Tennis

Thursday was a holiday. Despite France aggressively touting it's separation of church and state it is a country deeply steeped in Catholic tradition. Thursday no school and no work because of "ascension". Friday in most parts of France people still have to work but the mayor of Strasbourg decided that it should also be a holiday. This is the third holiday this month and there is one at the end of the month as well. I suppose it's gets everyone ready for summer...
I went to a pool here in France and it's pretty much the same except speedos are the norm here. I really don't like pools that much a bunch of screaming crazy kids all in one confined area. D, one of her friends and I played tennis on Thursday which was hilarious. D and her friend don't play that well and while I can play decently enough, I certainly can't teach tennis so they were just chasing the ball around the court. People take tennis very seriously here and we were laughing and messing around while the people on the other courts were clearly phenomonal players. But we did have someone offer to give me free lessons. I politely declined :)