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May 16, 2008: International Knitting Day in the Aude
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Knitting near Quillan Has there always been an International Knitting Day or is it a new thing? I've started knitting again - after a 40 year break - because my daughter started to knit and I remembered how peaceful and...

May 2, 2008: What do you want to read about on Aude France?
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So ... what would you like me to write about on Aude France? You can add a comment, send me an email, or you can use the new little Skribit box to the left and add something there. I'd really appreciate the feedback.

March 4, 2008: Snow
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It didn't stay but it was snow! I know. I'm supposed to post the property of the week today. Tomorrow. I will really. Since I've gone on and on about the glorious weather we've been having I thought it only...

February 28, 2008: Corbieres Garden - Late February
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A little rain for the garden and voila! - more flowers My garden seems to be happy with the little bit of rain we've had over the few days. Very little, we need a lot more. The daffodils have been...

February 27, 2008: Lunch in Limoux
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Restaurant de la Gare, Limoux When I have lunch with Elaine I get her to choose the restaurant. Her choices are always great. Today we had lunch at the Restaurant de la Gare in Limoux. It's definitely a destination restaurant,...

February 17, 2008: 2CV - deux chevaux
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I love 2CVs The 2CV is iconically French, for me it's part of the essence of France. 2CVs, berets, baguettes, Gitanes, these are some of the things that remind me of my first visit to France, 47 years ago. (Wow!...

February 15, 2008: La Poste - the post office in France in English
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La Poste has a fabulous web site in English La Poste in English - has a section for people already living in France, for people planning to move to France, and for people visiting France. I've been known to bitch...

February 14, 2008: At the Vival in Montlaur
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So cute ... so big!!!!

February 6, 2008: The boulangerie in Saint Marcel, roquette, daffodils, Belle the dog
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Things that caught my eye today: maybe a tad too bright? You can just see the Pyrenees in the background. This was on the road between Camplong and Montlaur. The little daffodils in my garden, and Belle enjoying the sun...

February 1, 2008: Customer Support Call Centres in France
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.. plus ca change ... Customer Support call centres are probably the same the world over. Unfortunately. In France there's a nice little wrinkle - the call isn't free. The time that you're on hold waiting for a live person...

January 31, 2008: Ice Hockey in Narbonne, a dog in a bar, and an almondier near Camplong
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Things that caught my eye today -

January 20, 2008: Ah the Aude - Lunch Outside on January 20th
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Not your normal French winter weather Yesterday I arrived in Toulouse at 4.30 pm and it was about 14 degrees. Glorious, sunny, blue skies, balmy 14 degrees. This is not normal January weather in the south of France but it...

January 15, 2008: New Number Plate System in France
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New laws in France only work if the French want them to work It's worth reading the article in the Independent about changes ot the system of issuing number (licence) plates to cars in France. The Aude is one of...

January 11, 2008: Butter Tarts - Quintessentially Canadian - Recipe
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The best butter tarts - definitely worth trying Butter tarts are not only quintessentially Canadian, they're an Ontario tradition. I had never heard of them before I moved to Ontario when I was 16. It was love at first bite....

January 10, 2008: Winter Root Vegetable Bake - Recipe
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Winter makes me cook The cold Canadian winter has made me want to cook. I'm learning to bake - again. I had stopped baking because I didn't have the patience for the precision that baking seemed to require. It's not...

December 22, 2007: Gateau au Chocolat - Chocolate Cake
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Easy, delicious, very chocolatey chocolate cake recipe I'm an 'if it isn't chocolate it isn't desert' kind of girl (with a couple of exceptions, Creme Catalan being one but that's another post). Kristin - of French Word a Day -...

December 19, 2007: Winter Sales in France - 2008
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The winter sales in France start on January 9, 2008 That's the first day of the sales in Paris and they last til February 16. They start on January 9 in the Aude as well and probably last for the...

November 11, 2007: Lunch in Carcassonne - Le Bistrot d'Auriac
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Or Club-House du Golf de Carcassonne - franglais if I ever heard it On Wednesday I had lunch with Elaine at Le Bistrot d'Auriac. Everything about it was delightful. The setting, the surroundings, the food, and the company. Food first...

November 10, 2007: France and Dog Poo
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The end of dog poo on French sidewalks? One can only hope. But ... this is France and it often seems that people choose which laws they want to obey. It seems to me that there isn't as much dog...

October 27, 2007: Shopping in Carcassonne - Esprit de Sel
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My favourite gift shop in Carcassonne Esprit de Sel is my favourite gift shop. Not just in Carcassonne. My favourite gift shop anywhere. Calling it a gift shop doesn't do it justice but it is always my first stop when...

October 26, 2007: Learning to write an e-mail in French
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Tools to help you write French Does the thought of having to write something in French strike fear in your heart? Me too. It's quite possible that some of the things I've written are circulating the internet as thigh-slappingly funny...