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…
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…
No need to travel to Vienna any longer to experience Christmas markets. Budapest is the up and coming weekend getaway to visi, who ranked 7th in the world for the best Christmas market behind Vienna and Strasbourg. Ranked #2 as best cities to visit in the world, top 5 for cycling friendly, top…
Do you ever dream of cool mountain breezes and chattering streams running through beautiful green forests? The Hamori’s head 60 minutes northeast towards La Salvetat sur-Agout to a little river with two other families from Angelina’s class for a camp out. We set up our Westfalia camper van in a shaded spot under a…
Alfonz and Adrian took Daniel on an adventure today. They finally took a much-needed break from the renovations and work around the house to take the boy on a two-hour bike ride to Poilhes and back along the Canal du Midi. This includes their lunch break and going past Poilhes. It would usually take about…
Alfonz and I dropped Angelina off at school by 9:00am and then we made our way directly to Toulouse. It took us over 2 hours to get there, but I was pretty excited about the adventure I was about to start in Budapest Hungary, as an actual paid travel writer….
Beton is the word for concrete in French, at least in the south of France. We learned this word all too well after waiting for weeks for the cement truck, a truck or any truck to arrive with the right equipment to reach the site, with the right consistency of mix to work over the…
First of all, Alfonz made this lovely video about our first few days in Budapest Hungary! <3 <3 <3 this talented man! What does Christmas mean to me? Hungarian Christmas for us means celebrating on the 24th, walking through the lit up streets and peeking into the decorated windows the week before and after Christmas…
Today June 7th, 2012 is our 9th wedding anniversary, although we have been together since Easter 2002. How amazing that we ended up together. I think destiny played a part in our happy ending. Alfonz was born and raised in Hungary and lived there until he was 17. He came with his family to Canada…