Blog in France

January 4th saw the launch of this year’s Pièces Jaunes campaign, which will run until 11th February. The scheme is now in its 23rd year, having begun way back in 1990. So what is it? It’s a way of raising funds for the Fondation Hôpitaux de Paris-Hôpitaux de France. Children...

The day before the kids went back to school, Black Monday as far as they were concerned, we went off to a spot of geocaching in Préveranges, a large village about 20 km away in the département of Cher. Chris, Rors and I went to the pumpkin fair there back...

Since this is the land of cheese (around 429 varieties I believe), I thought it was time I started to pay attention to fromage. So for the next little while it’ll be ‘Cheese on Tuesday’ on my blog every week, looking at some of the more popular and/or unusual cheeses...

I don’t often go political, but today I feel the need. I’ve found out that from spring 2012 (forgive the  slightly vague date but there’s nothing more definite available yet) all motorists will be having to put something else in the car to join the gilet rétro-réfléchissant (reflective jacket) and...

First of all, Happy New Year. I love crafts so I’m always excited to try something new in the make and do line. For my latest venture I’ve gone French and seen what I can create with paper napkins (serviettes). This craft, not surprisingly, is known as serviettage. Now, French...