A Postcard A Day - Tuesday 9 April 2024 - T for vacacion

 Hello lovely peeps,

I'm sitting in a hotel room on the east coast of Spain. I'm having a little holiday with my daughter in a coastal village called Garrucha. I'll show you some photos but first, here is my postcard for today:

Mazamet is nestled at the edge of the Montagne Noire (Black Mountains) with its vast forests. It’s in the heart of the regional natural park of Haute-Languedoc. Located between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, it’s just 90 minutes from the beaches and around 45 minutes from Carcassonne, the fabulous medieval walled city that’s one of the wonders of France.

Despite being one in one of the sunniest areas of France, this is an area of lush green valleys and verdant vineyards. Here you’ll enjoy lazy lunches in the sun, vibrant local markets where you’ll be able to buy the local cheese, Roquefort; plus lots of activities and historic, cultural visits.

The stamp is beautiful:

And we all know who Napoleon is. 

On May 5, 1821, Napoléon Bonaparte died aged 51, imprisoned on the isolated British outpost of St Helena in the south Atlantic. The diminutive Corsican who went from obscure French artillery officer to the Emperor dominating continental Europe is still a subject of fierce contention 200 years after his death. Was he a visionary genius or brutal tyrant – or indeed a combination of the two?

A commemorative stamp of French Emperor Napoléon I at the French national printing house of postage stamps in Boulazac, France, on March 31, 2021. 

Today I'm joining Elizabeth and Bluebeard for the T-Party. Above is my drink and there might be more, who knows.

Just before I left on my holidays, my friend Kim and I had our hair cut 

and then went out for a drink:

The bar was one that we have been before, and it is full of herbs being dried.

The owner is the wife of the local plumber.

Very nice people.

Now we (my daughter and I) are on the coast:

Crystal clear water.

I knew there would be another drink somewhere.

This tree was enormous!

There was a plaque saying it was an Australian fig tree. It didn't look anything like our fig trees which have large leaves.

I will call it a day. More photos of my holiday on Friday.

Happy T-Day all!

Lisca