Language lessons

This week, the challenge of learning French, a beautiful salad of persimmons, halloumi and walnuts, plus what to do with a tiny truffle.

…Like lots of pretty ports the world over, people drift here and end up staying….

When we moved here in September 2021, my greatest fear wasn’t wrestling this long-abandoned house back to life without racing through our cash reserves like a down-on-their luck chancer in Vegas, or getting used to village life after thirty years in London, or learning to c…