Category: Life in France

  • Spring feels wonderful in the South of France

    Spring feels wonderful in the South of France

    Greetings dear readers and friends. I hope this post finds you doing well in your respective corners of the world, and boy oh boy, if we’re not thrilled to be getting out of lockdown here in la belle France. It’s been a long haul over these last 14 months, and although it’s far from over,…

  • A Beautiful Day in Sanary-sur-Mer

    A Beautiful Day in Sanary-sur-Mer

    Greetings dear readers and friends. I hope you are all safe and well in your respective corners of the world. We’re doing fine, just hoping that things change for the better in the months to come. After a few frosty weeks in the south of France, the sun is starting to shine and life feels…

  • My Favorite French Christmas Traditions

    My Favorite French Christmas Traditions

    Greetings dear readers and friends. Well, what a doozy of a year this has been! We’ve had our own share of trials and tribulations on our side of the world (which is putting it quite mildly) but I’ve never felt so proud of my family and just thankful to be able to see another year…

  • Forest walks and mirabelle tarts in the Lorraine, France

    Forest walks and mirabelle tarts in the Lorraine, France

    Greeting dear readers and friends. I hope you are all safe and well in your corner of the world. It’s certainly been tough to find a moment to write during the ups and downs of summer. We still count ourselves among the lucky ones who have been able to travel around France a bit in…

  • Wildflowers, truffle-hunting, rosé-tastings… & other fabulous things happening in Provence

    Wildflowers, truffle-hunting, rosé-tastings… & other fabulous things happening in Provence

    Greeting dear readers and friends. Well, I think we could all use a few things to celebrate at the moment, so I thought it would be a nice time to share what’s making us happy to be in the South of France at this time of year. Truffle-hunting at Les Pastras farm What could be…

  • My Favorite French Trends

    My Favorite French Trends

    Greetings dear readers and friends. First of all, I’d like to wish you a very Happy New Year – plein de belles choses – all kinds of lovely things for 2019 as they say in French. We had a very nice Christmas and New Year in the northeast of France (the Lorraine) – huddling together…

  • The Best of French Comfort Food… Raclette

    The Best of French Comfort Food… Raclette

    Greetings dear readers and friends. We are in full Christmas-mode over here, and there are so many holiday events taking place that it’s hard to keep up. We’ve been to a lighting-ceremony in the center of the village – complete with hot wine & Christmas carols (luckily they handed out the words or I would…

  • Things that make me smile in the South of France

    Things that make me smile in the South of France

    Greetings dear readers and friends. Well, if there was any time of year to be grateful for living in south of France, it would have to be right about now. For most of the year, life proceeds in its normal routine:  work / school, making dinner, cleaning house, grocery shopping, etc etc…. But in the…

  • Feeling French in the New Year

    Feeling French in the New Year

    Happy New Year! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and wishing you all a happy & healthy 2018. We had a calm and relaxing Christmas in the north of France with my in-laws. Of course I ate way too much, and had a few too many glasses of wine, but isn’t that what the…

  • Living in France, some of my challenges

    Living in France, some of my challenges

    Greetings dear readers and friends! Well, life is ticking along here in France, and the holiday season is right around the corner (shops are already decked-out with holiday decorations galore), and I’ve been thinking a lot about life here in Provence. So much has changed in my life since I moved to France some 7…