However, the mistral which has been particularly strong lately has blown one of the gates off its mountings. |
The result is that pupils know more about the Seine than the Niger, or about the mistral than the harmattan. |
I have forgotten whether it was the mistral or the tramontane, and I do not think it matters. |
There was a bit of mistral, certainly, and a scarcity of water in the summer, but no freezing garrets and plenty of artists, writers, and bon vivants. |
In the summer the mistral wind has a cooling effect on the coast and the islands. |
Looking inland, when the hot mistral wind is blowing, the view spans both snowcapped mountains and the red rocky landscape of the Estérel hills. |