What a little French beach town it is here in Theoule Sur Mer! And if someone had wanted to give us a neat and pretty apartment with a view of the sea I would have gladly settled in to watch old age slowly roll in here. But no one wanted to give us one of those, and it probably worked out for the best. I think we'll do better disappearing into the wilderness of a big city. The tight world of this French Village doesn't quite have all the things one might think of when they imagine living in France.
What does one think of when they imagine living in France?
Champagne bars!
Cheese shops!
Opera Houses!
Matisse Museums!
But yes, also quaint houses with flowers climbing their crumbling walls even in the Winter, and Christmas lights in the street with a village hall packed full of tiny nativity scenes from hundreds of cities across the world.
I'm just saying nowhere is going to have everything. That is the nature of... everywhere. We picked our pile. I'm nervously looking forward to settling down.
But a couple of more days here is fine. The waves roll in. I'll try to finish eating what I have in the fridge. We go for one more lovely walk on the once confusing now familiar winding streets and paths. I take a few pictures. None of them turn out anywhere near how magic they seem when I take them, but if you want to just see a plain picture today, with nothing added or made more fancy, I can show you that, just so the leaving won't be too sad.
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