Going Native

Well we did it.  We decided to cut our hair short like the French.  The same hairdresser, Eugenie, performed les coupes de cheveux.  Do you think people will now think we are French (at least until we try to speak)?

Another sign of acceptance is the kindness with which people approach us.  One gentleman who speaks no English brought us a gift of homemade confiture (strawberry preserves) that he prepares right from the fruit in the field.  Another couple next door use their home as a vacation getaway from Normandy.  Cecile and Frederic invited us over for tea.

Their home is 600 years old and the wood framing and staircases make that evident.

We were joined by their 6 year old son, Edouard, and Cecile's mother who raised a pharmaceutical veterinarian (Cecile) and her sister, a physican now in Africa helping the poverty stricken.  Frederic is an engineer living on oil platforms all around the world - 5 weeks on an ocean platform alternating with 5 weeks at home with family.