Paris Can Wait Page #2

Well, then,

tell him to go to hell!

Okay?

Excuse me a minute.

Mmm.

Anne, I need a credit card.

Do you have one?

Don't you have a credit card?

Oh, I have many.

I explain later.

Okay.

Just to hold the hotel

reservation until we get there.

Did you say hotel?

Yes.

Jacques, we're going to Paris.

Of course, of course,

but you need rest.

There is a fine inn

with an excellent restaurant.

And it's truffle season!

It doesn't work?

I need to open the door for you.

Oh.

Yeah.

So how are your ears?

Oh, I hope those drops

will help. Thank you.

Ah!

Mozart, we couldn't do better.

So let's pretend we don't

know where we're going

or even who we are.

Oh, brother.

Oh. You see that

mountain over there?

Yeah.

It's St. Victoire.

Uh-huh.

Do you see that truck

right in front of us!

It's a major

landmark of this region,

and a favorite subject

for many writers and artists.

Cezanne captured it perfectly.

I saw a beautiful exhibition of his

work last year in aix-en-Provence.

That's great.

Yeah.

Oh, it must have

been incredible to see.

Cezanne's paintings

here in this light.

Yeah.

The ones that I know at the met in

New York, they look a little sad.

You know, as if they don't

really want to be there.

I like to stop about every hour.

Stretch my legs

and have a cigarette.

It's been 42 minutes.

Yeah.

Hmm.

She gets thirsty.

Ah.

I hope my smoking

isn't bothering you.

Ah. Actually it

reminds me of my father.

He smoked two packs

of camel cigarettes a day.

He died at 56.

Oh. See that

hilltop over there?

See those old stone walls

and that castle?

The Romans were

all through this area.

Did you know that this

region is called Provence

because it was

a province of Rome?

No.

Yes. Ha.

Michael and I have flown from

the south of France to Paris,

but we've never driven.

Driving is the only way

to see a country.

I've always wanted to see

the lavender in bloom.

It's gorgeous!

I'll show you something.

Anne, you know, I'm happy

to be here with you

because it's the first time I've

come back here since I was a kid.

Oh, my god!

Oh!

Yeah.

It's incredible.

It's part of an aqueduct

built when the Romans

were at the height

of their power,

just to impress their subjects.

Well, I'm impressed.

Two-thousand years ago? Yeah.

They were great stonemasons.

People canoe on this river.

Huh.

That sounds fun.

Yeah.

I can't remember the last time

Michael and I played

hooky for the afternoon.

You've got to taste the Noisette, Nocciola.

Mmm, it's great.

And you must try the Cassis.

And Fraise Des Bois.

That's pretty good.

Look, wild lupine.

We have wild lupine

in California.

Oh, yes, but you can't eat them.

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