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Meet Kathy, a francophile with big dreams
I have often quoted paragraphs from Kathy Stanford’s blog Femmes Francophiles in my Wednesday’s Bloggers Round-up. Kathy’s permanent home is in Adelaide, but she comes to France as often as she can. In my contribution this month to My French … Continue reading
Posted in France, Lifestyle
Tagged femmes francophiles, living in France, my french life
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Celebrating Christmas in France – Great Resources To Help Plan Your Bike Trip to France – Wineries/les vignobles
My Wednesday’s bloggers’ round-up this week starts with fellow Australian Kathy Stanford from Femmes Francophiles who’s been having a holiday from blogging but after a recent trip to France, she’s fortunately back on the job. So I’m starting with her … Continue reading
Don’t walk, fly… – Christian and Islamic Cultures Come Together in Córdoba – Cooking (and Eating) French pastries at L’Atelier des Sens
I can’t believe the week can go by so quickly! Wednesday again and time for my Bloggers’ Round-up. Finding Noon takes us to a Korean painting exhibition at the Bespoke Exhibition Pavilion in the Tuileries Gardens, Kathy Stanford from Femmes … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cooking, Paris, Spain
Tagged Ahae, Cordoba, femmes francophiles, Finding Noon, L'Atelier du Sens, making croissants, Orangerie, Paris Weekender
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Liege-Guillemins – Europe’s Most Impressive Railway Station – Fougères and the St. James American Cemetary, Brittany – Cycling the Atlantic Coast: Likes, Dislikes and What I Would Do Differently
In my bloggers’ round-up this week, we start off in Liège in Belgium with a description of an iconic railway station by Kathy Standford from Femmes Francophiles who also shares her impressions of the Thalys train service. Abby from Paris … Continue reading
Posted in Accommodation, Belgium, Cycling, France, Sightseeing, Travelling
Tagged Atlantic Coast, Experience France by BIke, femmes francophiles, Fougères, Liège, Paris Weekender
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Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire’s International Garden Festival – Paris Day Two. Chantilly – The Audacity of Age
For this Wednesday’s bloggers’ round-up, I’ve chosen Kathy Stanford‘s description of the highly original international garden festival at the château of Chaumont-sur-Loire, Denise from Bolton‘s visit to the Chantilly race course, which definitely seems a worthwhile excursion and Bread is … Continue reading
Can Bacon be a Vegetable? – Free Walking Tours given by Parisian Volunteers – Sipping on Saturday
Welcome to Wednesday’s other blogs! This week, Bread is Pain talks about the problems of weight gain and loss when living in France, while Kathy Stanford from Femmes Francophiles describes a novel way of getting to know Paris. Gwen Evans, … Continue reading
