by Admin | Dec 14, 2011 | Live in France
Albi is the principle city in the Tarn (81) department in the south west of France, 50 minutes from Toulouse and less that 2 hours from the Mediterranean coast. It is known as the ‘Red City’, which needs no explaining as you near the town, nestling on the...
by Admin | Dec 11, 2011 | Art & Cratfts, Villages
The small village of Sainte Julia, or to give it its full name Sainte Julia de Gras Capou (Saint Julia of the fat Capon, in Occitane) will be holding the annual festival of art, where both professionals and amateurs alike set up their easels and palettes in the...
by Admin | Nov 18, 2011 | Where to Go
Well, these are my essentials, at least… I guess everyone has their list of things that they cannot do without when out and about writing a travel blog. My list has essentials – cannot do without and some – ‘nice-to-haves’ – of...
by Admin | Nov 14, 2011 | Art & Cratfts, Where to Go
St Julia de Gras Capou – between Revel and Caraman in the Lauragais, about 50 km south of Toulouse bears the name from the Occitane language for ‘capon’, the oversized cockerel traditionally eaten at Christmas time and ‘Julia’ from a...