Category: France 2014

It’s market day in Servian. Linda, Ron and I walk to town in the search of goodies. We first stop is at the bakery for bread. The owner’s wife is on duty; I’ve never met her. The baker says that his wife speaks English but we find out she speaks many languages! She tells me… Continue reading 24 April Collioure

In the morning Linda and I walk to both bakeries for croissants and great bread. Our doggies are happy to see Maria and we are happy to leave them behind. Off we go to Pézenas. We walk the city enjoying the ancient alleys and incredible buildings. We walk to areas we’ve never seen before and… Continue reading 23 April — Pézanas

Apr 20 (Easter Sunday) It is rainy as Cat had warned. Howard builds a nice fire and we have a quiet day at home. Howard cooks lamb chops but they really are mutton chops. I am skeptical about mutton but we have a delicious meal. 21 Apr (Easter Monday, a holiday in France) Easter Monday is… Continue reading 20 through 22 April — Rainy Servian

The street market has flowers today, I assume, because of Easter. I buy beautiful peonies. Peonies always make me think of France. Several years ago when we were in Sancere at language school, we went to the local florist and bought probably 8 stems of huge peonies. Those beautiful flowers probably cost us about $75… Continue reading 19 April — Servian

It is the Friday before Easter. Easter is a holiday but the Monday after Easter is also a holiday. So we must think ahead and shop for Friday through Monday. Howard visits the local street market and buys cheese, sausage (for dinner today), and two rabbits for tomorrow’s lunch. We hope our lunch of rabbit… Continue reading 18 April — Servian

We have the perfect breakfast: great croissants from the lady’s bakery and bread “traditional” from the man’s bakery. I worked up the nerve to ask him what bread he had given me the last time and he remembered. Today, Thursday, is the big market day in the square. They have a horse butcher! They must… Continue reading 17 April – Arrogant Frog

Bill and I walk to the village square first thing to try another bakery for croissants and bread. I consider the new bakery’s croissants PERFECT: moist on the inside and flakey on the outside. The bread at this bakery, however, it nothing special. One more bakery to go! Our destination today is Collioure!! It’s probably… Continue reading 12 April – Collioure

For our guests I must serve croissants for breakfast! Some good bread, butter and jelly would be great too. I go to the bakery I’ve tried one other time. It’s not terrible but not my idea of great croissants and bread. So it’s my mission to find the best croissants and bread in Servian! It… Continue reading 11 April – Servian

We are to pick up Karen and Bill Donovan at the Montpellier airport at 2:30. We met Karen and Bill on our Patagonia photography trip 2 years ago. We really liked them and have been in touch since then. They live in Houston and we share a few coincidences. They went to high school in… Continue reading 10 Apr – friends arriving

This morning early we helped our neighbor, Laurent, rescue his cute 1 year old cat from a tall vine against the wall in our garden. This started last evening when I kept hearing someone calling a name; I think it was “Lillie.” When I realized the problem, Laurent and I tried a bunch of different… Continue reading 9 April – lunch at le Vesuvio