On Friday I was looking through the kids cahier jaunes (yellow notebooks – it’s the way you communicate between parents & teacher/school) and noticed a little insert from the village for “La Fete de la St Martin” hmm.  Seeing as he is the namesake of our village – therein lies an opportunity for another cultural…

Just wanted to get a quick post up (using ‘borrowed’ WiFi) to let everyone know that we are indeed alive, and have in fact moved into our new place.  We still don’t have internet/phone at home (since moving on Oct 25) – but a technician from France Telecom was out on Wednesday – so now there…

A week or two ago we had raclette for supper (melt cheese – pour over potatoes – eat – feel your stomach fill and arteries clog) Delicious. We drove up to a cremerie – a small farm where the man makes his own cheese / yogurt etc.  The kids play with the bunnies in the…

One of the great things about living outside of the city – and especially living here – is proximity to nature.  Not only are we close to forests, mountains etc – but there is a small farmer just across the field.  Thus – when we have enough time for the children to spend to get…

So we have been trying to find a place to rent for about a month and a half now – with little success (OK – NO success).   UPDATE: since I started writing this we have now indeed found a place – (we hope) will update with details etc when we have them. One of…

So we have been trying to find a place to rent for about a month and a half now – with little success (OK – NO success).   UPDATE: since I started writing this we have now indeed found a place – (we hope) will update with details etc when we have them. One of…

I was extra tired this afternoon (having left the house at 6:44) – so by the time I was leaving the business school – I was dragging a bit.  I also had an incredible pounding headache- which I had thought may be attributed to caffiene (I have pretty much stopped drinking coffee altogether {thank you…

I was extra tired this afternoon (having left the house at 6:44) – so by the time I was leaving the business school – I was dragging a bit.  I also had an incredible pounding headache- which I had thought may be attributed to caffiene (I have pretty much stopped drinking coffee altogether {thank you…

Our great friends the Cho’s are here for a visit.  Which is fairly interesting since they planned their trip before we planned on moving here.  Works out pretty nice.  Since we’re still at the Simoni’s house – it’s kind of like we’re standing in for them – as some kind of surrogate hosts. On Saturday…

“This was a day that will go Down in infamy. On September thirtieth, two-thousand-and-ten, Jonah Watts wore a pair of pants for the first time since we left Edmonton in early August.“ It’s not that it’s been cold here, in fact we’re experiencing a loverly “Indian summer” right now (for what it’s worth – I’m pretty sure summer…

“This was a day that will go Down in infamy. On September thirtieth, two-thousand-and-ten, Jonah Watts wore a pair of pants for the first time since we left Edmonton in early August.“ It’s not that it’s been cold here, in fact we’re experiencing a loverly “Indian summer” right now (for what it’s worth – I’m pretty sure summer…

Living in a place where the commonly used language is not your mother tongue is a true learning experience. It’s’ a learning experience in that it gives you the opportunity to acquire a skill (speaking another language) that you previously didn’t have. But it’s also a very visceral experience of coming to understand what others…

Darty  NafNaf  Quick Podmod BUT Ed FNAC and my personal favouite: Flunch

Darty  NafNaf  Quick Podmod BUT Ed FNAC and my personal favouite: Flunch