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Decisions Decisions... (Head and Heart)
The same evening I told my husband "you have to see this house"
Feb 28, 2024


LIKE COMING HOME
It has been over five years for us already in beautiful France, and it took five years to find a place to call our own.
Feb 20, 2024


LYON, JE TE QUITTE!
It has been in the plans since we arrived in France - to find a place of our own. Then the pandemic came, and then we faced a changed...
Sep 29, 2023


BRINGING A PIECE OF FRANCE HOME
Before we settled in beautiful France a few years ago, we traveled here almost every year. And of course every time I had to do a little...
May 19, 2023


TIME OF MAGNOLIAS
When is the best time to visit Lyon? If you can make it happen, it would be the time when magnolias are in bloom. Place des Celestins in...
Mar 18, 2023


EATING LOCAL AT FRENCH FARMERS MARKETS
I could write about the farmers markets a lot! I think it was my first stop right after we moved to France...
May 11, 2022


FRENCH BISTRO - A QUICK HISTORY
Where did it all begin? The popular story on how the name "bistro" originated says it came from the Russian word "bistro" or "quick"...
Apr 1, 2022


LOVELY LINEN (& How to Take Care of It)
Walking through a French flea market you will notice heaps of beautifully embroidered vintage and antique linen sheets, kitchen towels...
Jan 6, 2022


LAVENDER COUNTRY
And by "lavender country" I mean Provence, bien sûr! We spent a few days in the area of Gorge du Verdon, in the Alps de Haute Provence...
Aug 7, 2021


ESCAPE TO VILLENEUVE-LEZ-AVIGNON
I have been a few times to Avignon, but this time I decided to stay and spend more time across the river Rhone, in Villeneuve-Lez-Avignon.
May 29, 2021


HOW TO HAVE A GOOD TIME AT "BROCANTE" (A VISIT AT "LES PUCES")
If you have been following me here for a while, you know that brocante is my life - I dream, live and breath "les puces"...
Apr 24, 2021


THE CHARM OF FRENCH COUNTRY STYLE
What defines the style that has been around for ages? When asked what is exactly French Country style, I picture natural wood, stone walls.
Mar 13, 2021
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