So it’s almost the end of the kid’s Toussaint holiday here, and today was Halloween. And for the first time since we lived here – we actually did something for it. The French…

  The Tour de France 2013 wound its way pretty close to us again this year (well…not a few hundred meters from our house like it did a few years ago) James and Nicole arrived just a day prior to…

Back in July we went to our friendly, neighbourhood chateau for a festival celebrating the French Revolution.   There were lots of activities, games, people dressed up in character, plays, music etc….and of…

Last month was Alma’s second birthday. She was kind enough to be born on le neuf / neuf  – Sept ninth – to make it easier to remember. (Yes, I suppose “9/11” would…