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Puisserguier Fete De La Soupe – Soup Festival
Puisserguier throws their annual Soup Festival, located one town over from our home in Capestang. Our family trucks the seven minutes to take part in the fun! There were tables lining the edge of the parking lot, with twenty groups ladling out cups of soup for people to taste and vote for. The atmosphere was…
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Beziers and the Nine Steps
We picked up my Canadian friend from the train station and before heading home to Capestang to make French style mussels, eat piles of cheese and drink a carafe of local wine, we decided to check out the famous nine locks in the Fonseranes area of…
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Homemade Apple Pie
Surprisingly easy, we made homemade apple pie. Crust 2 1/2 cups flour 1 cup butter 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon sugar mix add a little water 6-10 tablespoons Using a mixer add all the ingredients except the water into the bowl before turing it on. Add the water once the mixer is on low. After…
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Thanksgiving Weekend with Stomach Flu
Be thankful for what you have; you will end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough. Oprah Winfrey Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends and family in Canada! Sending you piles of hugs and kisses! I miss having the big turkey dinner, making the rounds…
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My Daily Chores – What is it like to run a B&B in southern France?
When I have time, I’ll be a good girl and do my chores. Camilla Luddington My Daily Chores- What it’s like to run a B&B in southern France? Around 7:00am I hear the birds outside my window waking with the sun. I putter around my house before anyone wakes up, and eventually find my way…
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Flying Solo – When Can My Kid Travel Alone?
When Can My Kids Travel Alone? When deciding if your children are ready to fly unaccompanied on a plane, ask ourselves the following questions. Can my child read directions? In case of an emergency, will my child ask for help? Can my child take care of his or her backpack without loosing it? Will my…
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Daniel Learns Guitar
There comes a time in every parent’s life when you realize no matter how strong your desire to teach your children everything they need or want to know, that what you know is simply not enough. I sing with my kids, play music endlessly, keep their English curriculum up and teach them everything I know…
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Our Back Up Plan!
“Always have a BACKUP plan.” Mila Kunis Worst case scenario for our plans to move overseas would be if our business does not sell in time and we do not have enough money to buy a home to convert to a Bed and Breakfast in France. If that were the case and we end up…
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Why Move from Southern France to Budapest Hungary
So why Budapest? Where I am from in Canada, most people haven’t been to Hungary, and usually they get the capital city wrong by saying Bucharest and not Budapest. They may have tried ‘Gulyas’, usually misspelled as Goulash, and most think it is a stew served over pasta, mixing up Hungarian ‘Paprikas’ with our country’s…
