It was advertised in the local newspaper “La Nouvelle République” as La Fete de Bien Etre and I thought it would be a festival of people selling various remedies for problems that I did not know I had. So originally we were not going to go and then I saw that there were exhibitors [...]
Montmorrillon is the town dedicated to writing and one quarter is full of shops selling book binding services, hand made paper, calligraphy services and second hand books. This is in a picturesque setting on the side of the hill over looking the River Gartempe. It also has at least two good restaurants.
The first [...]
This week we have had some of our favourite guests staying with us.
He fishes and she writes.
When I say that he fishes, I do not mean that he sits there all day and looks at the beautiful river Vienne, but he casts his net and within minutes pulls in a fish – from dawn [...]