Travel Writer Lucy Culpepper and her family have lived in the UK, Spain,
Mexico, Panama and Costa Rica. They are currently enjoying life in
south-western France.
Send Lucy your feedback at lucy@culpepperink.com.
Day 3 of the Cessenon-sur-Orb festival, ‘3 Jours de Fête’ kicked off with a pro bike race starting from the main square. Always up for a cycling challenge I asked if anyone could ride: &ldquo...
Day 2 of Cessenon-sur-Orb’s summer festival started in a calmer fashion with a wooden games workshop open to all. An incredible array of games was set out on tables in the main square for all ages...
Day 1 of the Cessenon-sur-Orb festival, ‘3 Jours de Fête’ kicked off with a fabulous Swing evening.Cessenon-sur-Orb, in the Hérault department of the Languedoc region of south west France, is just...
I recently spent a long weekend in the thermal spa and ski town of Cauterets in the French Pyrenees. Here’s my report for Examiner readers with children of all ages who are searching for active holiday in France...
Do you want to take a ‘sabbatical’ and spend some time abroad with your family? Can’t think how you even begin to find a home to rent in a language you may not speak?
In the...
La Belle Vie in the bountiful foothills of the Pyrenees...
Imagine a corner of France so tucked away that even the French find it hard to place on the map. From the Romans to the Renaissance, the Belle Époque...
Do you want to know how to retire overseas? Do you want answers to lots of questions...and all from one bang up to date source?
There has never been a better time to learn about and plan for making...
As the little combi bus reached the edge of the volcanic crater, we were stunned by the most spectacular view…360 degrees of jagged, 1,000-meter-high mountains covered in humid cloud forest, tumbling down to the flat...
Looking out over the twinkling Mediterranean from the top of an Arab watchtower, I wonder how this land appeared to the first man crossing from Africa to Europe. I’m standing in Andalusia, the ancient bridge between two continents...
As I drove into the Languedoc heading toward the village of Cessenon-sur-Orb, the warm, golden glow of fall bathed the surrounding hills. The famous vines of the area were impressive even without their leaves, and each twist and...