Louis Vigouroux © Warren Nunn September 2004. See notes below.* THE old man sat astride a low stone seat and lovingly caressed the ancient-looking instrument’s strings. He readily greeted a passing couple and in a smiling, gracious manner, spontaneously put on an...
Nerida De Jong ©Warren Nunn, 2004 IF ever there were an artist’s utopia, Saint-Cirq-Lapopie is it. Perched on the cliffside overlooking the Lot River in southwest France, the once-deserted village first became a haven for struggling artists in the 1950s. More recently...
Don and Pixie Lowe ©Warren Nunn 2004 A group of Australians has made a bold assault on a chateau at Figeac about 70km from Cahors in France’s southwest. Two years after former Tasmanians Don and Pixie Lowe and some partners bought the rundown Chateaux De Saint...
Espedaillac workers’ restaurant ©Warren Nunn 2004 If you visit the French countryside, a not-to-be missed experience is eating at a traditional workers’ restaurant. It will cost about 12 Euro ($A24) but a more filling and challenging menu will be hard to find. The...
Chris Souilijaert Version Français ©Warren Nunn 2016 Exotic birds – scores of them in glorious watercolors – stand as a measure of certainty and permanence in our fleeting, digital age. Despite that digital age, we are still mesmerised, enchanted and encouraged by the...
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