Blog in France
The fun and frustrations of expat life in France
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Best of Blog in France … Download It For Free!
Best of Blog in France is here! In fact, here at Smashwords to be precise. It’s my selection of the best posts and photos from the first two years of Blog in France. Yes, I’ve been blogging since July 2009, although only very intermittently to start with. Signing up for...
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How To Be Clean In French
Yesterday I had the first day of the obligatory course in food hygiene that all persons have to attend who so much as touch a single piece of food destined to be eaten by someone else. We offer a meals package to anglers, so therefore that includes us. There’s another...
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A Bike, A Banana And A Camera
The three trigger-happy members of the Dagg household headed off for a session at the shooting club this morning, so I got on my bike armed with a banana to keep me going and my camera – as ever. I wanted to go and see what was going on at...
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La Mode Pratique 11.11.1911 – Fur, Dowries, Patterns and Potions
The weather is wonderful at the moment, definitely the nicest French November that we can remember. So we took advantage of it yesterday to some sorting out in the barn. Our barn is huge and has become a bit of a dumping ground for, well, everything. It was getting out...
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Armistice and Apples
We’re just back from the Armistice Day commemoration ceremony at Nouzerines’ war memorial. It is the most perfect day, sunny, warm and still. It’s hard to think it’s November. Look at that blue sky. The occasion begins a little after eleven when the three flagbearers followed by the Maire carrying...