Welcome to Tchaoupiner blog!

Hey, welcome to my Blog and the first thing you are wondering is what means "Tchaoupiner?????!!!". Well, for the story, I have just move one year ago from France to Dallas, Texas (yes, big change), more specially from the South West of France where we speak the "patois". This is a "clin d'oeil"* to my grandmother who when I was a child kept saying to me "Arrête de tchouapiner", which means "stop to touch everything". True, I was a little girl, I couldn't stand for one minute in the same place, but who could? As well as, following her everywhere and imitating what she was doing.
I think in a way this word is defining me, I try to travel as much as I can, I am not afraid to experiment, learn, touch, feel... live!

Maybe because I am kind of nostalgic (It is a long time I didn't see my country... one year!), I would like to share with you my love for my region : Midi-Pyrennées. I would love to share some recipe, talk about our traditions, our culture, our language which is "the Occitan", some anecdotes and even more...

Readers, I would like to say "Encore bienvenu! et Adiou!"*

***French vocabulary***
Tchaoupiner (v) (Occitan) = to touch, to tamper, to meddle
un clin d'oeil (m)= wink
bienvenu = Welcome
Adiou, Adiu, Adieu (Occitan)=goodbye or hello