Early last week Jacques and Sophie took me to look at furniture shops in Chantepie and Alma, since I'd told them how much stuff I didn't have. Afterwards we went for gallettes and crepes in town, and talked about various things. Its an interesting dynamic - I speak French, Jacques speaks English, and Sophie speaks a little of each. On Friday we went back to one of the stores and I bought a sofa-bed. We somehow managed to pack the huge box into their tiny little car, with a meter or so of it sticking out the back, and the three of us folded improbably into the remaining spaces.