I have been coming to Budapest my whole life, and had never been inside The Dohány Street Synagogue. We walk by it each and everyday, sometimes twice a day, and I always thought you had to be in the Jewish faith to enter. When I heard about the Jewish Summer Festival, I kindly asked at the…
Here are some ‘garden love’ photos of our home in Capestang. I love how some foliage in the garden never dies and plants thought to have long passed away spring up in the funniest places. Cutting back my roses after each bloom, a new batch of colourful flowers brightens…
The pool is finished. Now it is time for the landscaping, a big job to say the least. Alfonz and Adrian work their asses off trying to get it all done. First, they built the wall with blocks. Buying concrete blocks from Bricoman, they dig down and ensure it is level, and place the blocks…
Have you ever gone to friends for lunch and ended up staying there until two in the morning? Well our lunch at Beatrice and Christophe’s house ended up just like that! We started at noon arriving for lunch at their home to meet their other Canadian friends. Before our migration to Capestang there was a…
On my birthday this year Alfonz treated me to a traditional French Cassoulet in St. Jeans, Minervois paired with the local Muscat. Now, there are different villages in a triangle around Capestang whom all claim to be the origin of Cassoulet. They all have variations on the recipe. Cassoulet is white beans baked with sausages…
Saint Stephen’s Church of Capestang is located in the beautiful Languedoc-Roussillon region of France, and was designed as a Collegiate where monks and nuns could come, live and learn the word of god. Collegiate Church of St. Etienne (the French name) was started in the 13th century over older church remains thought from the 11th…
Gyomroi thermal lake used to be a beautiful natural lake fed by 12 springs. During the communist era 1944-1989 it was used as a garbage dump, polluted and ruined. The new mayor of the Gyomroi community decided to rake the lake clean, dig it deeper, unplug the springs and build up the area as a…
Our camping trip was far too short to see all the lovely sites around the Forests of Saint Avant-Monts. Saturday morning, the July fourteenth holiday, we ventured out after breakfast to explore the lovely village of La Salvetat-sur-Agout. Last night we enjoyed a delicious Pâté and I asked where we could get some to…
As part of the summer solstice the local musicians came out to celebrate in Capestang after 7:00pm on Sunday evening. The perfect setting along the Canal du Midi where boats dock, you could see their guests sitting on deck sampling local wine from the venders set up in kiosks down the road. Most eat…