“I’ve been on lockdown for two weeks already, it’s not as bad as you’re imagining”
, or feeling claustrophobic and low in mood, it feels like a very daunting time.
Although people living in the UK are only just dealing with the realities of lockdown, French citizens are well versed with staying inside having been asked by President Macron to self-isolate for two weeks from 16 March.Gardner remembers the moment bars and restaurants were asked to close while she was skiing in Alpe d’Huez on 8 March. “It was like any normal skiing week. There were loads of people in and out of bars, hitting the slopes during the day and boozing at night.
But even though the atmosphere seemed relaxed over the weekend, by Monday night everything changed: the lockdown was in full force.From that evening citizens were banned from going further than two kilometres from their homes to exercise and ordered to carry letters to confirm who they are; being stopped by the police for being outside your house became normal.“Because we work on a boat we have to go to work – there’s no option for me to WFH.
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