Category: France 2014

4 May It is a lazy Sunday at the house. The Franks make great baked Brie. For lunch we have lamb Tagine. The Franks leave tomorrow–BooHoo. 5 May The Franks are leaving from the Montpelier train station–we HATE that place. But I am confident that we can now find the train station parking lot. And… Continue reading 4 through 6 May — Servian

We are off to Narbonne today. We have never been there but we can easily see the HUGE cathedral from the freeway. We set the GPS for the cathedral and head off. It is about a 30 minute drive. As we start to drive into the center of town, the GPS tells me to drive… Continue reading 3 May — Narbonne

The Baileys head back to Paris today and will fly back home tomorrow. We’re sorry to see them go. We need a few more provisions so we head to the larger supermarket about 15 minutes from home. I first stop at the customer service desk to get a discount card. It takes a little bit… Continue reading 2 May — Servian

Hurray hurray, it’s the first of May–A holiday that honors both the workers in France & Lilies of the Valley Marie starts the day by giving us a beautiful little pot of Lilies of the Valley. My grandmother had beds of that lovely flower; it reminds me of her. The flowers are so fragrant! What… Continue reading 1 May — Pézenas

We need to show the Baileys and the Franks the incredible beauty of Collioure! Unfortunately it’s market day. Our usual parking lot is full so we park at our “old” condo and take the wonderful walk down the ravine into town. What a great remembrance! The market is crowded but has both great food items… Continue reading 30 April — Collioure

Marie arrives and we head off to Minervois, one of the “certified” prettiest villages of France–and it is! We visited this beautiful village for the first time with the Donovans. Fortunately the car we leased, a 7 seat “Scenic” diesel, manual transmission Renault (it is a GREAT vehicle), is the perfect car for us and… Continue reading 29 April — Minervois

I have only had supermarket dog food available. I’m concerned there is very little nutrition in that food. Lucien is hungry all the time. Catherine says she orders good food from a great website–very reliable and free delivery. I am really cautious about the dog food I feed the dogs since dogs have been poisoned… Continue reading 28 April — Servian

It is Sunday in France. That means that we MUST have a great Sunday meal especially with friends. We all are interested in a seafood meal. Linda, Ron and I head off to nearby sea-side Valras to find a seafood purveyor recommended by the owners of the house, Barba (I went to their Bezier location… Continue reading 27 April – Sunday Lunch

What a beautiful day! The six of us are going to Domaine Paul Mas, the winery with good wines and a great restaurant. We find Matilde in the wine shop and have a nice time tasting wines. Before we buy our wine picks, we go to the restaurant for a great lunch. The restaurant is… Continue reading 26 April – Wine and Food

Bart and Nancy are scheduled to arrive at the Montpellier train station at about 5:30pm. Before we pick them up, we and the Grunows will do a bit of sight-seeing in Montpellier. Even though it’s raining we say we’re not made of sugar and take off for the old cité, an incredibly beautiful ancient town.… Continue reading 25 April — Montpellier