Such a pretty building.
I was walking along in a bit of a daze, having just bumped into a woman from Bowen Island.
What are you doing in my dream, I thought.
A nice place to stay, n’est-ce pas? Attractive stone walls, well sited in Aix, full of a certain indescribable charm…
Ah… those nuns! Such good taste!
Now let me give you a bit of geographical perspective, mes amis. The lycée my two canadiens are currently attending is across the big boulevard from this building. A 10-minute walk or less.
The lycée is also a massive stone building with beautiful stone archways and attractive wooden plank doors and a central garden.
The lycée is only, relatively speaking, 250 years old.
The lycée is also a former convent, albeit for the Benedictine order, lest there be any confusion.
That’s a lot of prayer in a very small area.
Of course, every building has a story…
The Country Mice 
Ahh. So lovely. No one. No one. Does faded muted colours like the French. An important understanding so absent in our world. Renovation is highly over rated.
Mary
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Fortunately our recent renos include highly understated grey tiles…
On the other hand, there is that provencal yellow…
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