@GoGo2, I wish I was with you, but instead I'm in the heat hell of France. Where I am it did indeed reach those high temps you mentioned. In fact, it became so unbearable (and maybe dangerous) that we quit the gîte we were in, losing money, and moved to an airconditioned aparthotel. We haven't ventured out since checking in.

I'll admit the new city we visited is far more charming than the others we saw. However, it's becoming clear (to me) that maybe France is beyond our reach, financially. I think Czech Republic would be the better bet, but Hubby has this resistence to it. Also, Hubby aims way too high, in general. I'm far more of a realist. I can also be happy living simply. He sees that as failure.

Oddly, unlike in Paris, and of course many other European countries, people where I am in France seem to speak little English, comparitively. Hubby and I have needed to pull from our long-term memories and speak some French. Of course exceptions are at hotels, but the gîte owner where we just left spoke zero English. The gîte owner for the one we had to cancel for next week was British, but she understood the cancelation, as there was no AC and the temps there will be God awful.

Heat issues are real concerns for people on antipsychotics. I have to be careful! My s-i-l just got back from a vacation in Scotland where she had to wear a jacket most of the time. Wish that was our issue.