Archive for July, 2007

‘LA ROCADINE’ RESTAURANT IN LE COTEAU

Monday, July 30th, 2007

This is an introduction and a sincere recommendation to a relatively new local restaurant in Le Coteau, near Roanne which we have visited two or three times during the last month.
In fact, on my first visit I was met by the Chef de Cuisine who, to my surprise, was an old  acquaintance who ran a [...]

FUN ON LA LOIRE!

Monday, July 30th, 2007

Following the themes of our last couple of articles about Roanne and La Loire, last week we had some fantastic fun canoeing down La Loire.
This was a 'first' for me and my 6 year old son, Ellis, my 18 year old stepson, OJ, and nine year old daughter of my friend Fabrice, Marie.
None of us [...]

RENDEZVOUS AT ROANNE

Friday, July 20th, 2007

Roanne is at the beating heart of le Roannais.
An hour from Lyon, Roanne is famous across the world as the home of Maison Troisgros (more about this superb restaurant on our 'blog'  very soon!).
There is, of course, much more to the town of Roanne than this celebrated temple of gastronomy.
Situated at the point of contact [...]

MORE ON LE ROANNAIS

Friday, July 6th, 2007

This beautiful, rural part of France has much to offer.
With the great River Loire  meandering its way virtually straight through the heart of this region, access to this famous river is easy and you are never far away from it!
As you travel through the local countryside la Loire appears often unexpectedly around the next corner, [...]