Guess which of us is an engineer/researcher in charge of assessing the lifespan of France's many nuclear reactors? (Hint: dark glasses. Bookended by his parents, Jean-Claude and Fabienne.)
Today was voting day for the European parliament. The French Far Right proposes to exit the Union. The candidates with spray-painted clown noses are the ultra-conservatives.
There is a certain style of old cottage in La Seyne, Fab said. Examples provided. And then we eat, courtesy Fabienne and Jean-Claude. Black is olive tampenade. Tan is anchovy tampenade. With a cassis cocktail. Butterflies are traditional for lunch by the sea.