Latest Blog Posts
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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 […]
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The Provence Market… Inspired by the “douceur de vivre”
Greetings dear readers and friends. I hope you’re all enjoying a wonderful start to the fall season. We’re having some of the best weather we’ve had in years in the South of France. Last Sunday we visited Sanary-sur-Mer where the sun was shining and we had a cool, sea breeze coming in as we sipped […]
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Book Review… Searching for Family and Traditions at the French Table
Greetings dear readers and friends. Well, we’re just about coming to the end of summer vacation in the South of France. Thankfully, we’ve still got a lot to look forward to – namely great weather / fewer crowds in September and harvest season getting into full-swing in the coming months.
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Expat Tales… Working in the South of France
Greetings dear readers and friends. Well, I’ve wanted to write about my working life in the south of France for quite some time but maybe the timing for this post is just a bit off… as we’re heading into August, the month where no one in France wants to think a wink about their jobs. […]
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Book Review… Death in Avignon by Serena Kent
Greetings dear readers and friends. Well, what a delightful surprise to be asked to review the sequel to Death in Provence, the thoroughly captivating Death in Avignon.