Life in a Postcard: Escape to the French Pyrenees

by Rosemary Bailey

'I wake to the sun striking gold on a stone wall. If I lean out of the window I can see Mount Canigou newly iced with snow. It is wonderful to live in a building with windows all around, to see both sunrise and sunset, to be constantly aware of the passage of the sun and moon.'

In 1988, Rosemary Bailey and her husband were travelling in the French Pyrenees when they fell in love with, and subsequently bought, a ruined medieval monastery,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553813412
• ISBN13: 9780553813418
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Transworld Publishers
• Length: 329 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

Once upon a monastery: "Time traveling" in France

I was charmed by this book. Author Bailey has a gift for drawing the reader in, from the opening pages, as she shares her experience (along with that of her husband and young son)of moving into a medieval monastery--in need of vast repair--in the south of France. Whether one is looking to buy a home in Europe, an enthusiast for all things French, or an armchair traveler game for a good trip, LIFE IN A POSTCARD opens a rich and memorable excursion. It's an excursion described with zest, frankness,love of language,humility, and welcome humor.