Prologue
I have chosen this title for my book as a kind of homage to the books I read when I was about 15 years old (a long time ago). One was titled The Little World of Don Camillo and was one of a trilogy, the first part published in 1950, a year before I was born. The...
Chapter 1 – Villa Saint-Simon
I find – and buy – the home of my dreams Finding Villa Saint- Simon, which was to become our guesthouse, was serendipitous. One minute I was stubbing my toe on a loose Blaye pavement stone, impatient for my friend to complete the negotiation for the purchase of a...
Chapter 2 – The French Way
Fish, fowl and the ferry My little world BC (Before Clarissa) first took shape in Blaye with my then-girlfriend Claude. Before that (BCC), it was a year or two of, shall we say, interludes, some involving the odd guest or two at Villa Saint- Simon. All pleasant. All...