Tag Archives: Carcassonne

Le Marin 🇬🇧🇫🇷

Posted on August 3, 2026 by admin
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The week that was 21/2026 🇬🇧 🇫🇷

Posted on May 24, 2026 by admin

What do sunshine, Seinfeld, Casanis, and a côte de bœuf have in common? Quite a good week, as it happens. Read on

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The week that was 20/2026 🇬🇧

Posted on May 17, 2026 by admin

The roads were magnificent. The weather was mutinous. The pool remains under investigation. Read on

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Carcassonne 🇬🇧🇫🇷

Posted on April 7, 2026 by admin

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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Canal du Midi 🇬🇧🇫🇷

Posted on April 7, 2026 by admin

Before the TGV, before the motorway, before even the steam engine, one obsessed Frenchman carved a 241-kilometre waterway through the south of France using nothing but a battered compass, 15,000 workers, and his entire family fortune. The Canal du Midi … Continue reading →

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The great winter escape 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪

Posted on January 5, 2026 by admin

They say timing is everything. Whoever ‘they’ are clearly weren’t talking about my recent departure from Germany – which happened to be exactly three days before Mother Nature decided to dump enough snow on Hannover to make front-page news. Coincidence? … Continue reading →

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The week that was 01/2026

Posted on January 4, 2026 by admin

My luggage divorced itself at Charles de Gaulle, I won a music quiz without answering a single question correctly, and I’m about to start a diet that nobody asked for. If this is what 2026 looks like, buckle up—it’s going … Continue reading →

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The week that was 49/2025 🇬🇧🇫🇷

Posted on December 7, 2025 by admin

December kicked off with a bruised rib, nightly pilgrimages to the Christmas market, enough mulled wine to forget the pain, and one unforgettable cassoulet eaten under the bittersweet news that my favourite restaurant is soon closing. If you enjoy laughter-through-the-winces, … Continue reading →

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A yearly tradition 🇫🇷🇬🇧

Posted on December 6, 2025 by admin

Every year in early December, our quiet corner of Occitanie suddenly fills with Spanish laughter, overflowing shopping carts, and enough Catalan energy to power Carcassonne’s Christmas lights — all thanks to a holiday most French people forget exists. Why exactly … Continue reading →

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Retirees and digital IDs 🇬🇧🇫🇷

Posted on November 19, 2025 by admin

Between the sudden winter chill, a swarm of hyper-motivated retirees, a Christmas market rising from the ground, and the glorious failure of France’s digital IDs, my morning turned into a full-blown administrative comedy. Come read how, at 72, I managed … Continue reading →

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