I know, I know, it’s been a minute. I said I would start doing this about once a month, and it’s been at Least 3 months, but I have my reasons. Some of them are really good reasons, and some are simply excuses, but at least I’m honest, right?To bring you somewhat up to date, …
Slacker or Laggard, Trials & TribulationsA bit a bit of both of both actually 🙂 Read More »
Nothing Happens Fast in France This email is a bit later than usual, as we have been Very busy working on Toulair. I am also going to dial back the frequency to once a month going forward, at least for the time being. As I mentioned I would do, in my last missive, I am …
Progress!!! Pictures included, and some updates on Mas de Toulair!! Read More »
To begin, I Promise to post some pics of the AirB&B soon, as things are definitely moving along. Well, except that we were supposed to be there last Thursday to take delivery of all of the beds. Then that got rescheduled to Friday. We were up there at 8am, and waited until almost noon, when …
Lots of places to visit Caverns, Chapels & Country Fairs Lots of places to visit and Things to See!!There are a Lot of what we call caverns & caves in this part of the world. Here they are called Grottes. We plan to explore many of them over the next few months. The 1st one …
We did some traveling, visiting, hiking and exploring the region, so this newsletter will include a bit of all of that. Lyon from the Basilica. What a Beautiful city! We made this trip to return my daughter Camille’s car, which we had had for 2 months. She was going to loan it to us for …
Fa La La La La 🙂 Yes, if you are traveling in France, and you are in a fairly larger city, please ask around to see if there is a Les Halles. If there is, Please do yourself a favor and GO!!! But be sure to do so in the morning, as most of them …
The village which is now known as Montclus was initially constructed on a hill overlooking the River Ceze dating back to around 1275, and was first documented with the name in 1550.The commune is quite spread out, comprising of 2188 hectares. The main Chateau with an incredible vaulted staircase, which is called “Vis de St. …
This week’s adventure took us down south a bit and a ways west. We visited the beautiful ancient city of Beziers (pronounced Biz-yay), in the Occitania region. This is about 2 hours / 90 miles, or 145 Kilometers, depending on which GPS system you use. I know you are likely familiar with the Ballard locks, …
Well, we are here, we got a bank account set up, got our phones working and bought a car. None of this was easy but it was all necessary in order to get around I mean we have been getting around thanks to my daughter Camille, who lives in Luxembourg graciously loaning us her car for …
I wrote the following a couple weeks ago, before arriving in South France, and coming down with Covid 🙁 I tested positive, and had pretty severe symptoms for over a week, but am coming around finally. I will get back on the regular email train soon, so stay tuned. We are adding a link to …