Quote: The place your h lives sounds idylic but not practical.
Was this an ambition for him/you? Or is it a part of his MLC?
Most people around here have a place of some sort in the hills, a second home or a flat on rent, whatever, if they can afford it. It would be great to have that place as a weekend retreat and to spend some time during the summer months which get very hot and muggy down on the plain.
But without a car, and staying there all winter, is no fun really. And he is on his own as well, so very lonely.
Livnlearn
"The unexamined life is not worth living" - Socrates