We had a little apartment for our wonderful week in Toulouse in the Saint Cyprien district on the gauche side of the Garonne river, which according to the apartment owner used to be a very poor area and is now known as ‘bo-bo’ (bourgeois-bohemium) and a ‘champagne-socialist’ area – I like the connotations of this last phrase and I would be happy to embrace a champagne-socialist society if it means […]
We spent seven days in late April house/dog sitting in a little town called Chapelle des Pots just ten minutes from the city of Saintes and loved how richly packed the Charente-Maritime region in Nouvelle-Aquitaine area is with so many historical, pretty little towns. Here are some of the highlights. The Charente-Maritime area Saintes sits in the north of the Nouvelle Aquitane region (the largest region in France) about 90 minutes […]
We had a cheeky overnighter in Perigueux in late April and found this ancient city had so much to offer we could have stayed a week. We lucked a little third floor apartment right in the heart of the old town in the Place du Coderc where they have a brilliant fresh food market Saturday morning selling all the specialties of the Périgord region: truffles, confit du canard, foie gras […]