January 13th and 14th of this new year seemed to blend into one, filled with lots of modes of transportation--a taxi ride to Logan airport, two flights (to Philly and Paris), a CDG Val "shuttle" subway (interestingly not called une navette!), a TGV to Avignon, and finally a one-hour car ride, mostly in the dark to Bédoin. So far we’ve been impressed with the kindness and friendliness of the people we’ve met in the Vaucluse. The clerk at EuropCar let us use her phone, when we asked where we could find a cabine to phone Loïc and Marianne in Bédoin. Then last night at the crêperie Ty Mad where we had dinner, both the owner and another couple tried to help us figure out how to get back from dropping off the car Saturday in Avignon.
We really like our “new home”, la Maison
Rose. It’s bigger than we thought and well-laid out, which will allow us both to do our work without falling over one another. We also slept well last night, thanks to exhaustion, a comfortable bed, and the darkness and quiet of the town.Thursday dawned with blue skies and lots of sun, if not very warm temperatures; it's about 45 degrees, which might feel balmy to folks back home. (Everyone keeps writing about the current single-digit temps in the Capital District.) After buying groceries at Shopi and having an omelette for lunch at home, we spent about an hour
walking around the town--checking out the banks, the tourist office (where the agent told us there's not much to do here--not really promoting the town!), and the library. All in all, it's been a positive start to our semester in Provence.
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Not much to do here. Welcome to France, where Alex has been known to say , "Don't sugar coat it." In America, they would send you on historical walks, and buildings that were built 100 years ago. But in France, you just get a curt, "Not really much here, but we have a Tourist Office because the gov pays for it."
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