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Mon accent, mes racines 🇫🇷
Pourquoi est-ce que je parle encore Provençal alors que je vis au cœur de l’Occitanie ? Et surtout… où se cache donc le Marseillais dans tout ça ? Entre Pagnol, les souvenirs d’enfance, quelques mots bien de chez nous et … Continue reading
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Figues, Anglais et amandes 🇫🇷🇬🇧
Summer isn’t a season. It’s figs, almonds and good stories. Read more
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The weight of summer 🇬🇧🇫🇷
☀️ A Basket Full of Mediterranean Sunshine Read more
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40c and counting 🇬🇧
Sun, sausages, and the quiet heroism of the designated driver. Read more
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Avignon 🇬🇧
A new belt, a new grandbaby, and a vineyard-owning relative who picked the wine: one weekend in Provence had it all — and a Mont Ventoux descent that nearly ended in disaster. Read on
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The week that was 17/2026 🇬🇧
No weekly recap this week — the author has absconded to Brittany, which has inexplicably decided to be sunny, and is now filing his dispatches from a harbour terrace somewhere between a dish of olives and an ice bucket. What … Continue reading
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Carcassonne 🇬🇧🇫🇷
Some cities get lucky. Carcassonne got strategic positioning. The result was two thousand years of invasions, crusades, and general unpleasantness—interrupted only by brief periods of prosperity and the occasional flying pig. Click here to find out more…
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Tagged Canal du Midi, Carcassonne, Cathars, Crusades, Fortified city, French castles, French history, Historical blog, History with a twist, Humorous history, Languedoc, Medieval architecture, Medieval history, Occitania, South of France, Travel France, UNESCO World Heritage, Viollet-le-Duc
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