Posts Tagged ‘Halloween’

Gold turns brown, the credit crisis, wine or dolphins?

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Gold turns brown, an oblique reference to the credit crisis, dolpins or to wine?

An amusing French expression much used at Castelnau de Montmiral at present. Tous les jours ce n’est pas du temps de saison – all and every day it is not the weather for the season.

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Halloween is or was the pagan festival for the dead?

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

Castelnau de Montmiral is one of the last places I’d expect evil spirits. It is a beautiful, tranquil ancient hill top “Bastide” village. One of Les Plus beaux villages de France.

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