by Kiff Backhouse | Jan 9, 2011 | Photo Blog
A Randonnée Yesterday was Rando day (a French abbreviation for randonnée which means hiking) where members of the village go off for a day or half day’s hike in the local country side.A very sociable time and great for my French. Misty Views The views around...
by Kiff Backhouse | Dec 17, 2010 | Photo Blog
I spent a great day in the autumn sunshine towards the end of October at a local Arts fair where artists of all sorts were displaying their work and busy showing how it was done. Pascal, a friend and fantastic sculptor was busy adding his signature to a stone wall in...
by Kiff Backhouse | Dec 6, 2010 | Photo Blog
Back in July, I spent an amazing weekend at the Festival of Theatre at Avignon in France. It is the largest theatre festival in the world, which lasts a whole month and has over 900 registered shows – that’s not including all the street performers either....
by Kiff Backhouse | Nov 21, 2010 | Photo Blog
How do you describe a smell or fragrance? Is there an established language, like wine tasters have to describe the best and latest vintages? Is this a cheeky fruity little number, or a chocolaty fragrance? … Why might I want to? I was out walking the dogs...
by Kiff Backhouse | Nov 8, 2010 | Photo Blog
It was beautiful weather here in the Languedoc region of France last week and we took the opportunity to spend a couple of days down by the beach next to the large and very modern marina town of Gruissan. I spent a wonderful evening wandering around the marina with...
