Life is laid back in the south of France. One of the reasons the French are laid back is because it takes so much patience to do the bisous. The bisous are the three kisses on alternate cheeks (left-right-left) they do here. Actually, they don't kiss the cheek--you touch your cheeks and kiss into the air. You can introduce yourself by saying your name quickly between the kiss and the move the other cheek if you're bisousing with someone new. When a lot of people come together, there's a lot of bisous. In fact, the number of bisous is 3*((d*h) + (d2)/2) where d is the number of dames (women) and h is the number of hommes (men). Whew! That's a lot of bisous. And you so them both when you meet and before you depart. Some people also write "bisous" at the end of their emails as a sort of "virtual bisous" goodbye.
Elena doesn't really like all the bisous. But I enjoy them. We both marvel over the time spent doing it, though.
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