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Old Age Is A Foreign Country . . . so is France

janice macdonald

Adventures in aging and living in France. Life never gets boring.

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    I was born in the UK, lived in the States for most of my life, and, at age 68, decided to move to a village in France where I knew no one. I wondered if I was too old for such an adventure; I've discovered I'm not.

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