It’s almost done!
We’re booking our flights to France this weekend. Actually, to be fair, I’m using the royal ‘we’ in the previous sentence. In fact, Kevin is the one dealing with the boondoggle called Aeroplan.
Meanwhile, I’ve sent off the email confirming our new home for the months of May & June. We will be living in a little place called Beauvoisin. It sounds like a pretty small village but we’re only 15 minutes from the bustling little city of Nimes if we need more action.
Booking a place for two full months is quite a departure from our usual program of constantly moving from one hotel to another.
We both tend toward the I-Wonder-What-The-Next-Town-Looks-Like? mindset, which can be fun, but it can also be exhausting. I’m quite sure that during our month in Morocco, we barely stopped moving, clicking up around 6,000 kilometres on that poor rental car.
I’m sure we’ll still do a fair amount of exploring from our new base. But on this trip, we’re going to have a home to come back to. We’ll see how my ADD-twitchiness handles that. But it certainly seems like a laudable plan.
Besides, I think I could get used to coming in that red front door.
This looks like a fine place to WRITE. And say hello to Shakespeare and Co. One of the thills of my life was being taken there to see the translation of my novel These Granite Islands aka Cet ete-la – much better in French than English, I’m told – DISPLAYED IN THE WINDOW!!!
Have a fabulous time. Write well, eat better – looking forward to the posts.
Sarah
Sarah, did you fall down? I would have had a heart attack if that’d been me. Of course, it might have been even more surprising for me, given that I haven’t actually published a book to begin with!
Seriously. That must count among your top moments. That is SO cool. We started the fine eating last night. Oh man. How can they make the simplest things taste so fine? Thanks for joining me on the journey. I’m really happy to be here 🙂
Congratulations on joining the “slow movement” arm of traveling. When you stay longer in one place you become a part of it, enjoying (or sometimes not enjoying) the depths of your chosen locale, you move into the real life of the real people who live there day to day. The rhythm of daily life replaces the rhythm of the car engine. That’s an authentic experience. Can’t wait to hear how it goes. 🙂
Hi Leslie, Thanks for the encouragement on the Slow Plan. That is certainly my goal; to get into the day-to-dayness of the place. I’ve always meant to do this and now that I’m working on slowing everything in my life, perhaps I’m ready. Must be the joys of getting older. I think I might finally be getting it! Stay tuned…
Hi Colleen. I hope you will have a lovely time in Beauvoisin (nice neighbour). Provence is full of sunshine and lavender fields, the markets are lively and colourful. People are welcoming and friendly with a ready smile. Nimes has interesting ruins that you must go and see. I wish you well.
Thanks Catherine. We’ve been in the area before but I don’t think have ever been to that specific little town. I am so excited to think about that light. It really is a different quality of light.
They say that if you find people friendly and kind…it’s because you are 🙂
Before I read your blog I examined the photo with my handy, dandy iPhone zoom lens. My first thoughts were “wow they sure have done something to their cute little Sechelt home”. HaHa! Ooops. Of course now I get it. Love it Colleen, I can’t wait to see the inside! Im sure it will be in a blog at some point, she says hopefully. Happy Days are here again, red door and all, beautiful.
Well hey Karen, maybe we should paint our Sechelt door red 🙂 I’d need to grow some vines around the front too, and maybe toss some croissants in the oven. I think it’s going to be a fun change.
Tell Kevin to send me the details because you have inspired this girl to live large!
Wahoo! I do believe that cassoulet is gluten-free 🙂 Kevin will be emailing you soon!
What fun! And what a great red door! I think it sounds like you have a wonderful plan. How did you find this home to rent?
Hey Sharry, we tried the home exchange sites but had no luck, so we just started searching under Owners Direct France and using search terms like rental in France. Nothing too scientific, but it finally worked. It looks like a lovely home.