Wednesday, June 30th

 

This morning we went to our market in town

to buy more peaches and olives.  

After the market, Drew and I went to this village in the mountains.

 

There is a Dutch woman in 

town with a pottery studio so 

the girls and I took a

 class. Not as easy as it 

looks but lots of fun. 

We go on Friday to 

glaze our works of art.

Tuesday, June 29th

 Just a few shots I took while 

in the ministry this morning with 

Claire...and the third, my future house. 

After that...off to Lac Montbel, a little

windy today so there were a few waves. 

I think that this place is a secret,sshhhh! 

No crowds, at least not yet.

Monday, June 28th

We went in the ministry this morning. 

While walking on a gravel road 

in the mountains and searching 

for "La Rue Moulin"..we came 

across a large hedge, so 

we followed it. I could hear 

what I thought were 2 people 

talking and I could see a break 

in the hedge. Imagine my surprise 

when I looked through..I saw this sight....

when he came around to meet

us, Claire said "camera, camera.."

so I snapped a few photos quickly. 

Just a few more pics taken while in 

the territory.

Sunday, June 27th

This morning we went to a 

'Vide Grenier' or attic sale 

in the mountain village of 

Arques. I practiced maitrise 

de soi(self-control) and 

didn't buy anything. 

Drew found a Bodum teapot 

for 3 euros..not bad.

Next we went to the nearby town of Esperaza for the 

large market. We bought cherries and curry sauce, not to eat together of course.

 In the afternoon Jean-Claude and Claudia

came over and it stormed.

  

Saturday, June 26th

Saturday morning we

went to the market

here in Quillan. We

bought olives..just

like the Whole Foods

olive bar for 5 euros

a kilo, about $2.50 a

pound. I told Kaley

she could eat all the

olives she wanted to.

Kaley loves peaches.

Our meeting is at 6:30 and about an hour's drive one-way. Afterward we were tired and hungry. We decided to search for a place to eat. We chose this little spot in the square in the square of downtown Carcassonne.

These are the choices... I was pretty 

certain from my memory of Latin 

medical terms that the top 

one was bone (of something)..

not in the mood for that tonight.

A man across 
from us who also was a little 

challenged with the French

language as well ordered 

the bone thing, which 

came with some grilled 

bread. He and his girlfriend

were giggling. I settled 

on the veggie lasagna and 

an italian tomato salad, 

safe choice and yummy.

Drew had the ratatouille..

served chilled. 

Interessant.

Thursday, June 24th

Lac Montbel

It is finally getting warmer

here in the South of France.

It was about 30 degrees Celsius

today (90 ish F). This is a

lake in the mountains with

a clay bank and cool, clear water.

After the lake we went 

preaching in the mountains 

in a town called Bugarach. 

 There are fig trees everywhere, 

  they will be ripe in September.

Wednesday, June 22nd

Today is girls day in Carcassonne

 with our friend Gathiya. First downtown

 for a bit of browsing, then coffee, 

then to the medieval castle in Carcassonne. 

The Cathare history is very interesting

as well as the restoration efforts that took

place around 1850. Gathiya works here 

so we had a mini-tour.

It was a really windy day..typical

for Carcassonne.