Happy learners are good learners! A blog for and by LFM pupils in Moscow.

This is my house in France. It is located in the south of France, in the department of Gard in a little village called " Vénéjan ". The name of this house is " Le Mas du Bouquet ". My parents bought this house 3 years ago. Except the main house, there is also a swimming pool, another small house and vineyards. On the territory there are also olive and apricot trees. This house is a " Mas ", a provencal farmhouse who almost always has an orientation to the south, providing protection against the mistral. The mistral, is a strong, cold and usually dry regional wind in France, coming from the north or northwest, which accelerates when it passes through the valleys of the Rhone and the Durance Rivers to the coast of the Mediterranean around the Camargue region.

The house is made of stone and the ceiling of the house is made of beam. All doors are made in wooden.

I come to this house four times a year, and when I am here I invite my friends because this house is very boring when you're alone. There are no many things to do, you can sunbathe and swim in summer, but in winter I often read some books but after a while it gets boring ! I can also go into town, watch movies, try to cook something but when I am with a friend it's funnier.

The house is located 1,4 km from the village, so I can go to the village by bicycle. In the village there is a bakery, a grocery store, a post office, a bookstore and I think that's all. It's strange that there is not even a pharmacy. We have to go to a city called " Bagnoles-sur-Cèze " which is 3 km from our house to go to the supermarket and the pharmacy.

The advantage is that there are no many cars, no big buildings, so after a big city like Moscow, you can finally relax. 

In the main house there are four bedrooms, three bathrooms, three toilets, one kitchen and one sitting room. In the small house there is a bedroom, a bathroom and a kitchen who is outside.

Sometimes I can see our neighbor's goats. Our neighbor makes goat cheese.

So, I like to come to Vénéjan in summer because I can swim, sunbathe and relax but in winter I don't like so much because I get bored a lot and except reading books and watching movies, I can not find other things to do.