The Games are over! And what Games it were, to be called Jeux from now on to praise everything that just has happened in Paris. Easiness, smiles & joy are back in town. None of the expected problems popped up, none of those complainers kept complaining once the ball was rolling flame was lit. 15 days of celebrating people, sports and the city. I’m confident that those days will have a lasting impact on the city’s attitude well beyond the Games, it’s the end of a chain of bad things that happened here (most importantly the terrorist attacks on Charlie Hebdo and the Bataclan in 2015 and the that never-ending corona drama). It feels so much better to finally live in a friendly city again, and on top of that we have amazing weather. My four intense Olympic days, always with Max and our bicycles, brought us to Club France, road cycling on the Belleville climb, basketball at La Concorde, kayak cross in Vaires-sur-Marne and track & field athletics in the Stade de France, it went by super fast and was much fun, especially with the Boevinks and the quick visit of Seb & family. Since then I’m back to work, until tomorrow when the next vacation chapter starts with Rotterdam (followed by some days in Liverpool Brittany and a week in Rome Maupertuis).