Tiens! Bonjour Tout Le Monde, I have decided I do not want to experience another Welsh Winter... largely because I'm not sure I could survive it. So, I'm going to move to France...if they will let me in. My "shopping List" is:- i) Must be warm - I want to re-experience a lovely still, warm, fragrant, evening. I would prefer Not to ever again, see Hydrogen Oxide crystals on roads...or even a blade of grass. But...I'm willing to negotiate. ii) I would like to be able to walk, to see the Sea - any Sea. In my advanced state of age, and rigour mortis, that means a matter if inches rather than kilometres. Since I have never managed to learn to drive appropriately, and safely on The Left, I find it inconceivable that I will ever be able to learn to drive on The Right. It would be dangerous to other road-users. iii) I would like a garden. Being an old Radnorshire guy (S'Ok, nobody's ever heard of it), I would ideally like a small field. But only one. iv) Internet Access is essential. Without Spam, how will I know I'm not on my own in the Universe? That's it really. Quand j'etais etudiant, on m'est oblige de travailler une vaccance a C.E.R.N., a Grenoble. I liked it very much there, but I didn't like being so close to high energy neutrons... So I gave up Nuclear Physics and chose something more likely to give me a decent life-span. I chose Music. ( Yes! That was one of many serious blunders to follow later...hmm...) I've cashed in my life and realised a sum of...erm...cash! I do not need benefits or work permit etc. I speak French tolerably well, but effrayant. I'm confident it will get better with "exposure" ...but Not to anymore radiation - if that's Ok with you? I think it wise, at first, to rent a home and see how I get on. (Why are you laughing?). Probably a good idea to "be there" and look around from there. Do they have Morriston's in France - or something vaguely, remotely similar? Should anyone feel fool-hardy, or kindly, enough to share your thoughts with me...and reply, I would be very grateful to hear from you. Avec mes sentiments, les plus sinceres, Vesalius.
