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Nestled just inside the national park of the Haut Languedoc lies the picturesque village of Hérépian. Here Garrigae has lovingly transformed a 17th Century convent into a superb luxury boutique hotel residence. At Le Couvent you will discover an idyllic retreat where authenticity, quality,intimacy and comfort permeate throughout - a place where 17th Century charm meets 21st Century luxury.
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We welcome submissions of articles for the site about Languedoc or France.  Articles should be under 1000 words and in English. Please submit articles by email. We also welcome links to your blogs about living in France.

My Languedoc village : A series of articles by residents describing their towns and villages

My Languedoc village

A series of articles by residents describing their towns and villages.

The Secret Cevennes by Samantha David
Samantha David
Samantha David is a freelance journalist and writes for various publications including BBC Online, the Sunday Times, the FT, Living France, everything France, and France Magazine
Samantha David is a freelance journalist and writes for various publications including BBC Online, the Sunday Times, the FT, Living France, everything France, and France Magazine. Her novel "I Married a Pirate" was published by Myrmidon Books in July 2007. Samantha_David_website.

Jonathan Hesford, proprietor of Domaine Treloar     Jonathan Hesford The establishment of a Languedoc vineyard .... via NY, NZ and UK.

Domaine Treloar is a small boutique wine producing estate in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France owned and operated by Englishman Jonathan Hesford and his Kiwi wife, Rachel Treloar. Jonathan is a qualified Viticulturist and Oenologist. He graduated top of his year at Lincoln University, New Zealand. Here in the Roussillon he brings together a lifetime love of wine, New World techniques and the wonderful local grape varieties and terroir. Domaine Treloar website


 In 1998, Comedia Publishing  invented the concept of writing a  customised novel. The new process allows you to produce a completely interactive novel, at an affordable price and in record time
Creating personalised novels

An advanced and sophisticated software program has made possible the creation and production of a single quality book. (Format 14x20, on 80g paper) (Cover 300g 4-colour coated). You can become the author of a unique novel, about 170 pages long, which will, for a moderate sum (from €33), be printed, bound and mailed to the person of your choice. Comedia Publishing are based in Nimes.


Wendy McDermott     Wendy McDermott
Wendy McDermott
Wendy McDermott moved to Languedoc in 2005. She writes of her experience and her activities of Le Rendez-vous Anglais, a local community group.

    Marques Vickers An American in the French Languedoc
Marques Vickers and his wife Claudia sold their San Francisco Bay Area home, left their jobs and moved to the village of Fabrezan in the Languedoc region of southern France in June 2005. He is an accomplished artist whose work can be seen on the Marques Vickers website..

    Richard Cleverley Our resident PC guru
Richard Cleverley is a Languedoc based computer professional with wide experience of creating and developing websites as well as building and fixing computers and computer networks. He is on hand to help with queries on the expat foyer forum. 

Chateau Lasserre
Chateau Lasserre
Sally is a 40 something 'workhorse' running a 19th century country house rental in Aude, South of France. This is the true story of how she found and restored the house. Link to her website.

   
André Goddard is a property surveyor covering Aude, Herault and neighbouring departements of Languedoc. With 40 years in private practice he provides a quality service backed by European qualifications and professional liability cover.

André Goddard is a Chartered Building Surveyor with 40 years in private practice.


Wendy's world articles
french help services

wendy johnson

Wendy Johnson is English and has been living in France since 1998. She is based close to Nimes and in her spare time helps to run an Association (with over 270 members) for English speakers in the area.  Wendy originally worked in the commercial travel industry, where among other things she organised group travel and conferences. She writes of her ongoing experiences in France.

 

Le monde de l'alimentation sécurisée : http://www.un-ami-en-france.com Derek Andrews

Electricity in France

Derek Andrews, is a happily married ex-pat Brit living and running a small company based in Saint Malo specialising in the economy of energy, the production of electricity in all its forms and the safe usage of this energy. His website is here.

Articles by Craig mcGinty Craig McGinty

This French Life

Craig McGinty is a journalist with a wide variety of experience in both daily newspapers, breaking news websites and public relations.

Nomad

Surprising France
Nomad is a long term expat who has lived and worked in many countries. Here, he examines some of the common misconceptions held about France.

Peter Rawlingson : An official translation done by a sworn translator is legal, exact, confidential and valid for all authorities ; An official translation done by an independent sworn translator is fast and personal. You will be in direct contact with your translator.

Official and Legal Translating and Interpreting

Peter Rawlingson has been a sworn translator (traducteur assermenté) for 12 years. He is a New Zealander living with his family on Oléron Island. He translates all official and legal documents for all official and legal purposes, in France and overseas. You can contact Peter Rawlingson through his web site here.


Beatrice Labonne  
Beatrice Labonne is French. She writes of her experience in returning to France after a career spanning 40 years abroad. She now divides her time between Languedoc and Rio, and writes occasional travel articles.

Helen Bevis
Life on the Lotissement, by Helen Bevis
Helen used to be a sensible Curator of Decorative Art in the UK but came to France by accident, had children, learned French and now writes about people not pots. Helen also has her own blog at http://www.cafeandmarmite.blogspot.com

About property in France
Seymour James operate a property sales website at property_sale_france , promoting a selection of quality properties for sale in south west france. In particular, properties in gironde, lot-et-garonne, les landes, lot, gers & dordogne . Although not currently active in this region, Seymour-James have useful articles about buying property in France.

 
Nigel Webb

Chateau de Boussagues

The moving story of how Nigel Webb found his chateau. The ongoing story of restoration and information about accommodation is here.

David Rose David Rose
David Rose is a photographer combining his European travels in a motor home with short and long-term house-sits. He is currently in Gard.

Jeremy Josephs
Jeremy Josephs is an established writer and journalist with some half a dozen books tucked under his belt. But during the course of the last few years he has  turned his keyboard steadily to writing almost exclusively about France. 


 
Ed Ward
Ed Ward is a US writer & broadcaster considering moving from Berlin to Montpellier .

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A blog is an online journal. Those selected  include accounts of everyday events in Languedoc. Many include tales of hardship as the writers struggle to settle in a foreign country. And many are very amusing.

 

 
 
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