Exhibition: Cézanne au Jas de Bouffon, Jour de la Bastille, Winery Tour, & Opera: La Calisto
My first night at Estudines Mirabeau , which is a student residence for most of the year, I realised that the bed was hard enough that I had to wrap the quilt around me - at the end of the night, however, I realised that not even that was enough, so for the rest of my stay I doubled the quilt up and slept on top of both layers. It was warm enough to do that, and that, at last, was soft enough that I didn't feel as though I was falling apart next morning. Which does make it an improvement on Aldstadt Hotel Zurich , where I had to ask for a second quilt, and sleep on top of both, doubled up.. that still holds the record for the hardest bed I've ever had the misfortune to sleep on. Out then on the 13th, as was to become the norm, to a baking hot day. With no definite plan, my companion, who turns out to be a big fan of Cézanne , suggested we head to the big exhibition about him at the Musée Granet , which used to be the art school he attended - and so we headed in that direction. ...