makan | joie de vivre
Everytime we catch a train from Bordeaux St Jean train station, we can’t resist dropping by Le Fournil de Belcier for their freshly baked sandwiches and pastries. I’m not sure if it’s the air, sun or food, but people in Bordeaux just seem incredibly warm and helpful. You often have people going the extra mile […]
Commissioned by its owner Alexis Godillot in 1882, the villa’s architect Pierre Chapoulart combined two existing villas into a magnificent residence. One finds in its facades different architectural styles, from classic, normand to moorish, unified harmoniously. The villa is part of a lovely walking path in the charming town centre of Hyères, so characteristic of […]
Last summer, we were travelling and visiting family in the south of France, and had to stop by this well-known olive mill in the region. Le Moulin du Calanquet’s (the mill of Calanquet) name came from the provençal word Calan (rock), a shelter from the wind and rain. Thought that this was a lovely name […]