The ROMANCE
in the first year, Alain (me under him) attacked the house with sledge hammers. John B. and John P. built a sunning terrace with olive pot over the collapsing wine caves. They restored the medieval vaults to the 15th-century and never after tavern condition
The PLACE
our accidental property (sleeps 9), is in the Languedoc: the province connecting France to Spain: on the west bank of the Rhone. Provence is chic and climbing on the east bank.
Fixing-up houses seems chic, thanks to the smooth stories in Peter Mayles' property-porn best-seller, A Year in Provence. Pebbles. Ripples. Sure. He's right: awful.
Cheaper than property in Provence, on the east bank.
What REALLY happened