I've been having a hard time setting aside the time to keep up with the blog. There's been entirely too much visiting to do. On Monday, while Jack was at school and Alex was at work, Meg and Tim and Kate and I went on a driving loop through some of the landscape north of Aix en Provence. If I understand right, the name of the area is the Luberon. It was a rainy day, with tricky light, but we dodged into a restaurant for a lunch. I think we were seeking the shelter more than the food, but man, was the food tasty. We all ended up ordering the meal of the day, Basque chicken stew.
Tuesday we went to Arles, an old Roman town, dominated by a still functioning coliseum. Apparently, they still hold bull fights there and show plays there.
The wind was absolutely howling, so we didn't last outside so long, but the sky was gorgeous, and the sunlight was crystal clear. It's a beautiful town, filled with colors, and the texture of age.
After we got back from Arles, we picked up Jack and took him to his swim lesson. Tim and I explored a massive sporting good store afterward.
Yesterday we had a quieter day. All of us were feeling a little low level. We ran a few errands, walked around town, ate some tasty lunch.
Today we're sitting around the table, enjoying some baguettes and cheese and jam, drinking some coffee, and (of course) visiting. We'll head out to the market in a little bit. This afternoon, Tim and I are renting a car and exploring a bit until Saturday, when we'll meet up with the Martins again for a tour of the Airbus factory.
I've had a lot of thoughts that deserve flushing out here (the relationship between Frenchmen and their bread, navigating in a foreign language, etc...), but I've decided not to feel guilty about focusing on the visiting, and not on the writing.
I've been posting my pictures to Flickr, so you can see more pictures here. I've restricted some of the pictures of Jack and Kate to friends and family, so if you'd like to see those, "friend" me on Flickr.
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