With the election of Sarkozy is France going in a new direction?  I was very surprised to see that Lot et Garonne had a majority in favour of Sarkozy.  Last time round the vote went in favour of Le Pen.  Is this a surprise or does it indicate that the anti immigratrion stance of Sarkozy [...]

A couple of days ago i noticed that the In Aquitaine forum was rplaced by a single word ‘merhaba’. I think that the site has been hacked by a Turkish person to what ends I dont know. 
 I will endeavour to get it back soon. Sorry folks.

Last week the kids braved the pool for the first time this year.  We had been checking the pool temperature daily and it duly arrived at a whopping 20 deg C.  In they went but, not for me as I thought it was freezing.  In fact they used the pool three days running before it got all [...]