
Bienvenue a la ville de Les Vigneaux
Day two in Vigneaux. Cora returned to work yesterday after her year of maternity leave, so today Alain watched Nahel during the morning. He is such a sweet baby – very French-looking and very adorable. Lots of personality! He doesn’t seem afraid of me even though I am un ‘etranger’. I woke up to him crying whiel Alain was on the phone, so sat down to play with him for a while. He was just lonely!

Me feeding Nahel
My cold wastn’ any better today, so after eating a croissant, I returned to bed until Isabelle was scheduled to arrive for lunchc. Alain had made a delicious swiss chard dish, with salami and priciuto and cheese. I didn’t have much appetitite, alas, but I managed to devour the home-made raspberry sorbet he made from the garden. After lunch, Lindsay and I went for a walk through the village of Vigneaux. I delivered a package to Evelyn’s house (she is visiting her Mother in Avignon) and we stopped in many places to capture photographs of the beautiful old village and mountian scenery. It felt great to be taking more photographs, and I plan to take as many as possible when I return to Paris.

Alain in Vallouise
Cora arrived at the house just after we got in from our walk, and I learned that she and Eric now live in Vengeaux. They rent a sweet house in the village and lucky lady scored another place with orange decor (it is a colour she likes – the “heat colours”). Alain brought us to Vallouise – the ville where Cora lived last year – to find a water jug for L. The shop was closed, but we did buy some postcards. Alain gave us a tour of the old ville, and I tried my best to translate into Elnglish. I think I understood most of it. we ate dinner at Cora’s tonight – duck, turnip, beans, bread, cheese, and dessert made by Lenaic and Cora. It was, of course, declisou and I am sad that it is my last night here. i hope that the next time I visit, I can speak even more french! We leave tomorrow at 9 am to take the train from Oulx.
A bientot!

Nahel sucking on my cheek!










Nous arrivons! The plan ride was tres courte… just over six hours and much more comfortable than other plane rides I have had. Our landlord agreed to meet us at the apartment a 9h00 but we had to wait for him! We were very tired – by the time we fell asleep it was 3:30 am back home. Lyndsea had her first ride on the metro. By some lucky fluke, we accidentally boarded a train direct a Gar du Nord, which is where we had to go. The ride was quiet and smooth, but we arrived a Republique much earlier than anticipated. Lyndsea attempted some photos of the gorgeous statue at Metro Station Republique, but it was still dark. Being dark, we had some difficulties finding the street names, but were able to explore Marais a bit in search of the correct streets. We have a bakery, market, sushi restaurant and supermarche at the end of our street.



