For Amber...and everyone else who is curious about us

Hello loyal readers! We are alive! We made it to the south of France last week and have been staying up in the mountains at ESCALAPON, the family estate of Alexis. Holy beautiful. Fresh mountain air, hot days and cool nights. The party for Cèsar went off without a hitch...baptism followed by lunch then a concert then games then dinner then another concert then dancing until 3 am. French people know how to party! We have been doing a whole lot of nothing and its been great. They took us to a huge lake, we got a paddle boat in the likeness of a swan...yesterday we rode bikes down the mountian at about 40mph then hiked down another mountain and swam in an ice cold but gorgeous river. The friends of Marielle and Alexis have been so kind, helping us with our french and just having a fun time. Its really hard to put into words what it is like here. The house is hundreds of years old and enormous...there is no internet up there either so which is why we have been so out of touch. We are in Nice now though, returning to Escalapon tomorrow. We have been to Cannes and Grasse and last night had dinner at the house of one of Alexis`s oldest friends who just happens to be the number one perfumer in the world. He is a nose. He creates scents for the likes of Chanel and various celebrities. He is also AWESOME. Describing this experience thus far is so difficult...in person it will be much easier...just know its like a dream. Or heaven. Oh and the `ol arm is doing much better...no real news there. We have had so much Rosè too! Yum! Looking forward to the beauty of Corsica. Miss you all.