Moulin Rouge not a musical – shock

Moulin Rouge is not a musical. So said that nice lady decorator over the weekend, and so convinced was she that she was correct that it took me to looking up reviews on-line. Was that enough to convince her? No, she thinks the reviews are wrong. Obviously it must be a film about red windmills then, I must be mistaken.

On one level it is enormously irritating to live with someone who is never wrong, at least in her own mind, but on another level there is great amusement to be had. She has never unconditionally accepted that she has been wrong about anything in her whole life, and on the rare occasions that she has been prepared to apologise, it has been grudgingly and with the word “but” added at the beginning of the apology by way of justification. The sheer single-minded dedication to an indefensible position leaves me in awe.

My picture today is another taken on the fantastic walk above the village of Cipieres on Sunday. You can still see snow in the shady parts, despite temperatures of 16 degrees in the sunny areas, and this was followed by a lunch of much higher standards than I had expected so far off the beaten track.

The hills above Cipieres in rural Provence

Yesterday I was a taxi service for the Gurdons who were arriving from London on their way with us and several others to Limone tomorrow for a spot of skiing, or networking as I shall be explaining to my accountant.

Limone is a ski station just over the border in Italy just over 2 hours drive away, or to put in perspective the average time to takes to drive around London’s M25 ring road. Although it is subjective, I believe that the drive over to Italy will be a tad more attractive than circling London on what is often the biggest car park in England. The village is pretty and has some alpine charm unlike Isola 2000 which is a carbuncle dumped on a great ski area.

There was talk of golf or tennis in the afternoon, but this was just talk and I was thus fully prepared to suffer a pre skiing steering committee lunch and so it came to pass as my taxi driving was rewarded with lunch at the Cafe Des Arcades in Valbonne.

Yesterday also saw the publication of my angloinfo blog Happy Mondays in which I am able to vent my spleen in a very satisfying fashion, as it the course of work you understand, promoting my activities with Currencies Direct.

By the time you are reading this, we will be well on our way up the mountain and by this afternoon on the slopes briefly before lunch in the alpine sunshine. Those of you spending 2 hours in the car commuting each day will be aware of just the kind of hardship we shall be experiencing.

Chris France
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