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How to impress your neighbours in France

Last week I was invited to a neighbour’s house for drinks. I don’t know the neighbour so well, or at least I didn’t before last
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Armistice Day France 2014

Today is 11 November, 2014. It is Armistice Day and commemorates the signing, after four long years of dreadfulness, of a pact that ended hostilities
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Halloween in France

Halloween in France is becoming a more popular event, probably thanks to American TV Shows, many of which are very keenly followed here in France.
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Sam the driver in France

Did you know that in France the designated driver is called “Sam”? I was at a Champagne House, oh how I love to casually drop
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An unexpected French birthday gift

I woke up early this morning as usual – the cockerel across the road was singing away at the first hint of light, which in
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5 Things I don’t like about France

People say I’m always going on about how wonderful France is. They say “there must be something you don’t like” and there is. Nowhere is
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5 Things I love about France

After I wrote recently about moving to France someone emailed me to ask what so different here in Pas de Calais, northern France from living
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Neighbours in France and The Goat that Got Away

This week in my little French village, my neighbour asked me if I could feed her animals while she was away overnight.  “Of course” I
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Do the French hate the British?

Last week someone sent me a message, it read: “Good life in France, ‘you must be joking’ they don’t like the Brits. Get real.” It
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How do French women stay so slim?

How to have your cake and eat it…How do French women stay so slim? One of the things I am often asked is “How come
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