Please take this very slowly.

This is a red flag: "he is old fashioned and thinks I should be home."

While this sounds romantic to you it sounds controlling to me. You're young, beautiful, talented and educated and you want to trap yourself in a place where you know no one with an old guy? I don't recommend this course of action.

I cannot believe there is no good man in all of the south of France. Please consider getting out there in your community and engaging with other successful people--perhaps in the tourism industry. Don't sell yourself short (I mean do not let people take advantage of you). You can be respectful of your parents but still forge your own way in life.