by Admin | Nov 20, 2011 | Markets & Fairs
Summer is coming to an end, although you wouldn’t know it by the weather. The truth is that this is probably the best season in the Midi-Pyrenees region – summer is often swelteringly hot with the mercury edging the 40°c, Spring is often wet and cool and winter,...
by Admin | Nov 20, 2011 | Food, Main Courses, Traditional French
This is a delicious dish made from a cut of meat that is both tender and tasty but so often overlooked, for, in my opinion, stewing steak which is often tough and fibrous and sometimes cooks out quite dry. This recipe can be served straight away, but will improve if...
by Admin | Nov 20, 2011 | French Language
There are a great deal of opinions and ideas related to language learning that are either founded on solid pedagogical theory and tested strategies and others which are clearly urban myths to the point of almost being ‘old-wives-tales’. I myself, have...
by Admin | Nov 19, 2011 | Facts about France, History
Every year on 14 July, the French celebrate – “le jour de la prise de la Bastille” – the storming of the prison in Paris, which marks the French Revolution of 1789. Today, the highlight is the parade on the Champs Elysées, attended by The...
by Admin | Nov 19, 2011 | Where to Go
The Lake, known as Le Lac de la Ganguise or also known as Le Lac de L’Estrade lies in the Aude department in the Languedoc Roussillon region almost midway between Villefranche de Lauragais and Castelnaudary and 2 kilometers from the village of Baraigne. The road...