My first stay in Provence in the south of France

Takemura, Morio

According to the established agreement on construction of International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor ITER in France, many engineers of the participant countries of ITER project have left for their new assignments to the Cadarache work site since the middle of 2006. This paper reports an overseas life, which has been experienced by the author for the first time, over a long period of time from last November with focus on personal experience and impression. With introduction of the work site of CEA research center of Cadarache, residence place Aix-en-Provence and the region of Provence including them, there are described environments and troubles in dairy life, a wall of foreign language, and pleasures of weekends.