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Author Archives: Rosemary Kneipp
Photos of the Week – Tuileries Gardens
Back in Paris this week, trying to recover from our renovation stint! A favourite cousin came through Paris so we spent a delightful afternoon catching up in the Tuileries at Café Diane because it really does have the best view.
Posted in Flowers & gardens, Paris, Restaurants
Tagged boatman in the tuilerie, Café Diane, Tuileries
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Friday’s French – travail
I wrote a short post last week about travaux so I thought I should talk about travail today. You may remember that travail comes from the low Latin trepalium, instrument of torture, derived from the Latin tres, three, and palus, stake. I was about … Continue reading
Weekly Blogger Round-Up: the San Pellegrino headquarters – Le Crotoy flea market – Gourd festival in Nice –
In this week’s Blogger Round-Up, Mary Kay from Out and About in Paris takes us to Bergamo in Italy where she was given a special guided tour of the San Pellegrino art nouveau building, while Janine Marsh from The Good … Continue reading
Posted in France, French customs, Italy, Sightseeing, Weekly Blogger Round-Up
Tagged Bergamo, gourds in Nice, Le Crotoy, Nice, San Pellegrino
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A Laundry in a French House No Less! #1
We’ve set aside two weeks to make a laundry at Closerie Falaiseau. Like most French houses, it doesn’t have one. I’ve talked about this before. In fact, Jean Michel has already drilled a 10 cm diameter hole through a 70 … Continue reading
Photos of the Week – Wisteria & Lilies of the Valley
We have been enjoying spring so much in Blois that we are sad to go back to Paris even though it will be a break from our travaux! We can’t get enough of our wisteria at Closerie Falaiseau. We also love the wisteria … Continue reading
Posted in Closerie Falaiseau, Flowers & gardens
Tagged Loire Valley, muguet, wisteria in France
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Friday’s French – travaux
This is going to be a very short post because we are up to our necks in travaux. Travaux, the plural of travail is, interestingly enough, from the low Latin trepalium, instrument of torture, derived from the Latin tres, three, … Continue reading
Posted in French language, Renovation, Uncategorized
Tagged Friday's French, travaux in English
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Weekly Blogger Round-Up: Navigating Europe’s main airports – Riviera medieval festival – Packing Tips –
This week’s Blogger Round-Up is all-Australian, starting with Carolyn from Holidays to Europe with practical suggestions as usual, this time on how to get to and from Europe’s major airports. Phoebe from Lou Messugo gives a detailed description of a … Continue reading
The House of Happiness
There is a beautiful lilac bush just across the road from our house in a large vacant lot followed by meadowland that goes down to the Loire. Our rainwater flows into the vacant lot so Jean Michel keeps the area … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Blois, Closerie Falaiseau, Flowers & gardens, Loire Valley
Tagged Closerie Falaiseau, nostalgia
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Photo of the Week – My Wisteria
Each time our wisteria blooms I fall in love with it again! This year, it’s early of course, but it means we get to enjoy it for longer before we have to go back to Paris. Below is a photo … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
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Friday’s French – gate, clôture, barrière , portail
I am a firm believer in learning vocabulary if you want to speak another language with any fluency. However, it has the disadvantage of giving the impression that A always equals B. Which is not true of course. I still … Continue reading
