We are surrounded by moving boxes (yet again!), and winding up our final weekend here in sunny Languedoc. It's been a great summer! Here are last week's highlights! We just had to go to our favorite movie theater one last time! This is located in nearby big town Beziers, and it's part of a new cinema/bowling/restaurant/shopping complex called Polygone. We took a few pictures there (see "Entertainment"), including one of our favorite tapas place, which we always ...

This past week in Languedoc was a bit different. We were invited to two lovely French homes, and enjoyed the wonderful hospitality of our guests, old friends and new ones. On Tuesday, we were very surprised to receive a phone call from the lovely man we met the Saturday before at the Romeo and Juliet production. He called to invite us to "prendre un verre" at his vineyard estate on Wednesday night. Of course we accepted "volontiers" (willingly). This estate has ...

So, here we are with only 2 weeks left of our summer in Languedoc. We leave here Tuesday, Aug. 28 for Aachen, Germany (to see Charlemagne's chapel and throne), then Paris (we're meeting our Swiss friends there), before leaving Aug. 31 for the states. This last weekend was full of the things we love to do! Here are the highlights: Since our wonderful "macon" was here Saturday morning, we didn't really start the weekend until the afternoon. Off we went to Sete, o...

Hi everybody! You all know that Les and I love changing house. And that I particularly am addicted to houses. We've had a long string of houses, generally moving (or at least thinking about it!) every 2 years. Well, here we go again. En route to Sicily, we accepted an offer on our Campagnan house, and after the 7 day cool-off period, we went out looking seriously for what we hope will be our next French house. We hope you will enjoy our account of what happened ...

Hello Everybody! Les and I have just had another beautiful weekend in Languedoc, this time centered on the Valley of the Orb, a lovely river that descends from the mountains to the west of our little village. Here are the highlights: Friday evening, we went to a lovely little town called Lunas, to attend a piano concert featuring Paulo Lopes. A little Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, and Schubert, but our favorite was "Suite Espagnole" by Albeniz. The town itself is a...