Summer in France 2011 - The Birthday
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 My birthday began with yummy croissants and a visit to Alet-les-Bains and their ancient Abbey. Not too much of the structure remains, but the crew of…
Summer in France 2011 - what have we been up to?
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 ....what have we been up to of late? Hmmm. Let's see. Sunday we went back to the weekly open market in Esperaza. It's an awesome mix of produce,…
Forest Fungus a la France
Monday, June 20, 2011 During the past winter months, I spent on-off free time translating a French mushroom identification guide. Mountain Joe took said translation with him on his latest…
Summer in France 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 Today Joe is off on a 'rugged hike' to climb to the top of the mountain in front of our house. Not quite sure of where…
Summer in France 2011 - Trip to Bordeaux
Friday, June 10, 2011 2+ years ago at one of the monthly wine tastings at Gulf Points Liquor, we had the pleasure to meet Jean-Baptiste of the Audy wine family.…
France 2011 Week 2
Monday, June 6, 2011 [caption id="attachment_947" align="alignleft" width="300"] Lunch a la terrace - Chez Caulkins[/caption] June 4th: Rain....it's rained for 6 straight days here, and today a CLOUD actually floated…
France 2011 Week 1 Part 2
Friday, June 3, 2011 Several days of nearly constant drizzle and rain combined with winds stong enough to knock you flat on your @** have been fabulous for Joe's world…
France 2011 Week 1
Monday, May 30, 2011 It's been quite a week already, and we've only been here 5 days. Air travel with 2 cats was a breeze! Nobody ever checked our…