‘Cooking is like painting or writing a song. Just as there are only so many notes or colours, there are only so many flavours, it’s how you combine them that sets you apart.’ Wolfgang Puck Each year in November Puisserguier, the neighbouring village just North of Capestang, runs the Soup Festival, where two dozen locals…
“Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” Lord of the flies The first time I saw a wild boar was on our first day on our very first visit to France. We were zipping along the one lane twisty road at high speed, heading towards my friend’s home high in the Pyrenees mountains. I remember the…
What happened to the Hamori family after House Hunters episode ‘Lucky in the Languedoc’? The house they choose had more potential than initially thought and ended up a viable income for the family of four with a rental apartment where the summer kitchen once was and an additional room to let inside their home as…
We left Budapest after cleaning up the Walnut Apartment for the guests arriving Saturday, feeling a little sad as Budapest got smaller in the distance behind us. Silently we drove the 2 1/2 hours straight to Vienna, Austria. We found our campsite just on the outskirts of the city along a little stream with walking…
Our last day in Budapest, after 2 months of fun and travelling around, we take inventory of all we’ve done! We spent loads of time visiting our families and friends, first and foremost. Way more rewarding than I had realized, our kids are watching Hungarian TV as I write my blog entry and they understand…
Dear Sis, I know ‘hee haw’ about Scotland and no real ‘scooby’ what I am in for. After a ‘cuppa’ with whiskey of course I only pray I don’t end up in a ‘stooky’ with some ‘boggy’ hen, in a ‘minging’ bathroom somewhere. I’ll be there at the back of five, and hope we have…
Crystallize your goals. Make a plan for achieving them and set yourself a deadline. Then, with supreme confidence, determination and disregard for obstacles and other people’s criticisms; carry out your plan. – Paul J. Meyer The hardest part about moving to a new country, starting a new life and perhaps a new business is learning a…
Here are my kids homeschooling from books at our dining room table. Angelina is learning about habitats, and Daniel learns about adaptation. We are reading the paragraph and they copy the answer into the space. 5 minutes later I ask, what they learned. It just doesn’t stick. It is stressful for everyone, not much fun,…
BEING AN EXPAT MAD OR COURAGEOUS? Despite the news, the economy, and the banks; people move to southern France everyday. France is among the top ten places in the world to live. What makes France so special and are we crazy or courageous for making the move? Of course the retired expat dollar stretches a…
DOG SHIT PROGRAM French Statistic: There are around 17 dogs to every 100 people in France, one of the highest ratios in the world, and an unofficial dog population of some 10 million dogs (over 500,000 in Paris alone). People would be shocked to know that while walking along meandering paths through beautiful historical villages, you cannot look…