3 weeks of our ten week, 2014 Summer Experience left. Time to assess just why we love to spend our summers here in the South of France! Saturday the "meteo" (weather forecast) was NOT good, calling for rain all day & night. However, we pretended the meteo was wrong, & went on our merry way. We had a lovely day on the Mediterannean, where we had a delicious lunch of mussels & soupe de poisson in a town called Bouzigues, a walk in our favorite fishing...

Rivers! France is full of them. And sometimes they get crazy. Our little village, Laurens, has 3 tiny (most of the time) streams that run through it: The Naubine, The Libron, & The Sauvanes. They actually meet in the middle of town, each coming from a different direction. I love these canals--they are one of my favorite places to walk as they are most always dry & shaded, & very quiet. We live on the canal called La Naubine. It's not the American id...

We have been cruising along, living the dream! Until the last 2 weeks. We have now experienced both a speeding ticket & an emergency room visit. Both experiences turned out fine, & probably, in the long run, were a way of slowing us down (literally!). Les loves the French roads! They are in such good repair, & it's easy to really enjoy skimming along on them. He's a very good driver, really, but until now hasn't paid too much attendtion to the spe...

Salut! We hope your summer is going well! We have just returned from a delightful trip to Malta, an incredibly beautiful & welcoming place! We went there to see our Maltese friends as well as our Swiss friends. Both couples were part of an international group Les joined years ago. We've traveled with them to many wonderful places, & this one was no exception. This island is tiny, but packed with history & culture. Being in a very strategic locatio...

Hi Everybody. Hope you all had a good 4th of July! Le Foot: Friday, July 4, 20014 We almost forgot it was July 4th, since obviously it's not a holiday here. Too bad, we had some silly costumes we could have used for watching the quarter finals of the World Cup. France's "les Bleus" were playing Germany Friday night, July 4. After 2 unsuccessful attempts at locating a good venue to watch the match, we found a perfect place. But alas, the French team lost. As we ...