Narelle and Yves' Photojournal
January 2010
Hello! This site is a journal of the adventures of an Aussie (Narelle) and a Frenchman (Yves).
Our story so far...
We met in Australia in 1999 and moved to Edinburgh in 2000. While there we visited a lot of Scotland and also took trips to Ireland, England, Germany, Belgium, Malaysia and Australia.
After five years in Edinburgh we decided to move on to Toulouse, France. In July 2005 we got married and in February 2006 we moved house.
Since living in France, we've done a fair amount of sightseeing in the country, have taken two trips back to Edinburgh and spent a week in Vienna in November 2006.
In January 2007 we adopted a cat, Charlie, and in June 2007 we went on a seven-week holiday, spending six weeks in Australia via a long stopover both ways in Bangkok, Thailand.
In 2008, we both started new jobs, so couldn't really travel far as neither of us had any holiday time to take. To compensate, we explored regions near home (Toulouse, France). That meant a lot of wine tourism! We went to wineries in the following regions: Basque Country, Languedoc Rousillon (including Limoux), Corbieres, Cahors, Gaillac, Gascony and of course, Bordeaux.
We also took a few weekend trips, notably to Paris in February for Yves' youngest brother Marc's wedding to his bride Pia, and Paris again for a long weekend in June for Yves' big family reunion. In July we went to Gruissan and Narbonne on the Mediterranean Sea for a weekend of sun, wine and tourism and again in September for my (Narelle) birthday.
We moved into a little house in October 2008 and are really enjoying it after so many years of living in flats.
In January 2009, I left my full-time job as a computer helpdesk agent to concentrate on my journalism and writing career. We also got into skiing and snowshoeing during the ski season, and we went on a trip with Yves' younger brother and girlfriend to Australia via a few days in Hong Kong.
In 2010, we've got lots of little trips planned, including a week in the Loire Valley, a week in the Greek islands and a week in Le Camargue. We'll also take a few long weekend trips to Paris, Andorra, Barcelona and the French Alps.
Latest content
Snowshoe hike: 13th December 2009
We went on a day trip to the nordic park, Plateau de Beille, just 90 minutes' drive from Toulouse!
Christmas Party: 11th December 2009
We had a fantastic party eating with our fingers at Le Picotin followed by a pub crawl wearing Santa hats.
Halloween: 31st October 2009
We met at De Danu Irish Pub for a fantastic night of ghoulish fun. There were lots of people in costume and about 30 of us all up! Halloween photos!
Hiking trip: 11th October, 2009
Thanks to Jennifer and Alex, 21 of us from English in Toulouse went hiking at Espingo in the Pyrenees on Sunday. See photos of the hike.
The Great Australian Tour, 17th July — 20th August 2009
