Carnival Time in St. Céré

Carnival Time in St. Céré

It's Carnival for the Kids this Weekend
Expect tiger faces, processions, fun and games in the streets and squares of St. Céré this Saturday as the kids party. It will kick-off at about 10h.00 with a procession, face painting begins at about 14h.00 and another tour around town should happen around 15h.30. All ends at about 17h.00 with a cup of hot chocolate to savour, whilst the grown-ups set fire to the "Carnival King". Small town France at its best! - Ed.

Roll on Summer


Magnolia Time in St. Céré

And Green Grows The Grass... FAST!
It's Magnolia time again in St. Céré and, hopefully, frosted windscreens in the morning are, again,many months away! Mind you, not sure if you have noticed, but isn't the grass growing quick this Spring!?

Fly Me to...

CityJet to London

Choice at Last?
At last, choice is beginning to creep in to Brive - Vallée de la Dordogne International, as more routes and airlines are introduced. We thought we had better do a snoop around to bring you the latest information.

London
Well, there is still no sign of Ryanair or, in fact, any airline offering cheap flights to London, to give CityJet a bit of competition. The result is, whilst CityJet's headline fare is still flagged up as £59, it is difficult to find a flight for that. Certainly, there is no sign of Ryanair's "pile them high sell them cheap" philosophy, and if you are looking for a 7 euro flight including taxes, then you are stuck with Rodez for the moment.

CityJet commence their summer schedule on 8th April, with flights on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, until 25th July, when they put on an extra flight on Mondays as well, until 5th September... just right for that long weekend you have been promising yourself!

At the moment. CityJet say they will operate their 3 times a week service until 29th October, when they will make a further announcement regarding a reduced winter service.

Further information: www.cityjet.com

Paris, Nice and Ajaccio
Yep... the Cannes film festival in May is now less than a couple of hours away, with the launch of a new route by Airlinair. The idea is you board at Brive, the aircraft hops over to Limoges, picks up more people and then it's down to the sunny Riviera at Nice. The Saturday service starts 16th April and runs to 17th September. Oh, after Nice, the aircraft hops over to Ajaccio in Corsica! Airlinair also operate a 3 flights a day, 6 days a week service to Paris (Orly).

Further information: www.airlinair.com

Manchester
Jet2.com start their service to Manchester on 16th May and will fly twice a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays until September. They are, of course, taking bookings now.

Further information: www.jet2.com

St. Céré Festival Winter Season

Murat Ozturk Jazz Trio


Click the image to listen to them play

If You Like Your Jazz Cool...
You had a treat last Saturday night, 19th March, as the Festival Winter Season continued at the Théâtre de l’Usine, featuring the Murat Ozturk Jazz Trio - percussion, piano and double bass... what more would you need!?

If you missed it. you can click on the image above,to pop-up a new window, where you can watch a YouTube video of the trio performing. Enjoy.

The Season Continues...

For a full and downloadable (pdf format) schedule and booking procedures, please click this link.

Ticket prices vary from 12€ to 27€, depending on the production - there are the usual reductions for children.

You can book online (see link below), or you can visit the box office at the Théâtre de l’Usine in St. Céré -
Monday to Friday 10h.00 to 12h.00 and 14h.00 to 17h.00

Tel : 05 65 38 28 08

To find out more about the individual productions on offer, visit the festival official website, (no English translation, though and, because of the French love affair with Flash website production, Google cannot translate it either!)

Going Somewhere... ?

Trunki Suitcases - Luggage for Little People
Yep, believe it or not, this is a suitcase. It's also a seat and a ride-on. This could be the end of "My feet hurt" whinges as you make your way down to Gate 619 at Stansted!

Check this innovative product out at the official Trunki website, where you can buy this and other great travel gear ideas for kids, online.

La Marseillaise

Click the French flag to view all we know about the French National Anthem -
La Maseillaise

Out and About

Lunch Hot Spots...

You know how it is... the sun shines, you get restless, you get in the car to visit and then... you just meander. Have a look see what the winter has left!. One such sunny-day meander took us from friends in Carennac, though Miers and back to St. Céré vie Lavergne. Yes, we realise it is not the most direct of routes but, well, this was a meander!

Miers
First stop was Miers, which seemed pretty dead. The plan was to stop at the Leon D'Or for a long cold one, but on a drive-by, it seemed closed, with the shutters half rolled down. Parking-up in the square to stretch the legs, on closer inspection, the place seemed that it might just be open. So we tried the door...

Open?! Not only was it open, but it was heaving. Every table was occupied and groaning with plates of food and many happy faces were evident. There were people actually waiting for a table! If you have never been to the Leon D'Or in Miers, don't be fooled. It may look small, but it is like the tardis inside. If you add it to your Lunchtime possibility list, get there early!

Lavergne
Long on our list to check out, had been the Hotel Restaurant Limargue as good comments about the place had filtered down even to us! So, after a cold beaded one... on to Lavergne

Straight-off, it was obvious the place was open... the car park was packed with artisan vehicles. Always a good sign of good food and good value in these parts. Popping-in for a look see, the story was the same as Miers. Every table full and a great hum of contented conversation. Grabbing a card from the fluent-in-English Dutch patron, the intention to return to eat one day soon was firmly planted in the psyche and onward we went.

Joy of joys, this week brought an invitation to lunch and, the chosen venue...?

The Hotel Restaurant Limargue, Lavergne

You're sure of a warm welcome
from Nicole and Pim
at Le Limargue, Lavergne

In we walked at the height of the lunchtime service and with no reservation. No worries, for from the moment genial host, Dutchman Pim showed us to a table, we could not have been made more welcome. Homemade minestrone with parmesan to sprinkle and bread to dunk... a generous slice of homemade bacon and tomato quiche, roast pork and crisp, sauté potatoes, cheeseboard, a yoghurt pud with raspberry coulis, coffee and red wine all for 12.50 euros. Magic. Can't recommend it enough. Go... but, be warned, don't plan to do too much in the afternoon after lunch!

Reservations: 05.65.38.76.02

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Last Chance for a Bargain
Not referring to the house, this time... it's sold. But Fran and David Sherwin are selling the last of their house ccontents this weekend in Miers, so it's you last chance for a bargain...

For further details of this,for wanted items or stuff for sale... or to place a free classified ad yourself - please click this link.

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