No, no one is suffering; “pain” is simply the French word for “bread”, and the sign in the photo probably doesn’t say “boulangerie” (“bakery”) because that would not have fit. I took this picture at 11:03 this morning on my way to see my ophthalmologist; we are on the Avenue Georges Clémenceau in Vallauris. This town is mostly known for its pottery and for the fact that Picasso lived there from 1948 through 1955. The old town is quite picturesque, and the township includes the seaside resort Golfe Juan, located between Antibes and Cannes. What put Golfe Juan on the map (other than tourists) is the fact that Napoleon landed there in 1815 after having escaped from his exile on the island of Elba, an event which was to cause quite a bit of, well, pain...