I never thought that life could be better until......I found myself back in France again this year. Once again we contacted Nathalie and Jean-Bernard for a place to stay and they suggested an apartment a few blocks from where we were last year. They see to every detail for you and treat you like family. It is definitely like having a home away from home. Their English is so much better than my French but we communicate, laugh, drink wine and enjoy life nonetheless. It is beyond perfect.
Staying in their new "home away from home" was fabulous! Huge, beautifully decorated and a courtyard and patio you'd expect to see in a travel magazine. Evenings of wine and gentle breezes, people beyond the walls on the streets. Feeling as if you are in a scene from an old movie or a world you've made up in your mind........ That is what life is like when you contact LaMadone to make your visit to the South of France a memory of a lifetime.
Much more later and photographs, lots of photographs.
Yes, those photos are rather slow getting here. Misplaced one of my disks and Inspector C. is on duty and looking.
I could tell you how beautiful the countryside was this year. We were there a bit earlier so many more flowers were still blooming and the meadows almost glowed as if there were an underground light shining under them. Trimmings from vines and trees were being burned so the indescribable smell of the air was hypnotizing.
It seemed as if fewer people were speaking English to us this year so my French improved a bit more. The first few days back here were tough because greeting people with hello and not bonjour seemed so odd. Merci continued to pop up too often as did voila. I actually had to consciously think of what word I wanted in English because I'd spent so much time attempting to glean French from my head. Also the cultural shock is a bit tough to take in the beginning.