Thomas's Tour de France begins!

This Sunday, Thomas returned from his whirlwind 11-concerts-in-9-days tour of France. My last words to him were to take lots of pictures and he actually did! But not, you will notice, of any people. Only the things that interest Thomas are recorded below. (Getting Thomas to comment would be like pulling teeth, and I only have the sketchiest idea what's going on, so you'll have to draw your own conclusions. We begin with Thomas's first impressions of Europe...)