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My Brief Encounter in Paris

I recently took a train from Paris Gare de Lyon to Dijon in Burgundy and had a brief encounter in Paris! It was an easy ...
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Talking French in France

Expats in any country have a tendency to get together. It’s not tribal, it’s not about wanting to hang on to your roots or rejecting ...
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Le Crotoy on the Somme France

It was a lovely spring weekend in the north of France, just perfect to indulge in the national French pastime of visiting a brocante… France ...
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Reasons to love France – from A to Z

A is for Art and Artists – Monet, Cezanne, Rodin, Renoir, Gaugin, Matisse –okay I’m going to stop there because I think I might have to ...
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Gimpy the injured chicken re-cooperates

There are some of you who will probably think I’m nuts. To be honest, I sometimes wonder if I’m a little bit crazy myself when ...
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French Cake History | Charles Quint’s Finger

There are some days when I think I’m actually “getting” France and some days when I realise I have so much to learn. I went ...
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Cruise First Timer in France

In just a few short weeks time I’m off on a cruise. Strike that – I’m off on two cruises. Despite the fact that I’m ...
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Dreaming in French

  I read in the paper recently that French scientists in Lyon have discovered that there are two types of dreamers.  I don’t mean the ...
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An unlikely crime in rural France

Well you could have knocked me down with a feather last night. Turned on the television only to see a clip of film showing my ...
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Britain and France connected | Channel Tunnel history

France and the UK were not always separated. Thousands of years ago they were connected by land but a humongous flood carved out a break ...
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