Maison Gonzagues
Travel Blogs from Cotignac
The Winds of Toulon
... the neighborhood where Victor Hugo wrote Les Miserables. There wasn’t as much to see in Toulon, but it was nice just walking around.
We headed back to the promenade for lunch. The lunch of the day was steamed mussels (not for me). Apparently mussels steamed in all sorts of flavorings is the big thing around here. It was on Bob’s bucket list, so we made sure to find a place for him. Everyone enjoyed their meals, and it ...
"weekend" is "weekend" in French
... a really nice couple and very open minded. Meeting them totally made my day!
Side note: Pam and Jack, they told me about a website to check if you're looking to rent an apartment or cottage, i don't know if you already know about this site, but they used it for Paris and in Aix and spoke very highly of it. Here is the link: http://www.vrbo.com/
its called Vacation Rentals By Owner. I've already done a search for Saint Maximin and there wasn't anything ...
Story time....
... last week I forgot about but find hilarious:
So every night Laura has 3 english words (she attends an international school where they learn to read, write and speak in both english and french) she has to learn for her spelling test on Fridays. There also is a picture that accompanies the word. They tend to be similar for the day, so like: big, dig, wig. Well one night last night we were going over her words ...
The Show Must Go On
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We sail the seven C's
... enter the building. Through the gift shop, if you please. (Cleverly, one must exit through the gift shop as well, providing two opportunities for buying the nuns’ wares.) The monastery is a huge complex of stone buildings. The very first version, as is usually the case, was built on the ruins of a pagan temple. It was completed in 1174 by Carthusian monks. "The Chartreuse," as a Carthusian monastery is often called, was destroyed by fire at least four ...