Blog in France

So, Paris is still the world’s number one tourist destination, with more than 30 million people visiting it every year. We still haven’t been there yet, apart from Benj who went up with a school trip, and came back severely unimpressed. Too many rats everywhere, he reckoned! I’m in no...

OK, what’s Frirish food then? A combination of French and Irish of course! For St Patrick’s Day I’ve given an Irish twist to some traditional French ingredients. I’d intended to have more examples for you here, but life got in the way on Wednesday when I was preparing this blog....

We’re nursing a poorly llama at the moment. Gabby, the matriarch of our herd, has had her yearly funny turn. She’s given us the most problems of all the animals. We had the vet out yesterday who has diagnosed the problem as being her liver. He’s dosed her up and...

I’m serious about getting organised this year. The cutlery drawer was top of my list for decluttering. It was completely out of hand, as this shameful before photo shows. Before - cringe! But after half an hour or so of dedicated tidying, I overcame the muddle. I invested in a...

So we’re safely back from our road trip to Strasbourg. We – eldest son Benj and I – were away for 36 hours. We spent 15 of those in the car – it’s a long way to Strasbourg from the centre of France! It was tiring but a trip well...