May is the month of holidays: May Day, Victory in Europe (1945), and Ascension Thursday. And with these holidays there is a noticible change in the region. The weather is mild and conducive to sitting outside at the cafe. Today there was a marked increase in the English who have arrived to spend the summer at their maisons secondaire. The Saturday market has become a "summer" market. There are many more vendors and they sell clothes, jewelry, perfume, candles, and straw bags. The produce is green, abundant, and the reigning vegetable at this moment is asperagus. We love both the green and the white types and end up eating one or the other most days. Eventully we will feel sated, but not yet.
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