With Mongolia looking further away than ever, we’re heading south for the winter – possibly to Morocco – although the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune are not being kind to that particular plan… Watch this space to see if we ever get there!
In the meantime, we’ve been exploring southern France, particularly the Lovely Languedoc region, which is rich in history, wine, and magnificent scenery.
Check out my series of posts, which explore this very individual region, and see what sets it apart from other parts of France.
Lovely Languedoc, France: Sévérac-le-Château
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 of…
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’ –…
Cover Photo – the fortified city of Carcassonne
Below – The Fab Four at Château de Quéribus, a Cathar Castle in the Languedoc
World Wide Walkies 