You can see from the photo why we love it so much here! The weather is amazing--it's hot, yes, but it's dry! Yesterday it was 43 degrees (above 100/we didn't even want to figure out how hot that really is) but we close up the house, & it stays relatively cool. We do hope our handyman will arrive soon to show us how to turn on the AC, just in case we need it. Maison(s) & Jardin: We feel like we've made significant progress on the house. The living room i...

What a few weeks we've had! I've been meaning to post an update for 2 weeks, but forces beyond our control took over. Panne de Pomme (or Apple failure) & Panne d'Orange (Orange, our internet/tv/phone source, breakdown) created a technology nightmare for Les & me starting June 14. On the same day within 2 minutes of each other, both my laptop (a macbook pro) & Les' I-pnone went black. Luckily, we are close (30 minutes) to an Apple store, so off we wen...

Welcome to our 2015 version of View from the Terrace. Actually, we are delighted to tell you all that we are now looking at a NEW view, on a NEW terrace, this one in Villevieille, France, about 1 1/2 hours east of our last terrace. You may ask us "why"? If you know us, you know we are vagabonds. And last August, we decided to just "take a look" at moving farther east. We had friends in Sommieres, just over the border of our department (Herault) & into "le G...

Here we are, wrapping up our summer yet again. It's been a great one! One week to go before what we call "RE-ENTRY". To us, it's almost what astronauts must feel when they come down to earth again. We spent the weekend going back to places we'd been before, & love so much! Friday was a holiday (Assumption Day), so we did our normal treck up to L'Aveyron to see our French friends Benedicte & Michel at their lovely summer home in the mountains. For Chicag...

Hello Everybody! Hope all is well with you & yours, wherever you are. This week was a fun one! We had friends here, from DC, to show around. Funny how showing off your turf makes you realize just how special it is! We started by revisiting a Roman pottery museum about 45 minutes from us. It's called Amphoralis, because that's where they made their "amphores", the clay jars they made for exporting wine & olive oil. They do an excellent job there of mak...