On Sunday we moved house, well, flat/apartment. We are now in Limoux, which is a lovely old town with some interesting history.
It is in the foothills of the Pyrenees and is in the centre of Cathar country. Apparently there were Crusades against heretics in the 13th century. They have the longest carnival in the world (so they say) and have a Foie Gras celebration each year at the end of autumn, so we may get to see and taste that one.
The area is in a slight dip in the landscape, with surrounding vineyards and sunflowers, and we ourselves are surrounded by churches and a couple of musea (a piano museum, automate museum, museum of local history and paintings – I haven’t been in any of them yet, but we have time enough in between looking for property. This is the church view from our front balcony.
The river is just behind the property and is beautifully lit up at night. There are ducks on the water so we are being careful where we take Cassy as we’d hate him to start hunting them, especially with little ones around. However, we have found a couple of nice spots to take him in the water without disturbing the ducks, and he’s very keen to get wet, as we found out last night to our dismay. I let him off the leash, believing he would come back to me, but it was so warm and he was determined to have a swim and catch the ball – but, we didn’t have a ball to throw so he wasn’t going to come out without a long splash first!
Just behind the garden where we are you can find a couple of cours de boule, where older gentlemen play boules in the evenings. We are becoming part of the landscape as they call Cassy when we go walking and say bonsoir to us.
There is a market on Fridays and in July also Tuesday evenings. Markets are a great place to pick up local produce and get some good deals, but only if you know your prices – sometimes (but not often) the supermarket is cheaper but then you don’t always know where the produce is from, despite the drive to label items with country of origin.
Anyway, we’re almost settled in now and Cassy loves being with us all the time, and we have our own shower and toilet, which is a bit of a luxury until the novelty wears off again! I’m in my element as I can work in the garden, something I’ve missed over the last few months since we moved from Old North Road. So being able to pull weeds, de-lateral tomatoes, and pick kumquats (and eat them for the first time) was a real pleasure.
Take a look at the pics of Limoux by night. A la prochaine.
This is our street and our place is on the left, just past the no entry sign. Our car is the 3rd on the right from the front.
1 comment:
Hello Wouter and Pamela, what an interesting looking area, plenty of places for lovely photo's by the look of it. I had a look on Google Earth, and can see very clearly your street and the river at the back with the bridge over it etc. Have fun and take care. John and Jose.
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