Blogs from Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Europe - page 2

Saturday 4 April We’re having breakfast on the porch and are enjoying the sun again. Feels really nice. Yesterday we cleaned the house and washed all sheets and towels for our new guests who will arrive tomorrow. It will be great to see you, m and p and MiL! And to Little K I will add that Sixten is back again. And he seems to be in a good spirit as well. K and Sixten formed a little yoga class here on the terrace yesterday and went through all the exercises together. And I’ve got a new chapter written on my book. It goes really well, maybe because the note book is so small I can’t see what I’m writing… Yesterday’s walk went to Les Serres, the nearest little village, or may be you should call ... read more

Wednesday 1 April The sun is doing it best to get through the clouds even this morning. So breakfast outside it is - with a sweater on. Yesterday we went to the supermarket Carrefour and M and P did the shopping. Thanks! Super big shrimps with Champagne, the real deal, before dinner that night! K and I tried once more to reach the goal of my dreams, Plan du Var, but weren’t successful this time either. The path ended at an abandoned house, and we couldn’t get all the way down to the river. But we were able to snatch a couple of lemons and oranges. Finally! For those of you who are planning to visit us and are curious about the place, K (the little K) has shot a movie describing the facilities. Check out ... read more

Sunday 29 mars What a day! For all of us, but especially for S, H and E. We got up at 7 a clock. Summertime! Thanks to M, who mentioned it on the phone the evening before. We didn’t have a clue. Without that remark from M, in a by sentence, the kids would have missed their flight! Thanks again, M! Well, S, H and E got to the airport in time. We sad goodbye, with a tear in our eyes, and then we waited in the arrival area for M, P and K. Their flight was on time as well. Really nice to see them! We went home to the tower in a drizzle, now and then interrupted by showers of heavy rain. The sky is overcast and dark grey and the clouds are hanging ... read more

Tuesday 24 mars Lots of clouds in the sky this morning. Had breakfast indoor. But now, by lunchtime, the sun is all over the place again. As a matter of fact, I’m sitting in my swimming trunks on the terrace and writing this. But a cloud is coming up, I notice now, so I don’t know for how long. The thing is, when the sun disappears, it’s dead cold. Like 13 degrees or something. Yesterday we put our walking-shoes on and started to walk a path towards a little village called La Madeleine, which is nearby the bridge over the river Var, which is the way you take when you go here by car. As many of you know, I’m the kind of guy who likes to be in some control, which means for instance having ... read more

Samedi 21 mars (haven’t learn the months yet) We’ve learned the word “Samedi” because it’s all over the place on posters and signs. Obviously it is some kind of festival or something going on in the village today. We’ll check it out later this afternoon. As you could anticipate (but I never really believed it myself) practically no one in the village speaks a single word of English. But they are jolly good and polite and you always get the more or less mandatory “Bonjour” or “Bonsoir”, even from small kids. With one exception, we passed the school the other day, and one kid directly recognized us as the foreigners of the village and wanted to show off what he’d learned in school and addressed us with “Hallo sir! Good afternoon!” I greeted him back and ... read more