Christmas

Cruzy has been decorated and a lot of effort has gone into the decorations this year. The entire village has been adorned with small trees with boxes wrapped in colourful paper. The lights are up over Avenue de Narbonne and the villagers have lit up their homes with training lights, light droplets and of course, climbing Santas. They are everywhere and if last year is anything to go by, they will still be up at Easter.

9 Years

Alan and I celebrated 9 years together by spending a weekend in Montpellier, the closest "proper" city to Cruzy. It is a lovely place to visit and we were impressed. It is a little like Paris, but without the coach loads of tourists or the queues. They even had a GAP clothes store. No Starbucks, but we can live without them. We intended to visit art galleries, walk in the parks and enjoy the atmosphere. We walked passed all those attractions in favour of the old town and the lanes and lanes of shops. We felt spoilt for choice with boutiques and chocolatiers.

We tasted and purchased many fine foods (all chocolate based) and thanks to the 4th Annual Wine Fare, we spent our first evening drinking many locally produced wines. We paid 2 Euros for a glass and visited 40 wine producers, all keen to top up our glasses with their finest nectar. We then wandered the small lanes looking for a place to eat. There are so many little restaurants in the old town, which it took a while to settle on one.


On our second day in Montpellier, we had breakfast out in the open at this little snack stall. The coffee was amazing and the croissants were warm and tasty. So much so, that we had another to set us up for the day.