The last transfer but one

May is a special month in France because of the number of public holidays. We mark :

1 May - la Fête du Travail. We mark this by stopping as much work as possible. Even the buses and trams do not run.

8 May - Le 8 mai. This commemorates the cease-fire at the end of the Second World War.

Le jeudi de l'ascension. Ascension Day falls forty days after Easter and often falls in May.

La Pentecôte. Pentecost, coming fifty days after Easter, is celebrated with a public holiday on the Monday. It also often falls in May.

Of course, all these public holidays interrupt the pace of life a little, but the work on our new apartment block is still advancing well.

Thus it was that we received notice last Friday afternoon that the painting work on our apartment had been completed, inspected and certified complete on the 12 May, and it is now time to pay the next instalment on the purchase of the flat - the last instalment but one.

Soon we will receive a letter by recorded delivery to arrange a date to receive the keys.

But I guess they'll have to fit the main outside door of the apartment block first.


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