Aici sèn pla

This blog started as a daily record to mark our fifth year at Segala. Daily it did not turn out to be but after the year I have decided to continue as an occasional diary - after all I do still like it here or "aici sen pla".


Its our fifth year living at Segala. I have decided to try to mark this year with a daily post ( some days it will be just a photo) of our life over the year. I have trawled my brain for witty titles without success then I remembered the slogan on the T shirts at the fête in Espinas in the summer.


A friend translated it from the occitan for us. It seems to mean something along the lines of I like it here. Very apt for us, "I like it here " is a refrain we use to each other at least daily so that's the plan - Aici sén pla - a year of daily musings from a contented retired expat who thinks herself damned lucky every single day.


Wednesday, 3 December 2014

getting festive













A morning spent wrapping parcels and they are almost done.



This afternoon I had my English class as Parisot - the children loved making their advent calendars so it was worth all the preparation time. Its a lovely group of kids now, five of them and they have all settled really well into the routine of the lessons - and they really seem to be gaining in confidence with speaking.




Afterwards it was time to get the tree and decorations up. Its definitely not traditional for us to have it up so early but needs must this year. The decorations themselves though don't change - every year the same ones come out of storage and putting them up always reminds me of the many happy family Christmases gone by.

No arty branches or white tinsel here, we always have real tree - this year we have bought a rooted one again - the plan being to grow it on and use it again next year.  Last year's died but its worth a try.

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