Protesters in France collided with police on the 10th day of nationwide strikes and protests against the government’s pension reform on Tuesday, resulting in 201 people arrested and 175 police officers injured. Some activists set trash, barricades, and cars on fire. According to the French Interior Ministry, some 740,000 protesters joined 240 rallies held throughout France on Tuesday, paralyzing major services. The government deployed 13,000 officers, with nearly half of them in Paris. As of Wednesday, many workers, including the waste collectors in Paris, have returned to work, allowing the French capital to clear the piled trash on the streets for weeks. Local authorities estimated that about 8,000 tonnes of waste remained uncollected. Millions of people in France have expressed their disagreement over the pension reform and the use of Article 49.3 to pass the reform without a vote. Raising the retirement age is particularly unfair to workers in tough working conditions with shorter-than-average life expectancy. The next official strike day will be on Thursday, April 6th. #france #pensionreform #europe #paris #protest #trash #frenchie #riotpolice #Article493

The summer guests are becoming less and less although the weather is good. The Dutch guests I had in my cabin put the floor heating on when the electricity is 2000% up... even though I advice customers not to put it on. The Dutch told me they and the frenchies and the Germans have vacations now. A bit weird since it is getting colder and colder now. But maybe they like to push the AC to its limits at the Office the entire summer? Any south europeans that can explain this?

Waiting for the soup the day. Asparagus soup. the Frenchies has come to my village also. Sitting and coughing. With their masks on the table. How brave ;p