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A rainy day on the beach of Nazaré (still house-hunting):

Picture, as always, by Chang 

This morning...still raining

When I woke up, during dawn, the clouds were still touching the top of the rock across the bay. 

A prayer for your thoughts

We picked up two friends from Korea, at the airport of Geneva...

...and the weather was like this.

French for beginners

The view this morning

No, folk, you got it wrong, God doesn't exist

The view this morning

The view today

...improving, isn't it?...

The view today

This has been the view (and the outlook) for most of the last month, and still is.

Erosion

Heavy rains washed a lot of debris into the sea this morning---the stream ends up in the left corner, next to the marina---and you can see the border between the muddy rain water and the sea water. 

Interesting, isn't it?

And while we are at it...our Korean in-laws are still visiting...

Relax (Tony)

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Adrift from Simon Christen on Vimeo.

Yes, it's San Francisco, CA, the city of our dreams.

Back in the house

The view yesterday, Oct 8, around 7 PM

(The rental season is finally over; we moved back into the house yesterday)

The view today

  ...Yes, this is us, this morning, the Esterel hills to the south of Le Trayas... 

...with the Mediterranean right next to it...

The view this morning

Bring out the vote

"Low-information voters may blame the President for the weather"

(Hendrik Hertzberg in The New Yorker, Nov. 6, 2012)

I'll come with you (breaking news alert)

Not the girl

It's a shower first, lightning strikes, the power is cut. Rain continues, and Michael refuses to go out, instead he ponders whether he will be able to read his Kindle in the light of a single kandle. Chang, hungry, is finally forced by his appetites to leave the premises in search for take-out food. And he comes back and tells the following story:

I walk past this girl, perhaps for the third time now, and she is selling something, and always waving and smiling. I reply in some way. She asks "you are staying nearby?"

-"Yes."

-"How long are you staying?"

-"One month."

The girl grabs my arm and says: "I am coming with you."

We are not making this up. 

Touring Phuket

So we finally rent a car, and the next morning it is cloudy, rainy, but we don't care, and travel south.  A view from the first viewpoint informs about the western coast of Phuket south of Patong, the hedonistic center of the island:

The bay of Patong is to the north (next to the high-rise), south of it the bay of Kolon, and finally Kata. As we continue south, we reach a small, nameless beach almost on the tip of the island (Chang in the lower right corner)...

Rapture day (2)

Here's the proof: