Classic Newsletter Please feel free to down load our yearly Newsletter France | Vacations | Family Lights, camera, action Yup, we did it again! Shamelessly we plug our new life to bring customers to Le Petit Platane our Bed & Breakfast, but more so, we want people to know we are not crazy for moving to…
Sète, pronounced set, is a densely populated seaside community with 42,000 inhabitants living on 25 kilometres squared on a peninsula. In comparison Narbonne has a population of 52,000 on 127 kilometers squared. The views from atop of Mont St. Claire are drop dead gorgeous with the blue Mediterranean water dipping over the horizon,…
My friends in France know how to party! In addition, it is very different then the parties back home in Canada! Usually a get together starts late, after 20:00 and we start with an aperitif; a glass of wine and maybe some nibbles. Then around 22:00, the BBQ fires up and after an hour of…
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…
Careful what you wish for! Working through my issues during a sabbatical, a piece of my past explains why deep down I can move to France with ease. How did we end up in France? Of course, we are following our dreams and inspiring people to put family first. I hope we are…
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…
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…
So there once was a man from Italy, who lived across the street from a Hungarian expat from WWII. She was an extraordinary person, who ended up one of the last at Auschwitz with her sister, mother and family. At the end of the war, she walked out of the concentration camps, while the rest…
Alfonz and three pals ride towards the Pyrenees from Capestang in the south of France on a boy’s trip to Andorra. His R1200GS gets a whole lot of use since moving to France, where he can ride nearly each day. Back home, it was rain that stopped him from riding. Andorra is an interesting country….