Hi, I'm Sophie. I gab away about life, travelling, sport and everything in between…
I opened up the small, wooden cabinet and peered into the shelves and tiny drawers. The wood was dusty and it smelt damp, as though it had been forgotten there for some time. Despite the age, the dust and the little chip in its right hand corner, it was clear it had once been a […]
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There’s nothing more French than a French Saturday market. In towns, villages and cities all across the country markets pop up at the weekend (and many weekdays) selling fresh fruit, fish, meat and a lot more. In Pezenas, made famous by Moliere’s visits with his theatre group, the Saturday market stretches right through the town […]
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I am so happy to be back in the hot, dusty Mediterranean! The weather on our first day back was a scorcher, but now the clouds have come over and we even had rain this morning. This means I haven’t been able to get out there with my new camera and explore the vineyards and […]
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This is the last sunset I’ll see in the Pyrenees Atlantique, because tomorrow morning I’ll be helping my parents and sisters pack up the car and we will be heading back to the Languedoc to the house we were in last year. And I can’t wait! There are some things I’ll miss about this house, […]
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Pau is a beautiful gem of a town in the Pyrenees Atlantique, not far from Tarbes and Lourdes. It has a lot of French history tied in its streets; it’s the capital of the Béarn region (home of the classic French Béarnaise sauce) and birthplace of Henry IV of France and King Charles XIV of […]
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