In Southern France, history is not confined to individual locations, museums, or monuments; it is embedded throughout the landscape. During the medieval period, Sévérac-le-Château or Sévérac d’Aveyron sat on a geographic, religious, and political fault line. On the edge of a region with a fiercely singular identity, it was caught between the Mediterranean world ofContinue reading “Lovely Languedoc, France: Sévérac-le-Château”
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Languedoc, France: The Land That Says Yes! With Wind, Wine, & Rebellion
Wrapped around the Mediterranean coast, from Provence to the Pyrenees, lies the French region of Languedoc. Translated literally, the Languedoc – le langue d’oc – means ‘the language of yes’. In the southern French Occitan language, Oc was the word for ‘yes’, distinguishing it from the northern old French affirmative oil – prounounced ‘oh-ee’ –Continue reading “Languedoc, France: The Land That Says Yes! With Wind, Wine, & Rebellion”
Comic Travel Memoir Wins a Readers’ Favorite 5-Star Seal: ‘More Manchester Than Mongolia’
I’m absolutely chuffed to bits to share that my upcoming release More Manchester Than Mongolia: An Unespected Road Trip Through Back Road Britain, has been awarded the prestigious Readers’ Favorite 5-Star Seal! “This is an outstanding read and a must-have for anyone who enjoys adventure stories, family journeys, and humorous travel memoirs.” Luwi Nyakansaila for Readers’Continue reading “Comic Travel Memoir Wins a Readers’ Favorite 5-Star Seal: ‘More Manchester Than Mongolia’”
10 Things I’ve Learned from Life on the Road
My husband, Mark and I, packed up our life in 2016 to embark on a 3-year trip in our caravan (RV trailer.) Nine years into that 3-year trip, it seems we underestimated how addictive travel could be. So here we are, still touring, but in The Beast, a rather more rugged 6×4-wheel drive ex-army vehicleContinue reading “10 Things I’ve Learned from Life on the Road”