OMG, Kate. I didn't know that. I asked every so often about her but never got much in the line of responses.

My daughter Kim actually introduced us to the sorbet lady many years ago and it was always a treat to pay her a visit. She was so sweet and what a nice lady. It was always fun to try out our very limited French with her, and believe me, her English was far better than our pathetic High school French!

The first time we stopped we were having a hard time understanding her, and she us as well, so when I gave her the cash and started to walk away, she started yelling at us to come back in such a way that I was afraid I had accidently cheated her. She was so nice and actually told me I had grossly over paid her for the ice creams and she just couldn't accept a five dollar tip. All I could think of was the work it took for her to create those delicious goodies while standing in that hot sun on that corner and my thought was it was a small tip for her efforts.

Thank you so very much for clarifying her absence and her story. So many nice memories and she was certainly one of them. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />