We are an Australian family of seven living in Souillac, Lot, France. My blog is about food, usually too much wine and living the French live. I blog about French paperwork, dealing with children who are perhaps not as enthusiastic as we parents are about a rural French life with little understanding of the language, and renovating our house. Some blogs are about how we managed to move to France from Australia. Others review this beautiful area of France we live in. But most of the time the blog is about our day to day life here in France.
Interest: Food, wine, living an expat life with children, more wine
About me: We are an Australian family of seven living in Souillac, Lot, France. My blog is about food, usually too much wine and living the French live. I blog about French paperwork, dealing with children who are perhaps not as enthusiastic as we parents are about a rural French life with little understanding of the language, and renovating our house. Some blogs are about how we managed to move to France from Australia. Others review this beautiful area of France we live in. But most of the time the blog is about our day to day life here in France.
Menhir - where are Asterix and Obelix?
Fans of the Asterix and Obelix comics will know that Obelix is a menhir sculptor. A menhir is the big rock with which Obelix is often pictured, using his superhuman strength to carry it around on his back.
Menhirs are most commonly found in Ireland, Britain and North Western France, and are pr... Mon, 21 May 2012 07:02:00
Missy drives a tractor down the main street
Ah, France. Yesterday, with scant regard for laws or road rules, our mate Julian (purveyor of the world's best sausages and other pork products) let Missy drive his tractor around the little village of Mayrac. Curly went along for the ride.
Main street, Mayrac.
Possibly outrunning author... Sat, 19 May 2012 17:39:00
Spring in France
Spring in France. It's like living in a Monet painting.
... Fri, 18 May 2012 19:50:00
The difference between girl children and boy children
I was cleaning up today because hey, if I don't do it no one will, and I found these delightful examples of girl child art:
Click on this one and the one above to see what everyone in the drawing is saying
And I also found this boy art:
Yes, that reads Bobby's fart bag. This is... Tue, 08 May 2012 17:25:00
Get shorty
It's election day today in France. Well, strictly speaking it is one of three election days. More about that later. Either way, there is no way of missing that it is an election day because the emergency sirens blared out this morning at 8am, alerting people to the need to leap out of bed and race... Sun, 06 May 2012 10:30:00
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