Word of the day: Canicule?
and other funny stories from France
Well I can finally report, in mid-August, that summer has finally come to Paris. The word of the day is “canicule”, meaning “heatwave” where temperatures are finally over 85F (30C)!
Yes, it actually has been grey and rainy all this time. Even in the south of France, temperatures are unseasonably balmy. (Just 2000km away, parts of Greece are experienci…
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