New starts

Chateau Perroterie

John and I have finally had time to focus on our business Blog-spot. We want our Blog to be interesting, helpful, and fun. The Blog will focus on our home/business, what's great about France and especially our area of France. We are both passionate about food, drink, the whole "terroir" thing.

We have just returned from a visit to Carcassonne in the Languedoc region. The beautiful medieval city is of course full of history and a real honey pot  for tourists, this didn't bother us, or the crazy tourist prices! The cuisine is legendary especially the Cassoulet, this is where we took issue. The restaurant menus were unimaginative very similar, expensive, and woefully poor in the taste department.  So marks out of 10 - historical atmosphere 10/10, overpriced gifts 7/10, cuisine 2/10, local wines 8/10, friendliness 6/10 would we recommend a visit, yes but only a 1 night stay.

Carcassonne

On our return to Duras in Lot & Garonne, we were reassured that our region is far more beautiful, friendlier, cheaper, great value cuisine, our Cotes de Duras wines are delicious. So we unashamedly boast that we live in a great part of France, and it is our mission to promote our area's many qualities as honestly as we can, and yes we are biased!