August 2nd marks a year since we left Canada to find a new life. Here I reflect on our journey and try to put things into perspective. What is the secret to happiness? What is the time/money ratio that would make life perfect? Balancing time together, time pursuing individual hobbies and interests yet always keeping…
Remember the song from the Disney movie The Lion King ‘I Just Can’t Wait to be King’?? Angel, Ben, Chloe, Flo, and Nicola are old hands at the French band life, and play in a handful of different bands in a variety of shows throughout Europe. They decided to form ‘We Rock Disney’ to remake…
How to make Boston Clam Chowder What is Boston Clam Chowder? Clams in a creamy broth, served as a soup and the recipe originating from the Boston area of the USA. Ingredients 3 kilos clams cooked in vegetable or fish soup base, then cleaned…
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…
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…