own. We had a guided tour of the cathedral, went to the zoo, went loads of bike rides. It’s fun having friends! 
Everything here has shut down for August. It is like a ghost town. Most of the church members are on holiday so there is not a lot to do. I’ve got some translation work from a church group that want things in English. But apart from that I will be using the next 2 weeks to really get to grips with the reading that I haven’t had time for all year. It’s a funny system. The French seem to work on SUPER FAST SPEED during work times and then stop 100% for the holidays. There is no slowing down, they just slam on the brakes.
Tomorrow afternoon I have signed up for a rollerblading lesson with the club here in Orleans. Apart from the predicted temperature of 35 - ouch! - I’m quite nervous. It’s scary meeting new people on your own, particulary when I’m going to be falling over all the time and generally looking stupid!
