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It never ceases to amaze me that the country that has given us foie gras, coq au vin, profiteroles and champagne has taken to McDonalds ...

On Sunday 19/2 I made my way to Dunkerque in the Nord-Pas de Calais region to see what the Carnaval de Dunkerque (Dunkirk Carnival) was ...

For some time now, me and the other half have been taking bee pollen! When I say taking it, I don’t mean pinching it out ...

Not much happens in our little village and my life in France is tranquil on the whole.  However J-P, my neighbour and font of all ...

There’s a little town near where I live called Berck-sur-Mer. Its a lovely little seaside resort in Pas-de-Calais, glorious beaches, never overcrowded even in the ...

Over the past couple of decades I’ve been all over France and it’s fair to say that this is a country of immense variety in ...

France has its fair share of crackpots and loonies going head to head with those of a more serious nature when it comes to Presidential ...

I got up this morning and the water in the pipes upstairs was frozen – this despite almost a metre of insulation in the loft ...

I guess the thought of Paris, whispered words of love in French, a wonderful elegant and romantic meal and the fact that the French are ...

The pet shop at Bolougne-sur-Mer was opposite the Auchan hypermarket and a terrible temptation. It’s closed now, thank goodness as we always wanted to buy ...