by Brian | May 24, 2009 | Living in France, Travel Advice
We are well into the holiday season now, the pool is open and the first guests have had their swim and no it wasn’t the ducks, although they thought about it.The sun is shining, well most of the time anyway, and I think this is the time to be merry. My personal...
by Brian | Apr 26, 2009 | Living in France
I hope you don’t think I am one of those British stereotypes that do nothing but talk about the weather.Although actually, I am one of those British stereotypes that is always talking about the weather, so I suppose I have to forgive you if you have got that...
by Brian | Feb 20, 2009 | Living in France
It’s been a while since I did a living in France posting so I thought it was high time I pulled my finger out and put a few words together.It’s been a bit of a start to the year already and I can’t believe we are heading towards the end of February,...
by Brian | Dec 30, 2008 | Christmas in France, Living in France
What a difference a day makes, one day earlier and we would have had a white Christmas. It was still pretty nice to wake up to some snow on boxing day though, the grandchildren had a great time building a snowman and having a snowball fight with their parents.We had...
by Brian | Dec 23, 2008 | Living in France
Merry Christmas to one and all, family, friends and visitors to our gite in France, some of whom have become friends.We have had a very eventful first year in France and in September we officially became French residents and I now pay my tax and national insurance to...
by Brian | Dec 8, 2008 | Living in France
Christmas is just around the corner and life in France is full of anticipation because a fair proportion of the family are heading our way to share the festivities. So it won’t be long before the house is all messed up with stuff strewn everywhere and the kids...
