Almost two weeks have slipped by since my last post, and it's been eventful enough. The rain is back, after a few days of sun. Mato's strawberries are fruiting, though we're not quite there with the big juicy fruits I was hoping for. I've got the gardening bug (more about that soon). Heimana is now enrolled in school for next year, and can't wait (or maybe she can, the reality is a bit more intimidating).The big excitement for us has been the French legislative elections, with tweet scandals and surprise defeats for some major players like Segolene Royale, Marine Le Pen (a close call) and Francois Bayrou. The uplifting result is that not only does Hollande have an unprecedented majority (since Mitterand in 1981) 89 seats more than the UMP, there are also 17 green representatives, and more disturbingly 3 from the Front National. Sadly here in Polynesia we narrowly voted in all three Tahoeraa candidates (far right, in a step back to the bad-old days), but the DOM-TOM vote still remains firmly socialist with 19 out of the 27 overseas territory seats going to the majority. This might actually allow Hollande to advance a bit, he's already given himself and his ministers a wage-cut and is putting a cap on big business salaries and looks set to mean business, gone is the Sarko glitz and glam. How refreshing to have a president with integrity!
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