And a little music to round things off

Those clogs. Time for a story. Young noblewoman promised in marriage to a prince. She prefers Horny Handed Son of Toil. The two men fight. HHST wins, slaughters prince, and hands the royal heart to his true love spiked on the end of his clog. Even now, lovers are supposed to exchange clogs as love tokens, presumably without human hearts attached. There are other, more palatable versions of this story. Take your pick.

Autrefois le Couserans

August 4th 2009
We’ve just had a wonderful weekend. Friends invited us over to stay with them in the Couserans, a part of the Ariège well to the west of us, and this meant that apart from exploring an area we still don’t know well, we had plenty of time in St. Girons. St. Girons is one of the larger towns of the Ariège and the major town of the Couserans. It has the best market in the whole Department. ... read more

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