I have arrived in France.  My hosts, Adine & Denis, are lovely and they have so much information about how to get around.  And, even as important, how to adjust to the newness of my arrival and simply being in France.

I spent the afternoon hours wandering the cobbled streets of this quaint village-town that is about 20 minutes by Metro from Paris.  It is cool here and I enjoyed sunning myself on a park bench in the town hall square and being present in a new place.  Children are dismissed from school after 4 pm, so I spent an hour watching moms and grannies walk with youngsters and pushing buggies through the well-trimmed garden of red and white begonias and short hedges.  Nice way to ease into vacation.

S-M City Hall square