Carcassonne Day Deux

See what he did there, slipped to the lingo already. A little cooler today and a chance to see more of the cite. I even decided to take a tour of a local torture museum. The only torture was in … Continue reading

Carcassonne

First day in Carcassonne (no I’d never heard of it either). 28 degrees and sunny, lovely town house and a rather big castle thingy. First port of call is (as usual) where to eat, so after a brief womble we … Continue reading

A Wee Break

Off to join that there Folks in Carcasonne in the land of all things ooh la la with the Mrs. After a tough few weeks (I have managed to paint the hallway, cloak room and get rid of the hideous … Continue reading

A Tuscan Experience

After a day pootling around in Mildred our Fiat Panda P.O.S, we settled on food at a local establishment, which is very friendly and serves a demon rosemary steak. Whilst enjoying our meal 6 of our colonial cousins descended on … Continue reading

Bolgheri

So here we are deep in wine heaven on the east of Tuscany in a tiny place called Bolgheri. It’s tranquil and quite literally is full of restaurants. The local wine is the speciality and we just had to pick … Continue reading