Capestang, Sunday Car Meet


































A little YouTube video on the event! Closing in on the one-year anniversary of the Graffiti Jam held in Capestang last April, I thought it fitting to tell you about the cool event we were not here for. Walking through Capestang, there’s graffiti painted along the drainage system throughout the village. Sides of the storm…
Halfway through summer holidays and I am nothing short of exhausted. All our students this year are little, between 10-13 years old, and most arrive with nearly zero of their new second language; no ability to construct a sentence, and very limited vocabulary. Of course not, as they only start really learning English in 6eme their…
Fall brings beautiful colours, cool evenings and crunching leaves under foot while strolling along the Canal du Midi. The canal boats are parked along her shores, most retired for the year, under guard of the plane trees. The feeling around these parts is calm. The bustle of summer is over, the tourists sparse and…
To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence. Mark Twain Our new life and start up took confidence and yes we were very ignorant and naive upon arrival. But there is always hope at a successful business, and even after a few setbacks we steadily make our way forward. Like my girlfriend…
Capestang has a large English speaking community, mostly retired from Britain, looking for the same weather and lifestyle as us. Alfonz met a few well-known families at the local pub while our landlord, Mike, took him around. We were invited over for drinks to meet the gang shortly after that, at one of their stunning…
Those are flamingos! I was captivated by my many subjects on Peyriac de Mer, different varieties of birds, landscapes, mercury rippling waters. The children hiked through the trails, the sun shone down on us, it was a cool day, bundled up we stripped down as we went. Being part of nature, walking…