Bordeaux and Arcachon, France
Lovely and peaceful on the south west coast of France, walking the dunes, biking along the coast and in the Pyrenees forests, taking the first years swim in the sea, eating oysters for the first time, and eating the best oysters in all of France ( says the locals), drinking wine with every dinner, perhaps every meal, eating the most amazing homemade food by Melanie’s mom, eating pasteries with lots of buttery goodness, listening to the words of French from everybody around me, soaking into my core, the beautiful sun, listening to the silent fall of the wave, resting my head on Melanie’s shoulder on the long train ride, falling asleep tired and effortlessly floating away…and that was the first hour 