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City breaks and day trips from Cousserat Holiday Homes
The countdown to summer is here! With lots of European airlines offering January and February sales, many people are planning their...
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Oct 4, 20222 min
The French wine harvest!
Well it’s been go-go-go here in South West France - harvest season is finally here! The rolling vineyards have been brimming with...
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Aug 5, 20225 min
Our Top Ten Restaurants (so far!)
The south west of France is well known for its high quality food and wine. In this area of Gironde there are simply too many good...
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Jun 7, 20223 min
Le Marché
Markets are part of daily life here in France, especially so in the small towns and villages near Cousserat, where many locals go to buy...
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Mar 9, 20225 min
A Day Out In Saint Émilion
Things to do and places to see when visiting Saint Émilion. Saint Émilion, approximately 40km east of Bordeaux and 60km west of Bergerac,...
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Nov 1, 20202 min
Autumn beauty
Well, my promise to self to write a blog post each month has been broken. Still, as I'm practicing mindful self-compassion at the moment,...
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Aug 22, 20202 min
Summer flowers @Cousserat
First of all, what happened to July? It passed me by in the blink of an eye; probably because we had lots of family visiting us, which...
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Jun 28, 20203 min
Beautiful Bordeaux
#Bordeaux #Gironde #VisitBordeaux https://www.bordeaux-tourisme.com/ When I told one of our guests last year that visiting Bordeaux was a...
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May 21, 20204 min
Bordeaux wine seasons
We are surrounded by vineyards at Cousserat and one of our criteria when buying our home and gite business in South West France was that...
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Apr 19, 20203 min
The best holiday home from home in South West France
We’re almost 5 weeks into Covid-19 lockdown in France as I write this, my first blog. Let’s hope my ‘promise to self' of continuing this...
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