Château de Flaugergues

One of the many "follies" or country houses that sprang up around Montpellier in the 1600/1700s. It took the Count 45 years to finish it! It has been in the same family since 1811.

Montpellier wrapup

July 5th 2017
How bad is this? Home two weeks and just realized I forgot to post the last blog entry for our trip to France! The only excuse is that we have been pretty busy getting caught up here on Pender. Back to the Blog The beauty of having 23 days in the same city is that you don’t have to rush around every day. You can take a day or two and just do nothing, or something close to it. Not t ... read more

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