The Rainy Season
It's hard to fathom that we were under water restrictions last summer due to drought, because it rained all winter long. I grew spoiled from the limitless sunshine in Arizona, so I'm happy to see that Spring has finally sprung in France. We actually had quite a bit of flooding in Moissac last month-- although not nearly as bad as some of the nearby communities. But that's all water under the Moissac bridge now, because now that the wisteria and magnolia have started to bloom, it's easy to forget those wet winter months. We've been busy with paperwork--moving to another country, especially France, creates mountains of applications, permits, documentation. For one, our retirement visas need to be renewed every year (after 5 years of renewing, you can choose to apply for residency instead). We also needed to exchange our driver's license for French ones. Some states have an exchange program with France: Illinois does, Arizona does not. Since we still o...