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Celebrating the art of living well ~ as the French do, with such joy

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August 12, 2018October 14, 2018cestsibonlajoiedevivre

Le marché de Montagnac

The town of Montagnac, like almost every other town in all of France, has a weekly, outdoor market. In any region, market days vary from town to town, so that they don’t overlap, meaning you can shop at a different one every day of the week, if you desire. The Montagnac market is held every […]

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May 1, 2017May 7, 2017cestsibonlajoiedevivre

L’Abbaye de Valmagne

One of the most pleasant places I know is the Abbaye de Valmagne, which happens to be conveniently located about 10 minutes from our town. This beautiful old abbey was founded in 1138 by Raymond Trencavel, Vicomte de Béziers, and was originally a Benedictine and then later a Cistercian monastery, but was in danger of being destroyed following the […]

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Excerpt from my first very blog post

... Most memorable of those first French meals, though, was upstairs at a small and cozy restaurant in the 5th, called La Petite Hostellerie. I can still taste in my memory the French onion soup topped with thick, melted cheese, with its surprise slice of French bread floating in the soup beneath the cheese ...

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