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.


Thursday, 26 March 2015

'tis the season

I do like to eat seasonal, locally grown produce and our weekly trip to the Thursday market at Villefranche is a perfect showcase for it. This week there was the first of this year's local asparagus - a bit pricey still but what the heck, it's a bonus that the asparagus season starts earlier and lasts longer here than in England. Of course I could buy it all year round shipped across the world from Peru but it's so much nicer when its a seasonal treat.



Thursday lunches usually feature goodies bought in the market that morning . Today some of that delicious asparagus topped with a poached egg. The was egg collected from the hen house this morning - can't get much more local and fresh!
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