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Prats de Molló
Prats de Molló is a small unique village in the Pyrénées, recently labelled one of the most beautiful villages in France. Having only lived here for a few months, we have already become enchanted with its beautiful landscapes, historic buildings …
GOULAMAS’k
Fantastic night of partying. Have a look at what we got up to. Feet tapping stuff! GOULAMAS'k
Post-script, Montauban 82000, Part 2
Street Art It wasn’t until after having this unique day out with my son, that my husband mentioned having seen another locality last year whilst one of my sons completed his final year Bac oral which students have to take …
How to write a travel article
It was only whilst writing a travel article about Montauban (82000) that I realised how ill-prepared I was to tackle this project. It is easy to write an article about a place that you have just experienced, and where you …
Montauban, 82000
Hmm… I have been trying to write this article for a number of weeks, but I always found myself stumped on the first line. How can you write a tourist article on a town where you have spent years doing …
Albi 81000: mini photo tour
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Albi Carnival 2023: mini photo tour
MidLife Crisis In France COPYRIGHT Ⓒ 2023
Albi Carnival 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pSkE_3tC7o Traditional Occitan dancing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2s_X5Og3Ic Carnival floats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQBumG2ajP4 Percussion and life on stilts MidLife Crisis In France COPYRIGHT Ⓒ 2023
Albi 81000, the jewel of the Tarn
The Tarn The landscape in the Tarn is breathtaking. On a hot summer’s day you lounge after a leisurely lunch by the pool, drinking your third glass of Pimms or a local wine from the “Golden Triangle” (an imaginary shape …
Caussade 82300
True to form Caussade I find, is one of those true French towns, and just not a tourist "gimmick". That is perhaps why I have grown to love it. All year round you will find it bustling and alive with …
Saint Antonin Noble Val 82140: mini photo tour
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Saint Antonin Noble Val 82140
Love at first sight As you drive south along the D5 from the small village of Septfonds, you finally reach the “Gorges d’Aveyron”. It is a place that catches my breath each time, even now twenty years on. In the …
Septfonds 82240, and it’s Industrial Past
Septfonds has a fascinating industrial past, once being a centre of a bustling straw hat industry. Now all these wonderful buildings are occupied, families living in the vintage interiors. Walking around the village, I thought you might like to see …
“A trip through the idyllic French lavender fields…”
Reality check Heads-in-hands we search everywhere. I was sure we had packed my husband’s clothes. And yet all he had with him for a week’s holiday at our soon-to-be forever home in the Pyrénées, were the very clothes he was …
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