Month: April 2014

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

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