Smith: Remembering France

The balmy temperatures of last weekend allowed for a respite on my back patio which led to a memorable flashback to a late spring trip several years ago to a nice address in the city of Conques in France’s Southern Pyrenees.

A retired French journalist, whose flat in Paris became my home away from home on summer trips to the City of Lights, Francois Pelou was always the consummate host. He traveled…