Villelongue, Pyrenees Orientales

By Dianne

Heading off to the UK

Off to Suffolk this afternoon. Just waiting for a few clothes to dry on the line to juggle our final packing. Just taking our back packs, computer case and hand bag. The handbag is rather large – bought it second hand at a local market in Larque-des-Alberes, a nearby village. Hopefully acceptable as a “personal item”!…

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By Dianne

A visit to Queribus Castle

Our hire car is safely back at the Hertz depot and we are now walking again!! One very interesting outing we had – when we had our wheels – was to a very old castle ruin in the Corbieres wine region north west of Perpignan. It is called the Chateau of Queribus and is very famous as the…

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By Dianne

A day in Spain!

We’ve had a hire car for the last week so have been out and about. Last Friday we took off to Spain for the day – as you do when living so close to the border. We made our way along the French coast through the towns of Banyuls-sur-Mer and Cerbere. The countryside and the villages…

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By Dianne

Villa Bel Horizon

At last we have recovered from our colds!! We understand that we haven’t been the only ones suffering – there seems to be a bit of a cold/flu thing all over the world at the moment. So many of you have reported friends or family being under the weather. Not nice! Well here we are at…

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