Author: Tuula
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Expat tales… Christmas, Nutella, and saving NYE with a bit of Champagne
Greetings dear readers and friends. I’d like to take a moment to wish you a very happy and healthy New Year. As they say in France, bonne anneé and bonne santé! All of my best wishes for you and your family in 2020. On our end, we did our fair share of eating and drinking…
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Feeling Festive… and a *Book Giveaway*
Greetings dear readers and friends. Well, things are certainly looking very festive around here. I remember when I first moved to France, almost 10 years ago, I thought the Christmas decorations were a little subdued… that was comparing them to the US of course, which is as festive as festive gets. Now, I feel as…
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The Provençal Christmas Market at Château de Berne
Greetings dear readers and friends. Well things have sure cooled down here… a lot. We’d been really lucky to have sunshine up until about last week and now the real fall / winter temperatures are setting in – as low as 40° F in the morning… and, as you can imagine, that’s pretty low for…
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5 Fantastic Christmas Markets in Provence
Greetings dear readers and friends. Well, I hope this post isn’t too early… This year I am super excited to actually be celebrating Thanksgiving with a good American expat friend of mine. She’s from South Carolina, so she’s got the southern thing all figured out and I’ll try to throw in a dash of California…
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A Few of My Favorite (French) Things
Greetings dear readers and friends. I hope you’re enjoying these first few weeks of fall. We’ve had pretty amazing weather, and now things are finally starting to cool down. France is indeed getting into the Halloween spirit, and I kind of hate to admit it, but I’m counting down to the Christmas markets already. Too…
Belle Provence Travels 