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”
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”
Guns, Bulls’ Balls, & Lampreys
“Are you sure there’s nothing provocative about parking an army truck just across the river from Russia, with its rear barn doors 100 metres from the border?” “No,” Mark replied with confident finality. “I might take my paddle board out…” he added with a mischievous grin. “No,” I said, with confident finality. I know whatContinue reading “Guns, Bulls’ Balls, & Lampreys”