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Anji Weston: Posted on Monday, October 24, 2011 1:11 AM
The weather here today has been a remarkable 90 degrees!! Nearly November - thats crazy... |
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ANJI WESTON: Posted on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 7:17 PM
We are often asked what it is like to live in France. Most of the time beautiful blue skies, warmer weather than England, fewer cars and generally we like to think less crime. For those who move here with young children it is often a struggleat first, as you need to be fluent in french in order to get a job, in order to keep your family. Learning the language is often quicker for the parents of young children as you tend to pick up the language at the school gates so to speak. |
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Posted on Thursday, October 13, 2011 10:54 PM
If you enjoy holiday activities with a difference then take a look at my recent write up for www.guide2poitoucharentes.com about magical alchemical activity of glass making. It discusses the workshop of Sally Cox in Barroux, Deux Sevres where she makes everything from jewellery and windchimes and from mosaic tables to stained glass windows for chateaux and churches. |
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Anji Weston: Posted on Friday, October 07, 2011 3:59 PM
Well its now the end of another season here at our beautiful riverside retreat at Le Grand Saule in Moncontour, Vienne. We have welcomed visitors from all over the world from America in the West, to Israel in the East, from Denmark in the north to Australia in the south - very cosmopolitan this year especially. Most of our guests have been fabulous and many have kept in touch since they left here - sending messages of good wishes and photographs taken both here in France and back at their homes, so often we get to know their families - if only by photograph. |
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Anji Weston: Posted on Wednesday, October 05, 2011 8:05 PM
FESTIVAL OF LIGHT This weekend Friday 7th October 2011 a festival of light and guarded tour of the troglodyte caves of Turquant near Saumur using 100 candles. The tour finishes with a tasting of wine. TURQUANT - Visite guidée à la lueur de 100 bougies et de feux decheminées, de l'agencement de ce logis seigneurial troglodytique du XVI°siècle, et, à travers lui, évocation de la vie des habitants de la Renaissance.Visite clôturée par une dégustation des vins du Domaine Filliatreau,propriétaire des lieux. |
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Anji Weston: Posted on Wednesday, October 05, 2011 7:55 PM
This weekend 8 and 9 October 2011 is the 34th Salon of Fossils and Minerals being held at the Salle des Fetes in Montamisé in the north Vienne. It is organised by the Mineralogie and Paleontologie club of Poitou. The area is famous for its geological / nature reserves, two sites being found near the Thouars / St Ragegonde area in north Vienne. The event is on from 10.00h to 19.00h on Saturday and Sunday. Cette weekend 8 et 9 Octobre est le 34e Salon Mineraux et Fossiles à le Salle des Fetes à Montamisé. Cette region est importante pour les mineralogie et Paleotologie particularment pres de Thouars / St Ragegonde region. Le seance est 10.00h et 19.00h Samedi et Dimanche. |
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Anji Weston: Posted on Wednesday, October 05, 2011 3:41 PM
This year has seen a cosmopolitan section of guests arriving at our Bed and Breakfast Le Grand Saule. Guests have arrived from all over the world including Canada, USA, Australia, Denmark, Sweden, Majorca, Austria and even Israel - as well as our usual visitors from England, Ireland, Spain and of course France, Belgium and Holland. It all adds up to a very interesting time with stories being told around tables and drinks and an interchange of ideas from one and all. Its amazing how language suddenly doesn't become a barrier when people are having a great time. |
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Anji Weston: Posted on Saturday, October 01, 2011 11:00 PM
It was great to meet Paul Riley and his friend Paul yesterdaywho stayed overnight here at Le Grand Saule Bed and Breakfast in Moncontour. They were doing a wonderful job cycling 1100 km from Telford in the Midlands to the Dordogne raising funds for Severn Hospice. Well done boys and we hope the rest of your journey to Dordogne goes without a hitch |
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Le Grand Saule in Moncontour: Posted on Saturday, October 01, 2011 10:51 PM
Talk about an Indian Summer - 104 degrees registered in our garden today here at Le Grand Saule Bed and Breakfast in Moncontour, Vienne. |
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Posted on Thursday, September 22, 2011 10:41 AM
Well what a long time since I was last one here and so much has happened. The Bed and Breakfast continued to be solidly booked right throughout August with people coming from all over the world and all over France. For me personally things were just as busy and trying to tie everything up was a devil of a a job. Way back in July or August I wrote that I had been interviewed on Radio WM with regards to French Tourism and how they could get more Midland people visiting France. |
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