fionaistravelling

Well, I’m VERY glad I came to Arles. The idea was ten days on my own in a place where I didn’t know anyone, to reflect on what’s been going on for the last six months and to make sure that I don’t return to the way that I was at when I set off - addicted to work emails, letting my two part time jobs take over my whole life (and thinking I enjoyed that), never doing anything new or looking outwards because I already had Quite Enough Things On thank you very much.  The reality is that over the past two weeks before I set off to France, I have been in England and Scotland partly for my wonderful mum’s 92nd birthday    (here is a  link to a video of her playing the piano, absolutely beautifully,  on the day of her birthday) and partly meeting up with the five brilliant Glasgow Uni interns who are working full-on to help to promote the forthcoming art exhibition of my late aunt Hannah Frank. this is a poster done by one of the interns - good, eh!  I’ve probably put in