This is one of those personal blogs (aren’t they all?) that’s not really sure where it’s going…well, for the time being anyway. Let me introduce the main contributor….moi!…aka Jenny. I first drove over that magnificent bridge onto the Ile de Ré back in…let me see..must have been 1999 or thereabouts. The boys were still small and sweet, and we used to come up for the day from our home turf around the St. Emilion area. One thing led to another, as it inevitably does (especially when you start pressing your nose against estate agents’ windows..), and pretty soon we were off, launched on a snowball of property daydreams. We came by our first baby, Maison de Charme, in La Couarde, in 2005, in the space of a blustery January afternoon (that’s another story..). Fools that we are, we haven’t looked back since. Maison de Pêcheur followed in 2006 and Maison d’Aquitaine in 2007.
So, what’s the idea with this blog, then? Well - and I’m making it up as I go along (you guessed!) - I just thought it might be a good place to collect all things Ile-de-Ré-ish for the benefit of our holiday guests and anyone else who happens to swing by…
I’ll be including my tips on what do on the island (relax, mainly), where to eat, where to stay (when all our places are booked out, of course!) and anything else that seems appropriate. So there you go, a public blog full of personal ideas ….I hope you’ll drop by and keep me company again soon!
Oh yes, nearly forgot: if you’d like a peek at our holiday accommodation on the Ile de Ré, click HERE
very interesting.
i’m adding in RSS Reader