A lost day!

After running in the rain to the bread shop first thing in the morning, I cancelled yesterday. The outside world had disappeared once more under the clouds and the rain persisted all day. What else was there to do but stay indoors and put almost everything on hold? 

So I rattled through a lightweight French novel, lent to me by a friend with the instruction that've should read it by Monday in order to be able to discuss it at the book club meeting at the Alliance Française. A kind of modern fairytale in which everyone, or almost everyone, discoveries the benefits of helping each other out and cooperating to make the world a better place for all, it was indeed a lightweight, easy read. And I learnt a bit of modern French slang as well, although that will probably have gone out of date by now, such is the nature of slang! I was amused to come across the French for the Web (the Internet Web, that is) as "le oueb". Adaptations of English words into other languages always interest me. 

Staying indoors also allowed Phil to finish off the translation work he has been doing, without feeling that he was missing the opportunity for a walk in the sunshine. I can now stop proofreading for him as well. So we are hoping that the weather witch is correct and that the weather is indeed going to brighten up over the next few days. Although we have walked around quite a lot, we have not yet made it up to any our usual vantage viewing spots such as the Castro Park or A Guía. 

Maybe tomorrow. Today we were down at the port for Phil to play chess in the prestigious setting of the Real cLub Náutico de Vigo, while I just strolled around the old quarter.