Oh, my, what a wonderful summer it's been! The cover photo on this final blog for the summer is, of course, the sunset from our terrace. We always start with the view from the terrace when we get here, & always say goodbye to it when we leave. We are so lucky to have found this incredible spot to spend our summers. This year, our summer theme was "il faut cultiver notre jardin", & I can say with conviction that we did take care of our garden, both literal...

The biggest decision for this week's blog was which picture to use as the cover photo. Should it be the Dordogne River, which flows through Perigord? Should it be a chateau/fort, representing the tumultuous wars during the Middle Ages? Should it be a charming city, with pointed roofs & beautiful flowers? Or maybe a flock of geese, representing the ubiquitious "foie gras", on every single menu we saw? Or maybe pre-historic cave drawings, reflecting the importa...

August means HOT, almost anywhere, & this week was no exception here in Languedoc. Saturday morning over coffee on our already steaming terrace, we looked out at the mountains in front of us, & agreed that we needed to escape the predicted 105 degrees in Villevieille. And we had 3 destinations in mind, 2 in the Cevennes: 1. The Maison Mazet (a little Cevennes Mountain history) & 2. La Cascade de Vis (a little "soak your feet in cold mountain water"). ...

As of last Friday, July 28, we had exactly 4 weeks left here in Villevieille. Every year this happens--where did the time go? What did we actually DO? Why do we love it here so much? I think maybe we got a good idea why this past weekend. It's basically a REAL PLACE, with great charm. Les works all week, via internet & phone, on a bizarre schedule (1:00-7:00ish pm here) to accomodate the time difference of 6 hours for the US east coast & 7 hours for Chic...

Vive La Corse! Les & I just returned from 5 wonderful days in Corsica. We'd been there once before & loved it, so we decided it was worth a return trip. In fact, we loved it so much, that we want to take our children & grandchildren there for a week in 2019, to celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary. So this trip was a "research" trip--we want to make sure we show them as much as we can in the most efficient & entertaining way. Corsica the islan...