Yes, we live in South France, no our adventure is not over! Over the next year, we plan more family time in our Westfalia Camper Van, travelling to the surrounding areas. Here’s our top ten list. #1 PARIS DISNEYLAND Top of the kid’s list is Disneyland! We plan to go up towards Paris once the weather…
Live your Life’s Dream! Do what you have always wanted to do and everything falls into place. Pursuing your own happiness, accomplishing the things that actually make you happy and not what you think should make you happy, could be the answer. Instead of making the same resolutions as New Years past, to lose 10…
Along the river Cesse between Olonzac and Capestang just North of the D5 lays a little village community called Bize in the Aude region of southern France. We decided to give the river a try after a heat wave hit out area and we searched for a cool dip in the icy rivers of…
What the heck is a change junkie? When the term ‘change junkie’ applies to me, I would say I am a person who is always looking for new information, a person who is never content with what is going on around but instead searches for the next project. I get a wee rush not knowing what is around the next…
The fascination continues as visitors from around the world book a variety of electric boats, leisure barges, yachts and luxury holidays to take their turn cruising down the Canal Du Midi, here in France. Canal du Midi, a historical site with 200-year-old majestic plane trees…
“Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from our soul.” Henry Ward Beecher Top five things to be thankful for in France. With only six full days left before I start work again for the entire summer, it is time for a little reflection. I will be finishing and saying goodbye to our last students on August…
How to Make Cream of Broccoli Cheese Soup Daniel has informed he only likes broccoli after an attempt at forcing asparagus down his throat. It was not my shiniest parental moment, and he won the battle but I will win the war! Daniel will be a vegetable lover when he grows up, if it is…
Do we expect our lives to turn out like a Disney movie? Think about it. We watch these very entertaining stories, set to energetic musical scores with women with the sweetest voices belting out inspirations messages. In these stories good always prevails over evil, and the main characters pull themselves out of a life less…
‘The Midi fires the senses; makes your hand agile, your eye sharp, your brain clearer,’ wrote Van Gogh. He couldn’t get enough of the light in this region and Picasso and Cézanne soon followed. This quote comes to mind whenever I think of the artistic draw of France. The southern region in particular brings talented…
La Rambla is the main walking strip that takes you between the Plaza Catalunya near the sea to the Gothic quarter and the neighbourhood of El Rava in Barcelona Spain. Over one kilometre long it is located in the best tourist section of the city. With its tree lined shaded promenade and kiosks, you can…