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May 14, 2014 Eating and drinking, Environment, Travels

Following in our own footsteps

In June 2005, while living in the UK, we took one of our last European short breaks ...more
May 14, 2014 Eating and drinking, Living

Le Marche de Quillan, mercredi

On Wednesdays, there is a regular morning market in Quillan, and they have the ...more
May 13, 2014 Culture, Eating and drinking

The mundane pleasures of daily life

It’s incredibly dull to get excited about groceries, but there are many things ...more
May 13, 2014 Eating and drinking

Foody woody

For the food, every breakfast we have baguette and honey and porridge and cereal and ...more
May 11, 2014 Costs, Culture, Eating and drinking, Living

What we’re eating

We’re eating all sorts of French stuff. Some of it’s great. Some of ...more
May 10, 2014 Eating and drinking, Socialising, Travels

The dinosaur museum

Today we went to the dinosaur museum.  It was fun.   They had a life size working t- Rex.
May 6, 2014 Costs, Eating and drinking

Hyper-activity

There’s no experience that quite matches a trip to a French hypermarket.
April 27, 2014 Culture, Eating and drinking, Environment, Socialising, Travels

Forest and cheeses

Aah, finally, a bit of outdoor time. Yesterday we went into the forest with ...more
April 27, 2014 Eating and drinking

Le pain

As you know France is famous for its bread. I never truly understood what exactly ...more

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