La Pointe Courte is an unusual neighbourhood in Sète, created by the fishermen of the Etang de Thau, which has managed to keep is character. L’Etang de Thau is the largest lagoon in Occitanie with a unique biodiversity. In the middle of the 19th century the arrival of the railroad cut la Pointe Courte off…Read more »
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Weekend in the Gers
Le bonheur est dans le pré, happiness is in the field! The Gers department, pronounced jerce, borders Haute Garonne to the west/north west and is home to many delightful things particular to SW France. We decided to take my parents to Condom on their visit last autumn. I hadn’t seen much of the Gers before…Read more »
Avez vous entendu le loup
Il y a une expression en Occitan, ou plutôt un dicton « aver entenut a petar lo loup » Connaitre le monde, en avoir vu toutes les couleurs. L’envie de voyager et voir le monde est en nous, certains plus que d’autres, et ça ne va pas changer. Depuis toute petite, j’ai eu un désir inexplicable de…Read more »
Jazz in Occitanie part 2
Festivals and Conferences If you are in the south west of France on holiday, or living here and you like jazz, you’re lucky. Actually, even if you are here on holiday or living here and you don’t like jazz, you’re still lucky. In the summertime, when the days get longer and the sunshine is abundant,…Read more »
Jazz in Occitanie part 1
My dad is a huge opera fan; he’s especially crazy about Italian opera. My mum loves classical music too; she used to play the piano very well. My brother and I took up playing violin and piano quite early on but I would be a liar if I said I tried very hard. Not unlike…Read more »
Jazz en Occitanie part 1
Mon père est un amateur d’opéra, un enthousiaste sans limite pour l’opéra italien. Quant à ma mère, elle aussi, elle adore le chant lyrique et la musique classique. Mon frère et moi, nous nous sommes lancés très tôt à apprendre le violoncelle et le piano. Je ne devrais pas mentir, on ne s’est pas donnés…Read more »
The Pech Merle Cave
Prehistoric cave paintings. Abbé Breuil, renowned French prehistorian called it “the Sistine Chapel of the Causses of the Lot district, one of the most beautiful monuments in Paleolithic pictoral art”. Honestly, since I have been living in the south of France I have seen a cave or two but I have never seen anything like…Read more »
