ok, so mean mamma wants not only to have a second home in france, but to have one in the pyrennees- the tour de france scenery yesterday was spectacular. apparantly lance himself has a second home on the other side of the mountain they climbed- on the spanish side, though. i have enough problems with french- i don't think i could tackle spanish, too. anyway, back to my dream house- it would have espaliered fruit trees, and a trout stream, and be close enough to a village so that i could walk into town for cheese and bread and wine. well, i would surely have a wine cellar, now wouldn't i? therefore, i would have to drive to bordeaux and buy in bulk just so i would always be prepared.......oh, yeh, and chablis and sancerre as well.....of course, invite my friends to spend their vacations in my fantasy house, and rent it out when no one else was using it. the mountains don't seem like a place for a pool, but a hot tub sounds just wonderful......