A quick look at some of the sights and events from our trip to France in 2011…
We visited Paris, the Lauragais near Toulouse, Lyon, the Jura, Provence, and Collioure near the border with Spain. In Provence, we rented a house right in the center of a small village, Cucuron, for two weeks… a wonderful spot [...]
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Less than 35 minutes from Toulouse by car is a beautiful region of France known as the Lauragais. As you drive its country roads, you pass through waving fields of wheat and colza.
In the small hilltop village of St Julia de Gras Capou is an Auberge with an excellent lunch.
A new venture, this good resto [...]
We have discovered a fabulous charcuterie-traiteur where one can buy the most sumptuous prepared foods available in Paris! This is one of the benefits of renting an apartment instead of staying at a hotel i Paris: you have a kitchen and space to have meals. This not only can save expense, but often allows a [...]
ShareWe stumbled upon this resto-café near the Eiffel Tower. After over-paying for a few lunches in the tony neighborhood of the Marais, it was great to find traditional home cooking at a very affordable price.
The resto is small, so it’s a good idea to get there a bit early. We sat at 12:15PM, and within [...]
We took the TGV from Paris (Montparnasse) to Toulouse to visit close friends. After a hectic few days in the “big city”, it is great to get to the countryside. Our friends live about 20 minutes south east of Toulouse in an area called The Lauragais.
The Lauragais includes part of the Canal Midi, and on [...]
Look for the smallest ancient building tucked between quai des Cèlestins and rue Saint- Antoine in the Marais and discover our neighborhood café, Le Temps des Cerises on the rue de la Cerisaie. In June 2011, we arrived in Paris with suitcases and camera bags and headed for the metro stop Bastille, a direct route [...]
ShareWe’ve been coming to the Vaucluse for a few years, and have decided to rent a house in the small village of Cucuron. For those of you who have seen “A Good Year” with Russell Crowe, you may remember the scene where a movie is being shown at night in the center [...]
Share| Canuts were the silk weavers of Lyon. And they are famous for several work-related things: making beautiful silk cloth, embracing the Jacquard loom–a precursor to computer technology, and organizing the first worker’s revolt of the industrial revolution. In addition, they actually owned the means of production, working and living in lofts with soaring ceilings that accommodated their own Jacquard looms. |
| The Maison des Canuts tells the Canut story from Croix-Rousse, the hilltop that was populated by the Canuts and their looms. (continue) |
The Sunday food market in Lyon’s hilltop village, the Croix-Rousse provides the ingredients for an improvised Sunday dinner that includes poached fish, a tri-color vegetable terrine, and chestnut mousse. (continue)
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