Category Archives: Languedoc

Lucky Finds

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A beautiful word in France is Trouvailles meaning “Lucky Finds” – A good name for a curiosity shop, or a stall on a “flea market”.

Walking the dog I often have “trouvailles”, finding curiosities in the fields and byways around our home in Montblanc.

I sometimes take photos of these trouvailles and will publish them here.

Here are a few I saw this week

China Plates tossed into a ditch

China Plates - just tossed in a ditch, clearly they were intact when thrown there - Why?

Charred Logs

Massive charred logs in the middle of a field - too heavy to move

Tree

Just a Tree - but signaling the end of Winter perhaps?

Beziers Airport Continues Excellent Service

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Béziers Cap d’Agde airport continues expansion

Beziers airport welcomed 195,000 passengers in 2011, up 48.3% on 2010, the airport will continue to grow in2012.

Summer flights schedule

 

From 25 March, the airport offers a new summer program with 8 European destinations,  new routes and more flights:

London Luton: 4 flights a week on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays

Bristol: 4 flights a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays

Düsseldorf: 2 flights a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays

Stockholm: 2 flights a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays (third flight extra every Thursday during July)

Oslo: 2 flights a week on Mondays and Fridays

Southampton: three weekly flights on Mondays, Fridays and Sundays

– The eighth new line – Manchester – 2 flights on Mondays and Fridays.

The line to/from Paris Beauvais – 4 flights a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, the late afternoon schedule is particularly suitable for short stays.

Béziers Cap d’Agde Airport is expected to host nearly 215 000 passengers this year  generating  economic benefits locally of nearly € 65 million for the year.

Shuttle buses at € 1.5 are available to and from the arrival of each flight to/from Beziers * Bus and train stations, Vias,  Agde train station *, * Marseillan Ville (* connection with Public Transport networks of Herault, Herault Mediterranean area and Thau).

Information and bookings on www.beziers.aeroport.fr

Vernissage at Chateau Carrasses March 3 2012

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A vernissage – literally “a Varnishing” – is in this case the opening of an exhibition of photographs by Gilles Faviers, a photographer with the VU agency http://gilles-favier.com

I have been to many exhibitions in France, all the photography exhibitions have been from indifferent to awful – I expected much the same this time.

I was totally and completely wrong – Gilles is an artist and a craftsman. Iwas totally impressed and stil have strong feelings from the twenty or so photographs I had the great pleasure of seeing last Saturday.

The theme was a selection from a much larger exhibition planned with oer 100 images. This is an observation of two places, benin in West Africa and Bahia in Brazil – two destinations from the “triangular trade” of slaves.

The force of voodoo on both sided of the Atlantic is apparent, as is the obvious lins of cultures and race/family in the faces.

A Wonderful morning, pity the wine was not as good, but luckily I don’t drink 🙂

Gilles Favier at Chateau Carrasses