Melting Point
In the shade Today is the 5th in a row with a temperature of just under 40 degrees. There's to be a slight respite in the middle of next week when the thermometer is forecast to plummet to 32 -for one whole day. Then it's back to 37/38 for the foreseeable future which, in French Meteo terms, is 10 days. 'You'll be used to this,' is the cheery comment from most people when they see our Australian flag (right after they have asked if we came from Australia in the boat). I confess to being temped at times to make out we're tough, adventurous types who spend our days toiling under the blazing Aussie sun panning for gold or hiding from it down the opal mines in order to fund our ocean voyages but I don't have the energy for creative thought (hence no recent blog posts). So, I admit that sadly, no, we didn't come by boat and no, we are not used to it. Believe it or not, in Melbourne, our really hot spells usually last only a couple of days at a time...