14th July, Allons enfants de la patrie...

This morning, full of good will and energy, I woke up early and left home at 8:10 to walk all the way to the french embassy to try and convince them to give me an invitation to the 14th July french National Day Party, organized by the embassador in the Farnese Palace, residence of the french embassy. Luckily Mark came along and it was a nice walk through Rome. The bus lines are just too complicated an unfrequent to be trusted, it's just as fast to walk. We arrived at the consulate just at 9am for the opening, and had to wait for two other people to first get their invitations. But it all went well, I had all the necessary papers and could my my invitation (plus guest) for Thursday's party. Of course Tenue correcte exigée, it will be fancy with music and a nice big buffet.
From the Consulate we walked then to IDLO, so all in all it took us 1h30 to do the trip, plus the 15mn spent at the Consulate. At least I've earnt myself a gelato today :)