Monday was a P.A. Day for the boys - although P.A. days only cover half-days here, so they had to go to school in the afternoon. To celebrate, we went to Aix, specifically to what David calls the Rue de Monoprix, or what everyone else calls the Cours Mirabeau. In David's defense, the purpose of our visit on this day was, in fact, Monoprix. The visit became "necessary" because Netflix just started up in France on September 15, and we've found that the laptop is not sufficient for watching movies. The screen is the old-style with angle-viewing difficulties, and the internal speakers are tinny and very low volume. So off to Monoprix for speakers and a VGA cord to connect to the TV! (the mission was a success)
You may be wondering why Netflix is just now arriving in France. Well, like Québec, France demands (and gets) a "cultural exception" from the regulatory agencies and the E.U., so Netflix's arrival was delayed for a long time in the courts as the national cable companies fought to keep it out.This picture is jumping ahead a little, as you can see Nana is in it, and she didn't arrive until the weekend. But it's a good picture, and almost on the Cours Mirabeau, so almost appropriate for this post! It's actually around on the other side of the Rotonde; if you can't read the caption, this is a statue of Cézanne, Aix's favourite son.
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