Jaap Rameijer's Blog

Every year, every time, I discover something new. Like this time. The wonderful, magical caves called ‘Les Grandes Canalettes,’ just outside the walled city of Villefrance de Conflent, on the road to Vernet-les-Bains.

What a beauty. So well indicated, so joyful lighted, so accessible for the public. It was a fantastic experience. I need not say much any more. The pictures will speak for themselves.

And Jan Cercone made it even more special, even more beautiful, by singing ‘Ave Maria’ on the music that was played in the cave.

Enjoy, dear friends, enjoy.

Or the rocks of Brittany. The menhirs and standing stones of this beautiful, ancient land. There is even a book describing most of these stones, called “Au Pays des Megaliths.”

Let us start with one of my favorites. It’s called ‘La Roche aux Fées. The largest dolmen in France, so they say. Huge, magnificent, impressive. Surrounded by chestnut trees. Maybe it was in the past covered with land and grass like Newgrainge in Ireland. We don’t know. Then we drove to our B & B located in the magic forest of Broceliande.

Incredible, so much has happened in the last two months. I hardly know where to begin.

I will make this a relatively short newsletter, but I will, later on,  surprise you with some extra blogs!

We have been guiding many, many groups and lots of individuals. It was wonderful, but it was at times a little exhausting. Driving, talking, smiling, coaching, days on end.

Mary Magdalene in France, SECOND EDITION is available as Ebook (pdf) and Paperback on Amazon. I am happy with the new edition and with all my gratitude to Tina Witte Harzell, who so helped me in editing the book. Enjoy!

Time for another newsletter. For much has happened these last few weeks. Just like all the other weeks. There were many high high’s and many low low’s. There always, are but this time things were really hectic. The computer went down, we got serious problems with part of our old central heating system, our accountant discovered that he had made a mistake in our tax return documents, costing us another, extra 2.000, - euro’s and I got almost killed when a crazy Frenchman overtook a truck between Limoux and Couiza, just when I came from round the bend (in the road). Tired, a lot of stress, some rather turbulent personal experiences and all that in an uneasy world.