The Big Move to France Vox 2009-11-24T09:30:38Z cacooper http://catherinecooper.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00e398bc80f90005/ Building sites tag:vox.com,2009-11-20:asset-6a00e398bc80f900050123f17f3952860f 2009-11-20T08:37:34Z 2009-11-24T09:30:38Z cacooper http://catherinecooper.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom It seems that all the Brits in France pretty much live on building sites. I do wonder if they all find it as stressful as I do, or if I am just neurotic. Yesterday I was working upstairs and heard Alex came into the kitchen with more swearing and...

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]]> Photos of Portaventura tag:vox.com,2009-11-17:asset-6a00e398bc80f900050123f17d9f5a860f 2009-11-17T13:46:23Z 2009-11-17T13:54:18Z cacooper http://catherinecooper.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

PortAventura 9024 PortAventura 9165 PortAventura 9173 PortAventura 9189 PortAventura 9009 PortAventura 8758 PortAventura 8938

There are loads more which are probably better than these but it's not easy to add photos to Vox so they look nice. Or maybe I am just being thick....

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]]> Portaventura and Barcelona tag:vox.com,2009-11-04:asset-6a00e398bc80f900050123ddb8c24b860b 2009-11-04T13:42:24Z 2009-11-04T14:46:16Z cacooper http://catherinecooper.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Portaventura

We are just back from a trip with the kids to Barcelona and Portaventura. One great thing about living here is it’s easy to get to lots of other places without needing to get on a plane. Barcelona is only about three hours away and now that we a...

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]]> Fete de Pomme, Mirepoix tag:vox.com,2009-10-22:asset-6a00e398bc80f900050123dddb2399860d 2009-10-22T13:19:26Z 2009-11-21T16:06:51Z cacooper http://catherinecooper.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Mirepoix Apple Festival 8170 Mirepoix Apple Festival 8181 Mirepoix Apple Festival 8190

Here are some pics from the Fete de Pommes. Aren't they pretty? This morning I have been on a little trip with Livi's class to the market. We had a little look round and then they each had a vegetable they had to find and buy so they can make sou...

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]]> Big night out tag:vox.com,2009-10-19:asset-6a00e398bc80f900050123ddd9a3f1860d 2009-10-19T15:11:08Z 2009-11-21T16:07:52Z cacooper http://catherinecooper.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom On Saturday night we went out. This might not sound very momentous, but as we still haven't found a babysitter, this is quite an event. We went to Film Club - which meant we could take the kids too. It's run by an English couple who every month o...

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]]> Chipping tag:vox.com,2009-10-08:asset-6a00e398bc80f900050123ddaae16a860b 2009-10-08T15:12:45Z 2009-10-14T08:43:14Z cacooper http://catherinecooper.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Alex on roof Chipping

Alex has spent the last couple of months chipping the render off the house - all 600 m2 or so of it. This looks like the most boring task imaginable, Alex assures me it is, and it is incredibly dusty and horrible - I'm...

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]]> New kittens tag:vox.com,2009-09-11:asset-6a00e398bc80f9000501101694f268860c 2009-09-11T10:47:18Z 2009-09-11T10:47:18Z cacooper http://catherinecooper.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

New kittens

We have some kittens. We acquired them kind of by accident - a woman from the village who we know vaguely came round while I was out and asked Alex if we wanted them. She has a very strong Ariege accent and is almost incomprehensible to us and sh...

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]]> Summer stuff tag:vox.com,2009-08-18:asset-6a00e398bc80f9000501101804d8a0860e 2009-08-18T13:48:16Z 2009-08-18T13:48:16Z cacooper http://catherinecooper.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom It is really,really hot now. And we have had friends staying, so have been doing lots of "stuff". We went to Domaine de Gayda which is a vineyard about an hour for here for lunch and it was fantastic. Such a beautiful setting and an amazing lunch...

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]]> Back from the UK tag:vox.com,2009-08-14:asset-6a00e398bc80f90005011016876bf3860c 2009-08-14T08:36:44Z 2009-08-14T08:36:44Z cacooper http://catherinecooper.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom We are just back from about 10 days in the UK - we went back for a friend's wedding which was excellent - she is a singer so all her singer mates were the choir and they did a tap dance as their first dance. Fab. While in the UK I also LOVED the ...

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]]> Picard tag:vox.com,2009-07-15:asset-6a00e398bc80f900050110184ee686860f 2009-07-15T13:53:05Z 2009-07-15T13:53:05Z cacooper http://catherinecooper.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Picard is a frozen food shop which I drive past almost every day. I assumed it was a bit like Iceland (not that there is anything wrong with Iceland of course) and so had never been in. Until someone told me yesterday it has M&S style ready-meals...

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