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St. Pierre, June 2002

St. Pierre (also known as St. Pierre la Mer, just to be confusing), in the Departement of Aude, is one of a string of beach resorts that have been relatively recently developed. It's a less-fashionable and cheaper area, not at all like the Nice/Cannes/Monaco sort of thing to the Northeast. But the beaches are actually a lot better: more sand, less rocks. Inland, one finds limestone hills, and lots of vineyards.

There are some quite traditional sweet wines such as Banyuls and Rivesaltes, and vast acreages of cheap "Vins de Pays d'Oc", forming the largest wine-growing area of France, and perhaps the world. More recently, ambitions have been raised, and there are some Appellations Contrôlées areas, such as Coteaux du Languedoc and Corbières. I'm particularly fond of the light and dry Rosés, the "vins de sable".
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At the daily market
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At the daily market

  • A panoramic view from my grandmother's apartment complex, looking over the houses on the Mediterranean shore
  • Net fishing
  • On an excursion to the mouth of the river Aude, the four generations: my mother José, my grandmother Lucienne, daughter Isabel, and wife Chantal
  • And Benjamin, who didn't want to be in the group photo
  • Net fishing
  • Fishmonger selecting our fish
  • Buying a 1.75 kg "loup", a Mediterranean seabass
  • At L'Oustalet. looking at a horse
  • At L'Oustalet, an equestrian center (among other things), stroking a horse
  • Roof tiles of various vintages
  • More old roof tiles
  • The daily market
  • At the daily market
  • More fruit, and the beach and sea beyond
  • Chantal selecting a basket
  • A variety of olives
  • More olives than you can shake a stick at
  • Isabel and Benjamin at the beach
  • Benjamin and Isabel at the beach
  • Benjamin and Isabel in the sea
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