After enjoying holidays in the area, we bought the apartment “off plan” several years ago and have enjoyed spending relaxing holidays here every year since. This is a very quiet and unspoilt area of southern France dominated by the Canal du Midi which apparently gets over 300 days of sunshine a year. We find it very relaxing here because it is very laid-back and the perfect place for us to get away from our normal lives which currently seem to include rushing around in the modern world. We have seen a lot of the touristy places, but still love visiting small cafes, perhaps along the canal, where we can just sit in warm sunshine and watch the world go by. Just walking or cycling along the canal to a stop by a lock where we can watch some boating novices trying to navigate the locks can be very entertaining (not that we would be any good ourselves)! Going out early in the morning to buy locally made bread is a simple pleasure we appreciate. Although it is very rural here, the apartment is only a few miles from motorways, a main line railway station and local airports,