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Friday’s French – père de famille
Now I bet most of you don’t know what this post is about. Père de famille, you say, “father of the family”? Don’t all fathers have families? And why not mère de famille? Aren’t père and mère enough? Well, there is an added meaning. … Continue reading
Posted in French customs, French language, Uncategorized
Tagged Friday's French, gilf-edged securities, père de famille
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Fabulous Rila Monastery and Boyana Church in Bulgaria
We’re debating about a day trip from Sofia to Rila Monastery because it’s a 2 to 2 ½ hour bus trip each way (120 K) but various friends have encouraged us to go and the photos are certainly encouraging. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Bulgaria, Sightseeing, Travelling, Uncategorized
Tagged Boyana Church, Bulgaria, Rila Monastery
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Stinky Cheese – Provence: Expect the Unexpected – Rambling through Riquewihr and the Alsace Wine Route
I’ve showcased three Australian blogs on this Wednesday’s Bloggers’ Round-up. Susan from Days on the Claise explains about stinky French cheese, while Kathy from Femmes Francophiles recounts a very exciting experience in Provence. Carolyn from Holidays to Europe takes us … Continue reading
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Intermittent Fasting – for better health and less fat!
You know those people who get carried away with new ideas and can’t seem to stop talking about them? Well, I’m one of them. It’s part of my enthusiastic nature I guess. For the more naturally cautious – like Jean … Continue reading
One of those nights!
Relationnel is on call this week. The reason we live in the Palais Royal is not because he’s a wealthy banker or some such thing. About 4,000 people work in the French reserve bank (Banque de France) that occupies the … Continue reading
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Using an iPhone in Paris- woohoo! – Learning French … an ongoing love affair – Expats Blog Award 2012
It’s Wednesday again, and I have two blogs by fellow Australians to present and an award to announce. Teena Hughes from A Night in Paris, explains how to use your iPhone in Paris while Jill from Gigi’s French Window, a … Continue reading
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Sorting out the vines – Visiting some of the major champagne houses: Taittinger, Pommery and Moet & Chandon –
This Wednesday’s blog round-up introduces a new blog from a fellow Australian living in the Loire Valley, Susan, author of Days on the Claise, explaining how to recognise the different grape varieties in the Loire. Thanks to her post, I … Continue reading
Posted in France, Uncategorized, Wine
Tagged champagne, cot, loire valley wines, moet & chandon, pommery, taittinger
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Cameras I Have Known
Writing last week’s post about my genuine Italian fresco made me nostalgic for Italy. We won’t be going there this year as we often do because we’re going to Australia for 5 weeks in September and have run out of … Continue reading
Posted in Italy, Lifestyle, Paris, Travelling, Uncategorized
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At Your Age and In Love
It’s an excruciatingly hot day in the Loire Valley and we’ve waited until quite late to go bike riding. After cycling about 15 K from Cour Cheverny, we’ve had our picnic dinner by a little lake in Bracieux and I … Continue reading
