Recital: Jakub Józef Orlinski & Opera: Don Giovanni
On the 11th - I departed on holiday! to the classical music festival in Aix-en-Provence , in the company of my companion for the Swiss trip. We flew to Marseille . Checking the evening before, I saw there'd been an awful wildfire in the area, which even closed the airport - happily, we missed that. We could finally check in for our flight the day before - and with our flight leaving from Heathrow , I was on the Elizabeth Line again. Unfortunately, that day, I was in the office, and needed my passport number, but hadn't brought it with me! So, by the time I could check in, we couldn't get seats together. By the time I was packing, she was already there.. and I had a last-minute panic when the zip on my case caught on an item of clothing! that I didn't want to rip. Mercifully, after a couple of minutes tugging, it freed itself - the traffic was appalling again, so I walked to London Bridge , and after a blissfully air...