A slower pace of life

One of the things that I love about Menton is the unhurried pace of life. Even though we’re on holidays, the time here trickles by in a slow way… the sun stays on the balcony for almost the entire day, we don’t get in a rush to go places (except when we’re running late for the train!), and if we feel like doing nothing (which it looks like a great portion of the locals do), then that’s exactly what we do.

I am sorry that I did not blog yesterday, but my pay in advance internet ran out of minutes – and the store is not open on Sundays(!) to recharge, so it had to wait until today.

On Sunday (before the minutes ran out) we had a mind to go to Nice today to the antique market, but when the minutes ran out, we decided to just stay close to home and enjoy the amazing weather that we’ve been having. We had a simple lunch of tuna salad, a green salad and some bread. We spent the afternoon reading and sunning on the balcony (with intermittent glances of either the old town or of Italy, sigh.), and fantasizing about what we would do with this apartment if we owned it.

That conversation was egged on by an earlier window shopping stop today (during our morning promenade) at a kitchen design place that also specialized in things like hide-away beds and other devices to make living in small spaces perfectly comfortable. We have worked out a way to get an extra “hidden” bed in this apartment for a second couple should the need arise.

Anyway, another lazy day is drawing to a close here (it’s 7pm). The surf quieted down today, along with the wind, but unfortunately now both are back with a vengeance, and the weatherman is calling for rain (yes, rain – not showers) tomorrow.

That might be okay, as I may have got a few minutes too much sun today.

I understand that there is a chance of snow at home in Elora today.

Enough said.

Today’s weather: Sunny with just a few puffy clouds and a high of 23C.

Photos:

Decorative friezes on local villas

Foie Gras National Silver Medalists on the food street (For Sharon Burke)

Watch out for the cats!

Mourning Dove love...