Monthly Archives: September 2011

La Dolce Vita

Bec – 29 September 2011 And so it happened….as inevitable as death……we hit the middle of our journey. I could try and deny it……… just as many humans do death……..but deep down we all know that none of us are … Continue reading

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Snakes and Bra bars

Jamie – 26 September 2011 We haven’t been near the computer for the last week.  Sorry to our regular blog readers – amazingly we average about 50 views a day – but we have been busy.  A highlight for us … Continue reading

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Mad butchers and faulty towers

Jamie – 18 September 2011 She didn’t kill us. In fact Jane our GPS navigator did a grand job in getting us from Uzes, France to Belforte, Radicondoli, Italy. Probably just trying to lull us into a false sense of … Continue reading

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The boy’s birthday adventures

Jamie – 13 September 2011 Hard to believe we are into our fourth and final week in Uzes. It seems like only last night we were sitting in a French field with 200 locals woofing down garlic snails and lavender … Continue reading

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Men In Tight Pants

Bec – 8 September 2011 The world is a wondrous place…many different cultures…different beliefs and ways of doing things…and I am so excited that we can expose our children to these…. but one thing I know we could do without … Continue reading

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Steam trains and Bec a Vin

Jamie – 7 September 2011 One of the beautiful aspects of the region around Uzes is that it is full of narrow country roads, lined with 50 year old Plane trees, alongside fields of sunflowers. One of the terrifying aspects … Continue reading

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The kindness of strangers

Jamie – 1 September 2011 Tuesday was one of those days that we would rather not have had. Bec and Sari had left the boys and I at a rural waterpark 15 minutes from Uzes to visit the local supermarket for our … Continue reading

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