by Admin | Sep 18, 2012 | Art & Cratfts, Châteaux, History, Holidays in France, Villages, Where to Go
Albi is a beautiful city, it’s small, full of history and lots of old-world charm. When I say city, it is the size of a medium-sized town, but is the capital of the Tarn department, about an hour from Toulouse, reached by an excellent road system. The city...
by Admin | Dec 11, 2011 | Art & Cratfts, Villages
The small village of Sainte Julia, or to give it its full name Sainte Julia de Gras Capou (Saint Julia of the fat Capon, in Occitane) will be holding the annual festival of art, where both professionals and amateurs alike set up their easels and palettes in the...
by Admin | Nov 23, 2011 | Art & Cratfts, History, Holidays in France, Markets & Fairs, Villages, Where to Go
Arriving from the flat, fertile valley of the Tarn & Garonne, dotted with trees heavy with fruit under wispy white veils that protect from the, often violent hail storms, the countryside starts changing to gently undulating, chalky hills. We are now entering the...
by Admin | Nov 21, 2011 | Antiques & Bric-a-brac, Art & Cratfts, History, Villages, Waterways, Where to Go
 Villemur-sur-Tarn in the Haute Garonne (31) departement, just a stone’s throw away from Toulouse and the Forêt de Buzet was founded over 1,000 years ago in a place that was a prime defensive position on the river Tarn. It is one of only two places, including...
by Admin | Nov 14, 2011 | Art & Cratfts, Where to Go
St Julia de Gras Capou – between Revel and Caraman in the Lauragais, about 50 km south of Toulouse bears the name from the Occitane language for ‘capon’, the oversized cockerel traditionally eaten at Christmas time and ‘Julia’ from a...