Saturday...

Just wanted to quickly mention again that it's hot here, the kind of hot where after lunch you nap with the fan on all afternoon until it's safe to go outside again around 5 o'clock! I leave for Paris tomorrow on the train at 8 p.m.

I took a walk around the part of Avignon this morning contained in the ramparts and it took me just about an hour, so that's about three miles.

My last play (this is the last day and the town has really emptied out --- August is around the corner and that's when nearly all french people go on vacation) was this evening at 6 p.m. It was called Antigone, Tragedia dell' Arte, directed by Carlo Boso (a known person in Commedia circles). It was done as a comedy and mixed greek tragic theater (masks, audience participation) with the commedia. I can't begin to list all the creative things in this play...and it was outside in a courtyard, which made it all the better as a breeze had kicked up. Okay, there were six people playing about 15 characters, they had masks, both painted and sculpted, there was singing, drums, a flute and funny references to french politics. Very clever and very well done. The name of the troupe is Compagnie Alian Bertrand, once again from Grenoble. What a nice note to end on!

I am now off to an end of festival party hosted by CEILA, the place where I took the course.