It's hard to believe that we are already edging towards the end of summer. It seemed like just yesterday that we were tentatively enjoying the first warm days after what seemed like an interminable winter, but August will draw to a close next week and some of us will be starting to think about getting things together for the start of a new school year. My little one will be starting day nursery in September which feels like a very big step!
However, before we completely turn our backs on summer I thought I would share with you a few of my pictures from the two weeks we spent in France at the end of May this year. It was a lovely break for us all before we started on our new schedules of childminders and work in June and it gave us a great chance to enjoy some new places and practice our rather terrible French.
We stayed in a beautiful village in the Languadoc Rousillon region of France. This is wine country and you are surrounded by vinyards everywhere and the landscape is expansive and varied. There are so many beautiful spots to visit in this region but on this trip, with a one year old in tow, we kept our sight seeing close to home. With every village seemingly full of wonderful old buildings with enticing cobbled streets and markets to explore this didn't feel as if we missed out at all!
One of the things I loved seeing was the wealth of colour everywhere. From the roses that spilled around every door way to the doorways themselves, the whole trip seemed saturated with beautiful colours.
Here are a few of my favourite colourful snaps:
The beautiful flower market at Beziers.
A fish shaped door knocker.
So many beautiful doors and shutters - I may have taken a ridiculous number of pictures just of these things...
Glorious roses seemed to grow everywhere. Roses have to be my favourite flowers, no question.
Such a beautiful blue. But my favourite part - the christmas wreath still hanging above the door!
Altogether it was a wonderful two weeks full of sights and experiences to refresh us, from fresh croissants from the local baker each morning, to strolling around markets looking at the wonderful produce, to watching 'Mike Le Chevalier' while we ate breakfast (well, let's be realistic, we were on holiday with a one year old - it couldn't all be cultural and foodie!). I hope you have all been enjoying a wonderful summer, I'd love to hear about your travels, either near or far!
Coco Blue.
