I must admit this has been quite a though week. A project which we've been working on for a while, and which looked almost closed, is proving to be much more elusive than we thought. Luckily, I can take this weekend off, and tomorrow after my morning visit to the market I'm taking the family and running off to Fitou, a cozy little town in Languedoc-Roussillon, just past Perpginan and altogether about 250 km. from Barcelona, center to the Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée with the same name.
So what's there, you might ask? Well, wine, as I've said. And food, quite a lot of it actually. Mostly local oysters which are not that bad considering the price. Local fish is good if you know where and when to buy. Same goes for wine. We also get really good bread from a bakery in Perpignan (Why oh why can't we have bread like this in Barcelona?), and cheese and charcuterie from a few places in the area.
But most of all, good friends who live there and will always welcome us with a smile.
Tags: Fitou, Languedoc-Roussillon, weekend getaways
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Wellcome back to the blogsphere.
I've always loved a nice and simple good Fitou. Just simple pleasures from when we were younger and maybe happier.
Posted by: nopisto | October 18, 2006 11:25 PM
Thanks nopisto,
we had a great weekend in Fitou, and as you say, it's the kind of trip were you just sit back with a glass of wine, forget a bit about the present and for a while just enjoy being there, in a sort of timeless parenthesis.
Posted by: sd | October 19, 2006 1:00 AM
We, my wife Christine and I, live in Fitou since June 2006 and we are origin from Germany. We have bought the ruin beside the parking in the middle of the village (32, Rue du Pla).
We write a blog about our renovation.
http://www.fimidi.com
If you are again in Fitou, visit us :-)
Greetings
Hagen
Posted by: Hagen Graf | November 22, 2006 8:38 PM