Retired from a bookstore. Politically pretty liberal. Recent widow, recently homebound. Very interested in history, including history of languages. Very interested in travel, I plan to travel as I recover. My closest family, a grown child, lives in France and has large new family which my husband and I met in 2013. We were so impressed with the life style and the people we met. We also loved the ancient architecture and the food. I am trying to learn French, but it is hard to remember without conversing! Hobbies are books, woods walks, history, listening to music and old movies, includ foreign