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November 7, 2016 Culture, Eating and drinking, Environment, History, Living

Tom des sources

The history and fortunes of French villages are inextricably linked to their local ...more
November 6, 2016 Culture, Eating and drinking, Living

Market day meets ‘Chocolat’ in Esperaza

The Sunday market at Esperaza is a much larger and altogether more bohemian affair ...more
November 4, 2016 Culture, Eating and drinking, Living

A place to call home

Back in New Zealand there are lots of things that we miss about France. But what I ...more
October 31, 2016 Costs, Living

Houses I must resist: 2

Although most of the houses we have been tempted by so far have been small town ...more
October 19, 2016 Environment, Language, Socialising

Lunch under ancient olive trees

This afternoon, being a Wednesday with no school commitments, we had arranged with ...more
October 18, 2016 Costs, Environment, Living the dream

Houses I must resist: 1

It’s no secret that I hanker after a little piece of France to call home. I ...more
October 15, 2016 Environment, Uncategorized

A walk in the countryside 

Today having turned into a glorious day after a foggy and chill start, we put on our ...more
October 13, 2016 Uncategorized

Pruning of the plane trees 

On our first trip to Quillan we arrived to winter bare plane trees and watched as ...more
October 12, 2016 History, Living the dream, Preparations

A match made in heaven

One of the first things most people ask us when we tell them our plans is: Where are ...more

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