My French Estate

21/05/2024

I have decided that I don’t have a “dad bod.” I am “père shaped.”

I will show myself out

21/05/2024

Well, my adventure is nowhere near as exciting as Karen and Oliver's, I have made the drive to Brive La Gaillarde and am sitting on the train destined for Bordeaux. Karen gets in (from her 14-hour bus ride!) in the middle of the night and we will then enjoy a lovely couple of days exploring the city.

31/03/2024

… and finish off with a café and digestif!

27/03/2024

15/03/2024

22/10/2023

📸 La photo de la semaine

A l'intérieur de la cathédrale, le démontage des échafaudages se poursuit, laissant peu à peu apparaître la nef restaurée ⭐

Romaric Toussaint © Rebâtir Notre-Dame de Paris

15/10/2023

My wife and I enjoyed a visit to Quezac and the Châtaigne et Cidre Fête (Chestnut and Cider Festival). Also an attached vide grenier, so that was fun, too!

10/10/2023

This isn't us but they are just a little ways down the road! Less than an hour away in Cajarc

They were only planning to drop in on a friend, but the lives of US couple Robin Johnson and James Thaman changed forever when they paid a visit to Cajarc, a small village in France, in June 2001.

10/10/2023

This isn't us, but they are not too far away!

They were only planning to drop in on a friend, but the lives of US couple Robin Johnson and James Thaman changed forever when they paid a visit to Cajarc, a small village in France, in June 2001.

06/10/2023

My Weekly Volià will be out this weekend.
I’ll share our annual pilgrimage to Strasbourg to visit family and enjoy the “new” wine. 😋

20/09/2023

Chan Tal Kriebl Remy, Jerry, and Barron Emily Beltz, this was VERY good!

2013 Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
Les Cabanes from Château Jean Voisin

Saving a bottle to share next summer!

17/09/2023

Dejeuner avec this beauty 🥰

01/09/2023

Visiting the Witch Doctor

08/07/2023

He’s playing the French version of a bagpipe: une cornemuse!

08/07/2023

It’s not RedRocks but it is an enjoyable concert at the gravel mine in Bagnac sur Célé. Traditional songs from a local composer, Joseph Canteloube.

06/07/2023

I swear, you can’t swing a cat around here without seeing another chateau

02/07/2023

Vide Grenier in Maurs. Converting stuff into euros 💶🤣

19/05/2023

We got the tire fixed and continued on our way!

We saw Pont du Gard, ate some nougat, and visited a miraculous spring!

07/04/2023

What was supposed to be a “petite aventeur” has tirned into “an adventure fraught with danger!”

Big screw in the tire means two new ones while we wait.

It could be worse 😊

27/10/2022

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