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Photos: Les Riols, Tarn et Garrone, France

FRANCE | Thursday, 10 Oct 2013 | Photo Gallery

Three weeks remodeling Simon and Linda's river home on the Aveyron in southwestern France
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Tags: country, france, homestay, rural france


La France Profonde

FRANCE | Thursday, 3 Oct 2013 | Views [596]

Soggy clumps of the floral wallpaper fall onto my forearm as I shove the paint scraper upward against the wall. The muted green and pastel pink pattern, once so popular decades ago, now gives way to the soft, white plaster beneath it.  "Shit," ... Read more >

Tags: culture, dinner parties, food, france, french, french food, language, soup, wine


The Opening Number: Les Riols, France

FRANCE | Tuesday, 24 Sep 2013 | Views [488]

Welcome to The Chocolate Box. That is what Simon Curtis calls the new home he just bought with his partner, Linda Walsh, on the banks of the River Aveyron in in Southwest France. This sweet little cottage is nestled on a rural, country road outside ... Read more >

Tags: culture, family, france, homestay, host, les riols, river aveyron, rural france


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