I said many times, and in particular to my late mother, that I would never want to come back to live permanently in France. But a year after her death and without any doubt after having watched another Tour de France too many, I realized that this country of ours was simply too beautiful to ignore. I realized that I could live a much richer and much simpler life by moving back to a country that I failed to understand until I was living abroad. I love Canada and the USA and I come back as often as I can, but life on the Riviera is hard to beat. I don't believe that the old adage you mentioned applies to me. Mind you, being what I called a citizen of the world, I feel at ease in many places but France is one where I would like to enjoy the rest of my life.