Merry Christmas to all our family and friends around the world. We would like to share our Christmas with you. Please feel free to view the photo gallery. I added extra shots for you to enjoy. Our first friends showed up around 7:30 with their four kids. I envisioned feeding all the children first, while…
Since moving to southern France, we have pointed many tourists to the Canal du Midi for a relaxing bike ride along the shady tree covered path, where you make your own breeze on a hot summer’s day. Except one problem… I never did it before today! Another tick? off my 40 before 40 list,…
A vacation is what you take, when you can no longer take, what you’ve been taking. Earl Wilson It’s winter break! Two weeks in winter during the school year when the children go skiing. It is better known as ski break. Most families in France pack up their families to the Pyrenees or the Alps depending…
At three weeks before we move! Here are my thoughts…. (if too random, I apologise in advance…) I handed in my official resignation letter to Pierre Polard the mayor of Capestang as municipal councilor. He sent me a letter back thanking me for my time, friendship and contributions to the city of Capestang. He went on to say…
Living as a Canadian expat in France we notice some subtle differences. And others we just shake our heads and wonder, ‘How on earth did they get to that conclusion?’ #1 Line-Ups An interesting formation at the end of the customer service desk at the local Auchan, I thought maybe it was a one time…
French law states that “Foie gras belongs to the protected cultural and gastronomical heritage of France.” It is the liver of a duck fattened by force-feeding corn down the bird’s throat. Hungary produces 10% and Bulgaria 6% of this product and ships to France. 80% is produced in country but there is a good chance you…
Lucky me, I get to meet some of the most innovative, fascinating people in the world, who choose to live their lives in southern France. They come from all walks of life, from many different countries, but somehow they manage to find their ingenuity to start business, an…
Reflections, -On the edge of the Canal du Midi, ducks come to us, as we feed them day old bread. A beautiful female Mallard sits, floating, watching us patiently from the opposite waters edge, as her 10 family members fight for the pieces we throw them. After looking closer I see another duck with blue/green…
“Kill them all, God will know HIs own” The Abbot stated before the sack of Bezier where 20,000 were claimed dead. The Cathar or Albigensian Crusades were from 1209-1229, a military war started by Pope Innocent III to eliminate Cathars and heretics from the Langudoc region of southern France. Beziers is rich with Cathar…
While working feverishly towards our dream of owning and running a B&B in southern France, our dream changed. This was a pivotal point of our journey. We found a magnificent project two kilometers outside of Capestang with three rental gites onsite as well as a huge six-bedroom 100-year-old farmhouse conversion. When the banks decided to…