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Europe » France » Languedoc-Roussillon » Saint-Chinian January 17th 2013

With Christmas over, it is Bonne Annee to all of you from St Chinian. Part of our desire to live for a time in one place, was to experience life as a citizen and not a tourist. The quiet winter months in Southern France provide the opportunity to find our what our French neighbors do while preparing for the influx of summer tourists. First big news -- We had snow yesterday!! it's the first time ever that I haven't had to figure out how to get to work and get staff in. All that we had to do was enjoy the scenery. We got about 4" but that was enough to close all the village shops for the afternoon. In Britain, the salt machines are called "gritters". I don't think they have a name here because ... read more

Europe » France » Languedoc-Roussillon » Saint-Chinian November 1st 2012

I am changing my approach with this blog. There has been so darn much to see and do, I am currently about 12 cities behind and a month late in my blog. This doesn't give the reader much of an idea of what we are doing now. So on the advice of a seasoned blogger, I am going to jump to the present and catch up later with cities we visited in the Poitou Charentes region. So we are now in St Chinian which is in the south of France, West of Provence. We will be here until at least April, or about 6 months. We chose to live here because of the climate, the history and the wine. We read that this area was a well kept secret. Since it borders the Meditteranean, the climate ... read more
Canal outside our windows
Our Living room
Cooking French style




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