Back from the South of France

June 8, 2010

Forgive me, bloggers, for I have sinned. It’s been over three weeks since my last post. The truth is that I had tons of copywriting and then I went to France for two weeks and also I’ve just finished a book. 🙂

I don’t know about you – maybe this is common to anyone who works for themself – but when I go on holiday, half of me is absolutely screaming for a break, while the other half finds it hard to leave behind unfinished projects. Consequently, I spend the first few days with the work adrenaline still pumping wildly. It takes me almost a week to unwind butwhen I do. Zonk. That’s it. Total meltdown of the brain, I can’t even remember the names of people of places or even common things.

But France is such a wonderful place to unwind. The scenery, the food, the wine… simply sitting in a cafe with a coffee, people watching, is entertainment in itself.

We spent the first week on the Cote d’Azur in a lovely apartment which overlooked the Bay of Cannes, the pink Esterel Hills and the island of Sainte Marguerite, ‘home’ of the Man in the Iron Mask. I’m going to provide a link to the apartment here, because it was so lovely. I also did some ‘research’ into luxury megayachts in Antibes and Monaco. How the other 0.00001% live, eh?

Ms Bennet joined us for the second week in Collioure, which is situated in the Languedoc near the Spanish border. Collioure used to be part of Spain and has a medieval castle built by the King of Majorca.

We also drove to Carcassone, a medieval citadel restored by the C19 French architrectural historian, Viollet-le-Duc. Carcassonne features in Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves, as Nottingham Castle.

I also returned to a lovely email from a reader called Kim who made my day by saying how much she loved my books and would there be more.
Watch this space.

Now, I have to go and fill in a frankly, humungous, questionnaire for my US publisher, Sourcebooks, all about Dating Mr December!

Comments

1. On June 8th, 2010 at 2:42 pm
   Debs Says:
   

   It all looks and sounds so fabulous, I wish I could go there too.

   I’m so thrilled you’ve finished another book. Can’t wait to read it.

2. On June 9th, 2010 at 5:00 am
   Phillipa Says:
   

   Thanks Debs. It was really relaxing. 🙂

3. On June 9th, 2010 at 2:16 pm
   Jude Says:
   

   Nice holiday, Pip. Looking forward to another Piptastic read.

4. On June 10th, 2010 at 5:36 am
   Phillipa Says:
   

   Cheers, Judy. 🙂