We met the couple in an Argelès café and became friends. They lived by the beach in a tiny flat and wallowed in French culture considering their morning coffees gazing at the beach a treat.
We tried to copy their Tourist Tuesdays in explorations of wherever we were, although they did it better. Often writing got in our way but we managed to do more site seeing than before we knew them in both Argelès and Geneva area.
And we were sad when they had to return to the U.S. They had not planned on doing so.
They could have been sulky, but instead found a major project in the southwest and reveled in the scenery there much as they had done in Argelès.
The project finished they've settle in the Northwest, furnishing their flat with color and taste, finding interesting places to eat. She cooks and posts the photos of her gourmet meals. I can't look at the photos without imitating Pavlov's dog when a bell rings. I'll attest to her ability based on a donation she made to a pot luck I had and conversations about food.
I think of them as my carpe diem friends. They seize whatever good, interesting things come their way.
Like every couple they've had challenges, disappointments, worries but they still carpe diem all over the place.
The set a good example for all of us to follow. Hope they come back to visit.
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