Why a Booktrail?
2000s: Ever dreamed of escaping to and settling in a small quaint French village…well now is your chance with a range of characters and a huge amount of red tape.
L’Auberge
What you need to know before your trail
A young English couple have just bought the local Auberge in the French Pyrénées, much to the horror of the locals who fear the English and their cooking in particular.
‘The Auberge has been sold to an outsider’
‘But why is a given that the restaurant will fail just because they are foreigners?’ demanded Christian
‘Because,’ Pascal relied in his lofty manner, ‘the new owners are English!’
The local mayor wants the property for his brother-in-law and is determined to drive the English out. As the couple settle down to life in France, we as the reader share their frustration with the French red tape, the rural attitudes, the shrugging of the French shoulders
Travel Guide
Set in Fogas, A fictional village in the French pyrenees, this is a story of an English couple, Paul and Lorna, moving in to a rural French community and trying as best they can to fit in. Fogas is a village you want to happen upon and stay for a while such is its charm despite it being more rural than rural itself .
Johnny Hallyday makes a guest appearance too – no French village knees-up would be complete without him. And for those not familiar with Monsieur Hallyday, this gives an introduction to French culture you will never forget!
All in all Fogas is very charming and rural –
“There was no shop, no bar and even La Poste had been sensible and placed the commune post office in La Riviere. So apart from the cluster of houses which formed the village and the old communal washbasin with its continually running tap, Fogas was simply the base for the town hall”
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