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  – like most Europeans  – don’t really have Halloween. It is growing here by just a bit every year – Susan said…

  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 the stage which came closest to our place. Lucky for them, we don’t believe in jet-lag… The stage we went to see…

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 course  — a giant guillotine.     This was just a few days after Nicole and James had arrived, so it was…

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 also have been something that you recall without too much difficulty…but I’m happy with nine-nine) I know it’s so cliché -and I…