Thursday, August 5th

This morning I ventured off to Mirepoix 

for the market, about 45 minutes away

through the mountains, and raining most

of the way. The fog was amazing rolling over

the mountaintops.

Village of Puivert..on the way.

I loved all the colors in 

the town square..charming.

Monday, August 1st

Collioure
(I read on one website that
this place is virtually
undiscovered by tourists..
not the case anymore).
But beautiful nonetheless.

We had a nice lunch on the water...

fortunately under the umbrella since

it rained for about 20 minutes.

We stopped at this winery on the
way home..got to practice some French.

Saturday, July 17th

We were invited to stay at Tim and Kate's 

this weekend which was a real treat for us. 

They are a British couple that we briefly

met the last time we came to France. They 

have lived in France, near Carcassonne for 

the last 3 years but have recently moved back to the UK.

For lunch they took us to this winery/bistro.

-Chateau de Pennautier-

I had the Brochettte de L'Agneau

the best meal we have at at a

restaurant so far...yummy!

Friday, July 16th

Today we headed to Narbonne, Gruissan Plage 

exactly to go sailing with Tim. Unfortunately 

I didn't get any photos. It was a fairly 

calm day but enough wind to sail.

You know when you are tired and

sun-burned and its time to leave 

the beach....

Yes, our car is the white one.

Shortly after finding our car 
blocked in, the people with the 2 cars
on both sides of us returned to join us.
We only had to wait about 30 minutes. 

Thursday, June 15th

We all know the French love their 

yaourt...or yogurt. This is my new

favorite yogurt..not sure if it's from 

Holland or Germany, doesn't matter.

In the afternoon the girls and

I went to Lac Montbel with 

Kate and Freya. 

Wednesday, July 14th

Tonight after meeting we went 
to Jean-Claude and Claudia's to 
watch the fireworks over La Cite'..it 

was an excellent view from their back porch.

Les animaux de la France
For all you animal lovers....
this is an ongoing post 
dedicated to all creatures,
small to great.


This kitty joined us for dinner 
in Paris.

Honey, Tim and Kate's cat,
she purrs just like Lily.

Thomas the cat..he has to wear 

a harness or he will get hit by a 

car. He is naughty kitty.

Henry the dog..engaged

in his favorite activity.

Henry with us at Lac Puivert

This dog we met in the ministry..

he was especially friendly. 

This was very sad for me. One day while at 

Lac Puivert the circus had arrived 

and was setting up for the weekend.

We were very close to this guy..3 lions

and the tiger. I wanted to set them free.

This is one of Claire's cats.

This is a termite mound...up close.

more to come.....