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What to wear 🇬🇧
Posted in Humour, Life in France, Travel
Tagged Autumn Weather, Carcassonne, Clothes, everyday life, French lifestyle, Humour, JJ, Packing, South of France, travel, Turtle, What to Wear
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The credit card is still smoking… 🔥💳
A week that started with gloom and absolutely nothing planned somehow ended with London, West End shows, good food and a trip to the Pyrénées Orientales. How did that happen? Click in and find out — my bank manager may … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly Journal
Tagged Carcassonne, Duchess Theater, Frameless, Good food, London, Pyrénées-Orientales, retirement, The Lion King, Theatre, travel, West End
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Feeling better 🇬🇧
Posted in Life in France, Travel
Tagged Autumn, Carcassonne, Christmas Markets, Feeling better, Germany, Hannover, Kidney Stone, London, Occitanie, poolside, travel
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Le Blues 🇫🇷
Posted in Life in France, Reflections & Mood
Tagged Autumn, Carcassonne, Daily life, Friendship, Life in France, retirement, South of France, the blues, travel plans, uncertainty
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Visit to the ER 🇬🇧
Posted in Health & Wellness, Life in France
Tagged Carcassonne, Emergency Room, French Healthcare, Getting Older, health, Hospital, Humour, Kidney Stone, Life in France
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The week that was 21/2026 🇬🇧 🇫🇷
What do sunshine, Seinfeld, Casanis, and a côte de bœuf have in common? Quite a good week, as it happens. Read on
Posted in Weekly Journal
Tagged Canet en Roussillon, Carcassonne, Casanis, Côte de Boeuf, O Pieds Nus, Ortaffa, Seinfeld
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The week that was 20/2026 🇬🇧
The roads were magnificent. The weather was mutinous. The pool remains under investigation. Read on
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…
Posted in Uncategorized
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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Canal du Midi 🇬🇧🇫🇷
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
Posted in Travel
Tagged * Canal du Midi, 17th century engineering, Boat trips, Canal travel, Carcassonne, Countryside, Cycling routes, French heritage, Nature, Occitanie, Pierre-Paul Riquet, Relaxation, Scenic routes, Sète, Slow travel, South of France, Toulouse, Travel photography, UNESCO World Heritage, Vineyards, Walking trails
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