I may not have much hair to speak of, but I am always particular about who I allow to cut my hair. I can also be pretty hard to please when it comes to hairdressers.

We left Australia just over eight weeks ago and I have been very much in need of a haircut for at least two weeks now. For a brief period of time, Mick and I had discussed the possibility of him giving me a haircut with his clippers. It was an option.

And after a disappointing lead from the English gentleman, who live (from time to time) in the single story house beside where we are staying, telling me about a mobile hairdresser they use whose name is Pascale, I remained without an appointment and my hair was growing so fast I could almost see it. They had given me Pascale’s number and had told her I might be in touch. And, I was. But she did not return my calls or texts so I decided to make an appointment (rendezvous vous) with the local hairdresser who works a few days each week in Caudiès.

It was a delightful surprise to see such a modern hairdressing salon, which had previously been hidden from my view by a massive shutter-come-roller-door. The salon is positioned in the same street as the Marie – mayor’s office. Spot the French flag flying above the building indicating it was open today – mardi.

It was a delightful surprise to see such a modern salon because the other buildings in this street are definitely not modern.

Spot Mick in the left of the left photo – he was heading off to do some shopping while I had my appointment. He went in search for our key staples – a baguette and a bottle of wine. Very important.

I had done some homework in preparation for my appointment with the hairdresser as  I knew she spoke no English. I worked that out the day I phoned to make the appointment.

Google Translate and this little book did help quite a bit. At least I knew the word for clippers (which happens to be the same as lawn mower – and I really did not want her using one of those), as well as the words for ‘short’, ‘thick’ and ‘needs thinning out’.

What was also delightful was that during my appointment and our conversation in French, the young woman happily helped me with my sentence construction and tenses. It was a mini French lesson included with the shampoo and cut, which cost €29 by the way (just over $42 AUD). A very fair price indeed.

And I was very pleased with the outcome.