Monthly Archives: October 2021

Info Post – October 31st

Living through a pandemic in the south of France 590 days in Carcassonne since 1st lockdown in March 2020 DAILY STATISTICS HERE ▫️ HOME NEWS DESK Halloween See data page for details ✏️ Health situation update ⦿ Daily update on … Continue reading

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Richard or Frédéric

It is not clear what the diminutive Ric actually stands for Ric Hochet is a French-Belgian comic book series created by the scriptwriter A.-P. Duchâteau and the cartoonist Tibet, whose first volume was published in September 1963 by Le Lombard. … Continue reading

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Info Post – October 29th

Living through a pandemic in the south of France 589 days in Carcassonne since 1st lockdown in March 2020 DAILY STATISTICS HERE ▫️ HOME NEWS DESK Not much planned for today apart from some administrative duties and getting ready for … Continue reading

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Complete

When I purchased number 39 and latest published album a couple of weeks ago, I realised I was missing number 10 and number 35 in my collection. It is no longer the case since this morning. On top of that … Continue reading

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Info Post – October 27th

Living through a pandemic in the south of France 586 days in Carcassonne since 1st lockdown in March 2020 DAILY STATISTICS HERE ▫️ HOME NEWS DESK See data page for details ✏️ Health situation update ⦿ For several days, the … Continue reading

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Choucroute

Winter must be on the way, despite the current 20ºC , we ate our 1st choucroute of the season this lunchtime. All ingredients were purchased in my favorite shop in town and namely „La Ferme“. What is choucroute exactly? Choucroute … Continue reading

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Naturellement

© Article from L’Indépendant newspaper from 22/10/2021 The Halles celebrated wine last Thursday. This evening event, organised by the Halles Prosper-Montagné traders’ association and its president Marianne Billard, worked perfectly. To be reproduced absolutely. Ten wine growers from the region … Continue reading

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Yesterday’s walk

We had a beautiful sunny day yesterday here in south west France and we therefore decided to drive to the coast with our visitors and go for one of our favorite walk through the Plateau de Leucate. We also decided … Continue reading

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Le Griffon

The latest Asterix comic book is available since this morning in the shops all over France. It is number 39 and fits very well in my collection. I have of course read it immediately when I got home The release … Continue reading

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La Sauvageraie

This use to be the name of the house I grew up in. My friend Chris from the UK remembered that and had the sign made for my birthday last June. I waited for his visit so that we could … Continue reading

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