This past July we were able to leave Oregon for a three-month stay in France, and in the fall there our children attended a public school in Lyon. Throughout our stay we were so grateful to be able to be in France at all. I had been checking airfare prices for more than a year prior to our trip, but the French borders remained closed to Americans until early June of 2021. When the borders were opened at last, we decided to seize the opportunity to visit, and even though Covid and the pass sanitaire made life more complicated in France, I’m so glad we were there anyhow.