There is a wonderful Flamenco weekend taking place in Bordeaux, with Pascual Gallo playing his superb guitar and some of the best Flamenco dancing you’ll ever have to chance of seeing. This all takes place at Théâtre du Pont Tournant…
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The Pyrenees
The Pyrénée region of France is truly quite beautiful and incorporates magnificent towns such as Biarritz with its superb architecture including the sumptuous Hotel du Palais which was the summer mansion of Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie de Montijo. This…
Moscow Ice Circus is coming to Dax
We all love it when the circus comes to town and if you happen to live near Dax, you are in for a special treat as Le Cirque de Moscou sur Glace is arriving in town. The wonderful exhibition of…
Périgueux – a town in sunshine
I have always loved the Dordogne region of France. It is a vast area that incorporates so much diverse countryside and each area is just as beautiful as the next. The gastronomic delights of the Dordogne are known the world…
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Treasures of the Dordogne – Foie Gras, Moulin du Roc and Le Chateau de la Mercerie
Champagnac de Belair is a very beautiful part of the Perigord where the production of Foie Gras is taken very seriously. The town itself is exquisite with one of the best restaurants in the region being found in this delightful…
Truffle delights of the Dordogne
If you love mushrooms, as I do, then having a mentor who shows you exactly which wild ones are edible and which are not is something of a privilege. The season for hunting out and finding mushrooms is taken very…
Brantôme – a Treasure in the Dordogne
In my early twenties I was offered a job by a French gentleman who had a property in the south west of France in the Dordogne. I was to look after his horses for him during the whole of the…