Category Archives: Lifestyle

Early Spring and Ponderings on our New Life

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

It’s been the strangest winter. I don’t think the temperature has gone below zero more than a couple of times and there has been absolutely no sign of snow. As a result, spring seems to have come a couple of … Continue reading →

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Weekly Blogger Round-Up: Saxon Switzerland – Dying Overseas – Chinese New Year Treats

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

This week’s Blogger Round-Up starts in Germany, in Saxon Switzerland, where Anda from Travel Notes & Beyond has inspired us to go on another cycling holiday this summer. Australian blogger Paula McInerney from Contented Traveller broaches the somewhat taboo subject … Continue reading →

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Place de la République

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

They’ve been fixing up Place de la République for ages but I only saw it finished very recently and I don’t see what they’ve really achieved, except for reducing traffic. It doesn’t look anything like the architectural sketches published by the … Continue reading →

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Photos of the Week – New Year and after

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp
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Happy New Year 2014 & Five Resolutions

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Rosemary Kneipp

This year we ARE sitting in front of a roaring fire in the renovated upstairs fireplace, unlike last year when we decided not to herald in the New Year until the renovation was finished. We finally lit our first fire … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2013 by Rosemary Kneipp

Merry Christmas to all my lovely readers from our somewhat reduced Christmas table this year – only Leonardo was able to be with us on Christmas Eve. It’s the last year we’ll be celebrating it in Paris – next year, … Continue reading →

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Weekly Blogger Round-Up – Getting Tough in French – Top 7 moments in France – A French library and literature

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Rosemary Kneipp

This week’s Blogger Round-Up starts with two expats talking about their experience in France. Wendy from Random Ramblings describes a major breakthrough in French while Bread is Pain shares her top 7 moments in France as part of the Expat … Continue reading →

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What does adventure mean to me?

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Rosemary Kneipp

Adventure means going out of your  comfort zone. That’s what my son would say anyway. For me, that means experiencing a new culture, a new language, a new place. So my first adventure was going to Noumea for six weeks … Continue reading →

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Moving from Paris to the Loire

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Rosemary Kneipp

At 20, I lived in Townsville on the north-east coast of Australia and dreamed of living in France. When I arrived here for good at 22, I spent a week in Paris then went to an assistant teaching post in … Continue reading →

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Monday’s Photo: Black Cat’s Sewing Blog

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Rosemary Kneipp

This week I spent a most enjoyable day shooting photos of my daughter, Black Cat, for her new sewing blog: New York Paris Needle. This is our favourite photo taken from our balcony in the Palais Royal!

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