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Well, the 2nd Night Market of the summer passed off peacefully...
maybe a bit too peacefully for the stallholders, as those out and
about with money in their pockets spent a great deal of it in the
bars and restaurants of St. Céré, not really venturing
amongst the stalls in any great numbers until well after 10h.00.
Also, maybe a bit too peacefully for those Samba fans out
there as, yet again, the famous Samba band and dancers failed to
show. The blood rose at one stage as the beat of drums filled the
warm night air... but it was only the Senegalese drum band doing
a bit of a walk-through promo.
Anyway, please do not contact us for news of the Sambas... write
instead to the Mairie, demanding their reinstatement next year.
And, to remind Monsieur Le Maire what you mean, copy and send him
the picture below!
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As the temperatures soared this week and the dreaded "....
I'm bored Dad" was heard, we grabbed the gear and went swimming.
This time we chose Crêperie Py near Loubressac to cool down.
Several other expats also chose this venue and the murmur of voices
included Dutch, American, Belgian English and, French of course.
If you haven't been, it is a bit like walking into a club, in as
much as there is no ticket booth, no entry fee... no barriers at
all. You just wander in. The owners put you on trust that you will
buy something from the bar/restaurant sometime during your visit,
but in all the times we have been there we have never seen anyone
being hassled to buy. On the contrary, the staff are as laid back
as their customers and it can be difficult sometimes to get an order
in... idly timing the (charming) waitress this week, it even took
25 minutes to get our bill!
Not that we were in a hurry. Crêperie Py is just not that
sort of place... the living's easy.
Mind you, we are pretty much spoilt for choice here in St. Céré,
so for you strangers in town, here is a quick round-up of other
places to take the plunge.
Between Carennac and Betaille, is one of the Water Parks that beckon
the hot and dusty. The usual mixture of sedate swings and seesaws
for the toddlers, through bouncy castles and trampolines for the
younger but more agile, through to water slides (one of which is
fairly daunting), not to mention, of course, a vast swimming pool.
Pools, because there is a separate one for toddlers. A good café
bar and lots of shady grass to camp out on completes the picture.
There is an entrance fee and they do not seem to mind you taking
an eskie with you.
Further Information: Tel: 05 65 32 55 75
Fancy an away day. To Padirac? OK, it is only 15 minutes from St.
Céré, but, a change is as good as a rest, they say
and you have to do something with those summer visitors! If you
head for the Gouffre Padirac before the crowds get there, you'll
get a hassle free tour of the underground wonders. When finished,
head for Insectopia, just across the road and find out everything
you did not know you had forgotten about Bugs! naturally, after
that, you'll be thinking about lunch, so head for one of the restaurants
and spoil yourself. By now, you will be feeling pretty exhausted,
if not a little full, so a laze by a turquoise blue lagoon could
just get your soul back in touch with your body. You are in luck....
Round the corner from the famous Gouffre, you will find tucked
away a bit of an oasis. Or should we say atoll... for this Parc
Aquatique is modelled on a tropical lagoon setting of white, white
"sand" and turquoise blue water.
The "sand" turns out to be a non-slip gypsum surface,
but the visual effect is superb and you do not get sand stuck in
your toes! The first of the connected pools is a gently sloping
incline, the better for toddlers to get into the deeper water and
the better for those of advancing years to get used to the 0h-so-refreshing-coolness
of the water. In otherwords, you have time to adjust before the
water hits anything sensitive!
Access to deep water is under the arched bridge. This in turn leads
to another bridge, into the deep pool that catches those intrepid
enough to brave the water slides. Add bouncy castles, climbing frames,
trampolines and a youngsters playground and the kids are pretty
much taken care of. The adults can fall back on the café, with its
ice cold draft beers and snacks. Mind you, nobody minds if you take
your own picnic and bottle laden chilly bin.
Further Information: Tel: 05 65 33 45 15
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Talking about MUSIC, hot on the heels of Danny
the PC Doctor telling us about Zattoo - free TV on your computer,
he has now come up with this site offering a free music player that
allows you to access thousands and thousands of music tracks for
FREE. Not just free, but legal.
For further
information on free music from the Spotify website, click the image
above or this link to be taken to Danny's Sponsored Page on this
website!
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Another 'Free Stuff' addition to your computer introduced by Danny
the PC Doctoris - Livestation delivers a range of live radio
and television channels to your computer over a broadband network.
Mostly News stations at the moment, but availabe channels should
increase as time goes by. The player is easy and quick to download.
For further information on
Livestation, visit their website by clicking this link
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August 14th - 28th 2009
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The second community eat-in takes place from 18h.00 onwards in Place
de la République. Marche des Producteurs and Picnic Gourmand.
Pick and Mix your food and wine and grab a table.
Thursday 20th August 18h.00.
Place de la République hosts the St. Céré
Brocante this Sunday
It's the turn of Gagnac to join in the fête
fun, with their own summer madness starting on Friday 21st August.
Lasts through Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd.
Full details
on the updated Forthcoming Events page - click this link:
For full details of the Festival Programme, which runs from 27th
July to 15th August, click the image above.
The Festival organisers also have an official site
- click the following link: www.opera-eclate.com
...
... are putting on loads of free stuff for those of us whose £
to € conversions aren't working too well at the moment.
Just
click the image above, or click this link for full details of these
free music events.
Café 5Céré - the theme for their regular Thursday
Music night on 20th August will be: Irish Night
click this link
for details of other forthcoming events in St. Céré
area and around
Place du Mercardial, St. Céré
St Céré, is in the beautiful Dordogne river valley
region of the Lot (département 46), Midi-Pyrénées,
South West France.
Lot is deep in the heart of France, with the départements
of Dordogne to the West, Corrèze to the North, Aveyron and Cantal
to the South and East respectively.
To
view maps of where in France to find St. Céré - please
click this link
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St Céré today loses two of its better known expats
... Danny and Liz.
Frustrated by the seemingly impenetrable French bureaucracy
that has, effectively, left them without the all essential Carte
Vitale and coupled with the the difficulty in finding regular work,
they have given up on the "French Dream" and are returning
to Scotland. Where the grass might not necessarily be greener, but
at least if you cannot find what you want in Tesco, then Asda will
certainly have it... or Sainsbury, or Morrisons, or Waitrose, or
...
Happy shopping Liz and Danny... hope to see you next
year for a bit of St Céré sunshine and summer nonsense.
Bon Voyage.
Georgina Whiffing has been in touch to tell us of
a new Bergerac based shopping/delivery service for expats. Shop
online, say at Tesco or B&Q and you can have stuff delivered
to Sterling
Shopping's UK address in Oxfordshire. They will then deilver
it to a pick-up point for you to collect, here in France. Thus,
you can shop the UK from your computer and pay for it in Sterling
(if you still have a UK functioning bank account!). No foreign exchange
to worry about. For full details, visit their website by clicking
the link below.
Happy shopping!
Paul and Jason at the Carennac bed and breakfast and
eatery, La Petite Vigne, have been in touch to say that they will
be closing for the season on September 5th. If you were planning
to go this summer, but haven't got around to it, then now is your
chance to grab a table reservation.
Fish and Chip Nights:
Friday 28th and Saturday 29th August. Telephone for reservations:
05.65.50.25.84
www.lapetitevigne-carennac.com
We will be meeting on Friday 4th September at the Café
Voyageurs, as usual, to put the world to rights and for a drink
or three.
If you are out and about...
join us.
Café Voyageurs, Place de la République, St. Céré
- venue for anyone who wants to speak English to other English speakers
- at least once a month!
Don't forget, if you can capture a French friend who is trying
to learn English, there can be no better way for them to practise,
than to join us.
See you there?
In this section we provide links to current local
and national news items, which may well affect you if you either
live near St. Céré or, as expats anywhere in
France.
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over it. Then just click on a brief news item link that is of interest,
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Cahors, the regional capital and Prefecture and an easy 1 hour 15mins
from Saint Cere.
St Céré is surrounded by countryside of great beauty,
liberally sprinkled with historic sites and villages.
There are no less than five of the officially designated Plus Beaux
Villages de France (the most beautiful villages in France) within
20 minutes drive of St. Céré
Click this link to view photos and
information of some of the great places to visit near St. Céré
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To find out what the weather is like today in St. Céré
and for a 3 day forecast - click the image above.
Ever fancied your own eggs from your own chickens? You could start
with these beauties - a rare breed called Crève Coeur. They
are avialable locally.More details - click
the image above or here
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WiFi connections in St Céré are available at the
music bar, Au Passé Simple in Rue de la République
and at the Café 5Cere, Hotel Touring, Place de la République.
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