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| Carcassonne Christmas festival. Many layers to keep warm but a wonderfully magic night with amazing lights, parade, music, skating and shopping. |
Ten days til Christmas...where did the year go?We have now been away from home for 5 months, what a year!
Winter has arrived in the valley, with crisp, bright days and cool nights. Martin has the central heating going and a fire is a regular happening each night.
We have been very busy over the last month with a trip away to Nice and Cannes as well as visits to Carcassonne and Toulouse Christmas markets. Christmas in France seems less full of hype than in NZ which is a nice change. The Christmas markets are wonderful with lights, parades, music, and little chalets brimming with Christmas goodies, including some very yummy mulled wine and cider! A skating ring in the middle of the town square is also common. We are heading for Paris for Christmas which will be fun. They are expecting more snow so I might just get my white Christmas after all! We have rented a small apartment in the Latin Quarter near Notre Dame. It is apparently full of students from the Sorbonne, artists, musicians, great restaurants and bookstores. Will be a great experience for two little NZ country bumpkins!
A little of what we've been up to......
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| How the other half live in Monaco! Martin was drooling! |
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| Ventimiglia, just over the Italian border from France...the biggest market I have ever seen! It stretched for miles along the beach front. Leather handbags, shoes, gloves to die for! |
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| Martin eating escargot! Apparently they were delicious?! |
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| Our first (early) snowfall was a very exciting event...I ran around enjoying the feel of the snow on my face, Martin sat inside beside the fire! It only lasted 24 hours before the sun came out but it was great...remind me I said that in January when we're snowed in! |
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| View from the end of our garden. |
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| Our first soup, vege of course, eaten beside the fire snug and warm! |
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| Carcassonne Fete Noel, a wonderful evening of lights, music, and food. Each chalet is filled with different Christmas goodies. | | | | | |
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| Our little Christmas tree! |
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas. We will be thinking of you over the break and it goes without saying that we'll miss you! Our next blog will hopefully be from Paris!
Enjoy, relax and take care!
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