Château au Cerilly

Morgan and I had the privilege of being able to stay 2 nights at a friend of a friends Château in Cerily. It was pretty special sleeping in a Castle and we had the most amazing beautiful room. Definatly the most impressive accommodation we have had in our travels so far. We took the time to relax and enjoy the space, as well as explore the enormous Forest of Tronçais.
We are now back in Orleans and catching up again with Morgan's Aunty. Its strange being here again in a different season. The city is quite different to what it was like back in January. Tomorrow we head to Lardy, as we make our way back to Paris.
-kim

Chantier Médiéval de Guédelon

In the village of Treigny, in the center of France, construction is on the go, to build a grand Chateaux. What they are constructing however is not that important, it's they way they are doing it. The Chantier Médiéval de Guédelon is a rather epic place, where they are attempting to build a castle using using the same techniques and materials used in the Middle Ages. Its scheduled to take 25 years, and is funded solely on visitors admission fees.
Morgan and I don't usually got to touristy places like this, but we were highly encouraged to go. What we saw was really quiet impressive. You get to walk around the worksite and watch the masons chipping away at the stones, talk to the carpenters preparing the beams, and see the whole construction process. It was pretty amazing.
-k

Arles

The other day we visited Arles, the city where Van Gogh lived and painted his surroundings (right before he went a little crazy.) Many other artists have rented a apartment in Arles in hope that inspiration would hit them. And how could it not? surrounded by sunflower fields, ancient roman ruins and a general smell of provence in the air, this small, walled city is as good as it gets when trying to fill a blank canvas. The day was extremely hot and the breeze off the river was stunning. Just the perfect way to end our time in the south of France.
-morgan

what a week!

It has been quite a roller-coaster week for us. Our last post proved a little hopeful and things didn't turn out quite as we had expected. Our friend had an accident on a motorbike which meant he wasn't able to install the new engine for us. We were stuck in Biarritz for 5 days until the neighbour from the farm we were working on came to our rescue and fixed our car for us. What a legend! On Thursday we were able to hit the road and start our way back to Avignon. It was a long drive but the car worked a treat and we are so happy to have our car back again. We are now back in the Provence and there is Lavender and Cicadas chirping everywhere. It is nice to be back.
- m & k

ressurection renault

Some of you may know but when in Biarritz our beloved Renault 4L died. A piston had blown and metal had gone throughout the oil and engine. This happened a few days before leaving for farm life 200km away. We left it in the hands of our new friend Rico, an old German rocker, who lives in Biarritz with whom we speak English. Rico initially was going to help us sell it as scrap and we would hitchhike the rest of the way home to Avignon (500km), but called one day to say he found a new engine for only 150euro!!! We are so happy to say we will be picking her up this weekend to take her on the road again. We have many more journeys around france to have with her and we just hope she treats us well.
-morgan

roll of rollei [round 2]

This is a few shots from the second roll of film we put through the Rolleiflex. We were really happy with the first roll, so it was exciting to see some more great shots. We are now on the search for some colour film to try out. Thanks again to Cesar for doing a great job developing the film.
- m&k

Forget Me Not

The other week, Morgan and I stumbled upon a little boutique/cafe called Forget me not. Shops like this are quite common in Australia, but here in France this was quite a rare find. We shared a pot of organic rose tea and had lovely chats about the world with Marie, the owner. If you're ever in Biarritz, try and find it, you'll love it.

-kim Forget Me Not
2, rue Simon Etcheverry
64200 Biarritz.

moonrise kingdom

This weekend Morgan and I went to the cinemas for the first time since arriving in France. We went and saw Wes Andersons new film "Moonrise Kingdom" and I think I have a new favourite Wes Anderson film. If you haven't seen the trailer yet, have a little look. We highly recommend this film.
-kim

Bayonne

Yesterday we went for a little drive north to Bayonne, a small Basque town filled with lots of charm. The weather here in Biarritz has been grey and rainy, so when we had a day off AND a sunny day what better to do than explore. I find myself constantly taking photos of building fronts, shutters and windows. I guess a house front is the way I know I am in a new French town. It was so nice walking through the old streets mazed around the big, old cathedral. We visited many cool shops and had a half decent coffee. It was a perfect adventure. We will see you again Bayonne, soon, I hope.
-morgan

home dreamin'

It has been 6 months since morgan and I packed up our home, sold most of what we own and began moving around. It has been such an incredible adventure so far, but the more we move around the more i find myself dreaming about the next home morgan and I will have together. It doesn't look like we will have our own place any time soon, so for now I will just continue to dream.
-kim

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thread

One of the best things about living with morgans grandmother is the beautiful vintage things we find around the house. The other day while sowing I uncovered Grannys incredible thread collection. There were so many beautiful old thread spools and I was instantly i love.
enjoy
-kim

collections

The other day I added a new camera to our collection. So I thought I'd just share a little shot of the film cameras I own. The Voigtlander , Sprocket Rocket, Rolleiflex Carl Zeiss F 3.5, Pentax K1000, polaroid Land 100, Agfa Sillette and Fuji Instax Mini are such differnt cameras but each have their own little charm. I'm especially excited about developing some 120 film with our Rolleiflex.
-morgan

our rolleiflex

We would love to introduce you to our newest addition to our family, our lovely Rolleiflex camera. This old gal is more than 60 years old and is our first medium format camera. Apparently the original owner was a reporter, who gave this camera to a friend who lived in Paris, until we bought it off them. It has been so fun playing with this camera, and we can't wait till we get some film developed and can see what she creates.
- morgan and kim