Last night at the aperos with French neighbours after the talk of the dancing and singing at Mas del Sol at the liberation of the area from the Germans, talk turned to our Germans, Walter and Renata.
Twenty odd years ago this couple both fluent French speakers bought the neighbours house at Mas del Sol. They sold it a year ago to our young French neighbours.
If you are reading Walter and Renata, your ears should be burning as everyone had good happy stories about you and your twenty years spent on holidays here.
Josef misses his invitations to eat when Walter was here on his own and the two men ate and drank royally together.
Norbert says he learnt a few German words just listening to Walter doing jobs, possibly swear words. Michel Vallet remembered you both with affection.
It is good that 50 years after the liberation there was no animosity felt to German nationals then.
The couple probably had, as we English and Dutch do now, to work hard to make themselves accepted.
Walter and Renata proved to me last night that it can be done.( but it might take twenty years)
I left the evening with my arm in Palmyre's ( Malc had been playing bridge) a very elderly lady who takes some getting round but I seem to be getting there and she complimented me on my improved French as we bisoued goodnight
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