La Vie chez Elisabeth....

Well, tonight is our second night here at 135 Impasse du Calme in Boulouris, Saint-Raphael with the wonderful moon (full or new?) out the 8' window in the living room! It's truly Mediterrean living with no screens and all windows and doors wide open!

We got caught up in terrible east coast weather last Friday - spent NINE hours at Logan, but did get out uneventfully on Saturday! (Never mind the fact that the taxi we were riding in was hit by an unisured driver on our way back to Melissa's place in Charlestown that sent us to the ER at MGH.... We both felt the impact, but LUCKILY xrays showed nothing. It's a longer story than that - saved for another time!) We took the train from Nice to the Boulouris station in Sainte Raphael; what should have been a 15-minute walk to her place, took us 30 minutes... with all of our bags and no exact address! :((

M. Roger David (who lives across the street should we need any other help!) stopped to offer help, and he called Elisabeth's mother, M. Odette Beaumont, who came right over and let us in. I DID have a detailed map and street, but not exact number!

Elisabeth's comfortable home is as pictured on http://www.homeforexchange.com/, and (normally) a 15 minute walk to the beach. Today we started to get acclimated - including driving her Honda SUV AND remembering the nuances of driving a car with a manual shift, finding the grocery store, and exploring the area a bit - St. Raphael, Frejus! The grocery store was like the Cape on Saturday when everyone has come in for a week of fun and sun!!!!! CRAZY! Today was not such a beach day- a bit overcast. TOMORROW promises to be good beach day, so that may be part of our activity for tomorrow. We have plenty of time for some SERIOUS tourist visits!