Sunflowers, Spying and a Couple of Santas

We finally got Ruadhri back to school today after a week off with some awful virus or another. He still looks peaky but he was keen to go. So at last Chris and I could  get back on the bikes again and go for a good blast. We’ve been going on walks with Rors while [...]

Best of Blog in France … Download It For Free!

Best of Blog in France is here! In fact, here at Smashwords to be precise. It’s my selection of the best posts and photos from the first two years of Blog in France. Yes, I’ve been blogging since July 2009, although only very intermittently to start with. Signing up for the WordPress Post a Day [...]

A Smurfing Success – Schtroumpfs Rule!

My food week isn’t going well. First it was interrupted by Baby Sarkozy (Giulia, not Dahlia after all) and then my computer refused to let me edit photos so I couldn’t do my Paté de Pommes de Terre article. And let’s face it. I’m not a foodie. I could happily live on muesli and chocolate [...]

Sunshine Soup

As part of food week, it seems appropriate to feature a guest blog from expat and cookery writer Jo Parfitt. Her first work of fiction, Sunshine Soup, has just been published.
Over to Jo:
Inspired by La Grande Rue
Many years ago I lived in France. I studied French at university and spent my year abroad as an [...]