First I wanted to apologize for not keeping up with our posts. We are under some stress, more than the usual moving to a new country may produce and as a result we lay low, but we do have...
The Pont du Diable on the Herault River is a beautiful bridge built by Benedict monks back in the first half of the 11th century.
On our way to the Clamouse cave we passed by the astonishing Devil’s Bridge, saw...
Our house came with a name. Les Platanes translated means the Plane trees, a fitting name for a home where the distinctive plane trees with its pale grey-green bark line the roads as well as the Canal du Midi.
These...
I have not been overly inspired to write. Maybe I just ran out of things to say after three years in the region. France is becoming as normal to live in as BC was to me growing up in. I...
Simply stunning.
The memorable red earth sticks to your toes as you walk the shores; you look out to green water at the feet of mountainous landscape. Is this heaven? Not a cloud in the sky, a breeze whistles in...
A day at the zoo on a glorious summer day! Why not?
Kittenberger Kálmán Garden and Zoo in Veszprem is where we spent our last day on Lake Balaton.
What a lucky shot of a lemur and a tortoise. Housed together, giant old...
Barcelona Impressions
Eclectic buildings and homes, in a wide variety of styles, in a scatter of chaos, somehow make this city beautiful and unique. Modern art, next to traditional statues and heritage sites, a place where music, culture and art...
When I was just a little girl growing up in Duncan British Columbia Canada, my mom showed me how to dig a whole with a little shovel and lovingly place my first marigold in to it. From there she taught me...
What is it about the holidays that ignites that flame for childhood comforts? Memories of; tacky shiny tinsel, mandarin oranges, boxed chocolates, cards hung on a string, watching Christmas movies, smelling the turkey roasting and singing holiday carols.
Family gatherings,...
