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And other fun stories from France

The sun is out, the café terraces are open, and the Euro 2020+1 is finally here! Ok, most of us were not actually waiting with bated breath for the Euro, but it is on and a welcome distraction from all this pandemic news, so I’ll take it.

In France, games start at around 3pm so a bit of schedule arranging to “work” with the TV on in the background. Ce…