tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post114113925138030376..comments2024-03-28T15:15:32.175+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: A typical morning in Saint-AignanKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-1141199694225055362006-03-01T08:54:00.000+01:002006-03-01T08:54:00.000+01:00After all those years of being behind the steering...After all those years of being behind the steering wheel by 7:00 (or even 6:00) every morning and racing (or creeping) down the freeway to make sure I got to work in time for my first meeting... well, don't get me started.<BR/><BR/>Seriously, learning how to slow down is one of the hardest parts of moving here, but it's kind of the point, I think. It's like learning to deal with seasons again after years of living in the same-all-year-round weather of San Francisco. It's good for your mind to readjust your habits and expectations every few decades, don't you think?<BR/><BR/>I see Americans come here a lot (I'm naming no names) and they expect everything to happen really fast. It just doesn't.<BR/><BR/>Slow travel, slow food, slow pace of life. What is retirement if it's not that? You can't keep up the rat-race pace forever.<BR/><BR/>zveklKen Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-1141181572802433582006-03-01T03:52:00.000+01:002006-03-01T03:52:00.000+01:00I think the pace of life in St. Aignan would total...I think the pace of life in St. Aignan would totally frustrate me. Then again, because it's France my patience-o-meter would probably have to be recalibrated.<BR/><BR/>dnctuCherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15170098781777190491noreply@blogger.com