Medicating Cats & Saying Bye to Chuck

03/10/201315/05/2023 Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, Visits, Work

To conclude Chuck’s visit: we had a lovely and very copious meal at Les Saveurs that evening – 3-4 courses apiece, all washed down with some tasty wine. Afterwards, we ... Read more

Our Kefalonian Pilgrimage

14/09/201306/08/2025 Our Travels, Photos, Socialising

Well, this is a rare pleasure. These days, the job of updating the Frog Blog has become something of a chore and there rarely seems to be anything exciting to ... Read more

The Lead-up to Vacation

03/09/201315/05/2023 Fooood, Socialising, The Garden, Work

We leave tomorrow morning for Greece via London. This will be our first official vacation since our trip to Asia two years ago. Living out here, we don’t feel the ... Read more

Gavin’s Visit and a Weekend in Bordeaux

27/08/201309/05/2023 Fooood, La Fête de St. Augustin, Our Travels, Socialising, The Garden, Visits, Work

I collected Gavin from Limoges on Sunday afternoon. We relaxed during the afternoon, and I prepared a bbq for that evening. I made the spicy orange sauce to go with ... Read more

Holiday Season

18/08/201315/05/2023 Socialising, Visits, Work

In the interests of not being tardy with our entries, you’re getting another one from me. Matt’s due to head off to Limoges shortly to pick up Gavin who is ... Read more

The Pace Continues

12/08/201315/05/2023 Fooood, Socialising, Work

It’s time again for a roundup of the latest goings on at Mazerouxcity, where we continue to be unusually active both socially and work-wise. We’re trying to get into a ... Read more

Dave and Amy Pay a Visit

04/08/201315/05/2023 Fooood, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, Visits, Work

It’s been another busy week here, both work-wise and socially. Dave and Amy arrived on Monday early afternoon. They got the ferry the day before and spent the night in ... Read more

A Crazy Week…

28/07/201315/05/2023 La Fête du Spardos, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, Work

It’s been bedlam at Port 80 this week, both on the work and social front, culminating with the annual Spardos festival at St Pardoux last night. Our crazy week kicked ... Read more

Summer Continues Unabated

21/07/201315/05/2023 Fooood, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising, The Garden, Work

We’ve been enjoying the same weather since the start of July with an average temp around 30 and high teens at night. It’s been sunny nearly every day although we ... Read more

Summer Sun, Something’s Begun…

14/07/201315/05/2023 Socialising, Work

The title is a line from ‘Greece’ the musical that just popped into my head. It seemed appropriate given the weather, and also the sudden and welcome spate of potential ... Read more