You never know when someone will reveal their heart. Their true feelings. We were invited to dinner last weekend. All three couples in attendance have known each other for many years now. Yet, stories remain to be told. This one touched me so much, I had to share it. The hosts, great lovers of animals who take in every stray, became vegetarian about a year ago.
Yes, there are French vegetarians. It was SO good, from the vast array of appetizers, consumed outside on the gravel courtyard, surrounded by lush vegetation and flowersβlike an outdoor room with living floral wallpaperβto the main course of a spicy!!!
Back to the story. But it led to the tale of how one couple met. I had heard their story over the years, but the abridged version. The full version was better. A moved to the region from Paris when she was As new arrivals do, her family visited the sights in the region.
On one such outing, they passed an old tower in the process of being consumed by an overgrown garden. Years later, she was separated from her then-husband. Likewise, B had just been divorced and was living in an apartment in town.
A used to stop at a bureau de tabac operated by a friend. Le bureau de tabac is a kind of cigarette shop, but much more. As you can imagine, le bureau de tabac is disappearing. And good luck finding a pay phone. Anyway, you went to a bureau de tabac of a friend, or where it was convenient and the owner would become your friend by virtue of frequent encounters.
