The new Green Monster at Fluor Field It’s that time again, when the crack of the bat and fireworks over the West End means baseball has returned to Fluor Field! To mark the start of the 12th season of Greenville Drive baseball... read more
Posted on 7 April 2017 | 8:00 am
Femme au foyer
Tandoori chicken wrap Finally spring arrives in this part of the world, daffodils are out and blooming and temperatures have finally started to rise. Warm weather with clear skies usher in the wish to head out into the bri... read more
Posted on 6 April 2017 | 9:40 pm
The Paris Feast
Museum of Writing - Figeac Spring is well and truly on on our doorstep here in South West France. We've had some good days of sunshine giving life to seeds I planted in the garden and forcing us outside to soak up it's rays. Th... read more
Posted on 6 April 2017 | 1:40 pm
Rue Du Belvedere
Prints of Provence: “Les Indiennes” How could a fabric that originated in India, was copied by Armenians, and outlawed in France become a symbol of Provence?... read more
Posted on 6 April 2017 | 12:55 pm
The Curious Rambler
All About France #27 Welcome to the 27th All About France monthly blog linky, unsurprisingly all about France! If you're a blogger and this is your first time here you might want to find out more here. &nbs... read more
Posted on 6 April 2017 | 1:57 am
Latest blog entries
Feeling at home Once again we are back in Lugano and although it has been six years since we left - what was suppose to be our home for ever and ever - we remain attached to this magical place.A town embedded by gree... read more
Posted on 5 April 2017 | 5:19 pm
Expat with Kids in Paris
Big Price Reduction - House in Huelgoat, Brittany, France Big Price Reduction - House in Huelgoat, Brittany, FranceThe house has been on the market for a couple of months now and we have had a number of viewings but not yet sold. this was not a problem as we... read more
Posted on 5 April 2017 | 12:27 pm
Renovation of a Derelict House in Brittany, France
AU LAVOIR, COLOMBIERS - RESTAURANT REVIEW We live in a town that doesn't do very much to encourage growth or tourism. The streets are rough and bumpy, the tinted glass has been broken out of the street light nearest our house since we moved i... read more
Posted on 5 April 2017 | 8:41 am
France, Food, Scooters and More
All New Boots and No Trousers When Alpine Boy was born I was starry-eyed and naive. It was only months and even years later that I started to realise I’d missed a trick, when other mums would casually query what present Alpi... read more
Posted on 4 April 2017 | 9:51 pm
Alpine Mummy
March Garden Review Gardening in March here in the Parc Naturel Régional de Millevaches, Corrèze, France is a tale of two seasons. Whilst warm sunny days have you itching to be planting out, harsh overnight... read more
Posted on 4 April 2017 | 1:54 pm
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