Absolutely Champers! Loulabelle, Karen et bubbles galore! 🥂🍾🥂
My belle amie Karen has travelled numerous times to France (quite a lot avec moi!) and has twice stayed in the Champagne region. I'm so jealous as unfortunately a trip…
A Stolen Lady, handmade parapluies, art history & jam!
I loved chatting to Laura Morelli as she had numerous fabulous stories to tell, both French and otherwise! Laura is an Art Historian with a PhD from Yale. She is…
My next vacances en France. First stop… Loulabelle in Lyon!
Recently I have started thinking about what my next vacances in France will look like and about my list of places to visit that I haven’t yet been to. The…
Les Jeux Olympiques! Inspiration now, then and 2024!
In Australia watching the Olympic Games in 2021 was a relief for many of us in lockdown. The Paralympics is on as I write this blog and I find myself…
Living in Versailles avec vintage Marie Antoinette!
Molly Wilkinson has loved pastry all her life. After a brief visit to France during her College years, & also after working 9-5 in the US for a number of…
Floating on the Canal du Midi! A barge holiday extraordinaire 😍
I love how loads of my and Paul's friends are mad about France just like us! Kate Bryant has been a friend of my partner Paul for over 30 years…
French Views – Dreaming & Planning for our vacances en France!
My conversation with gorgeous Carole Handel, writer of the fabulous blog French Views and her wonderfully enthusiastic husband Chris definitely got our Frenchie vibes going! As Carole said to me afterwards, we…
When Bastille Day is not Bastille Day…
J'adore catching up with my belle amie Sarah Zwick from Be My Guest Immersions in Bayonne in south-west France! I was fascinated to hear her French perspective of Bastille Day…
Finding dragonflies & dreams in a 300 year old maison!
Lindy Viandier chatted to me about her journey from being a nurse in Wales to renovating a 300 year old maison with her French husband in Burgundy. Lindy recalls her…
Le Tour de France through French eyes!
For many years I have been an avid fan of Le Tour de France. I have watched it overnight during its 3 week run and chatted the next morning with work…