Coiffure

Yesterday we drove to a delightful little town called Montbard. It’s actually not that little, as it does have a train station, which the TGV from Paris runs through. It’s about an hours drive from where we live, and Paris is just over an hour further on the TGV.

We were there as Brian had an appointment. We parked up in the centre of town, and took a leisurely walk to where the appointment was. No, we were not off to the barbers, but to the dermatologists.

The clinic was in an old building down a narrow street. There was a shiny brass plaque on the door, so we knew we were in the right place. We entered and sat in the waiting room, with one other person. Docteur Gras didn’t keep us waiting long, and she soon popped her head round the door and invited M Simpson to follow her. We had agreed I would go in as well, as we knew this would be a French conversation, and two heads were better than one.
The surgery was a small, white painted room, with two chairs on one side of the desk, and a little stool for Dr Gras on the other. There was a couch next to this, with various pieces of medical equipment. It all looked very clean, but a little old and tired. Dr Gras made us feel at ease, and we were soon answering a few basic questions. She then asked to see the moles that we were concerned about. “Pas problem”, she exclaimed, and again “pas problem”, basically ‘No problem’. What a relief, she could see we had both been concerned and were now smiling at the news.
She then indicated to a pot in the corner, and asked Brian if he wanted them removed. We weren’t quite sure what this entailed, and I’m not certain Brian would have said yes if I’d not been there. In a flick of the head she had a cotton bud in her hand and was wrapping it with more cotton wool, then dipping it into her pot of liquid nitrogen, to be dabbed onto the moles. “Relax”, she whispered, in her now broken English. I think Brian was a little overwhelmed with the whole experience by now. Between us though we kept him calm, and minutes later we were learning what needed to happen for the after care.

All in all a very good visit, to such a delightful and very professional docteur. As we left and walked back up the street, this time with a spring in our step, we noticed an amazing church silhoutted against the bright blue sky. What a gorgeous day.