Firstly I had to drive - on the left hand side (not difficult keep your bum in the centre of the road - naturally the car follows), but it's also a manual - so even though I drive a German car (and all the controls are indentical) I have reverted to the days of learner driving ( in my mums baby shit yellow Cortina), to indicating my intention to turn by putting my windscreen wipers on!
At the supermarket I had a carefully prepared a translated list, which I managed easily. I eyed off some fresh prawns, sold by grams/kgs - what to do ? I typed my request into google translate and voila. I negotiated my prawns (by flashing my iPhone message from Google translate) . This went well - but as I left the salesman bid me a fond farewell in Italian !! My French is that bad :(
Good news I not only drove back, but stopped to take a photo. I didn't frighten myself on the roads and for the first time since I arrived no French citizen was left shaking their head as I motored by.
The rest of today, (and yesterday) was spent by the pool, the temperature is sitting comfortably at 29 degrees, and lying by the pool on 5 acres of French countryside is very relaxing.
M xx
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