Blog in France

I like a nice cup of tea – but only one a day given that too much caffeine makes me very jittery – and so I was very pleased when Caiti gave me a selection of fancy teas for Christmas. Mysterious parcels addressed to Caiti had been arriving regularly during...

I’ve mentioned my fondness for spooky (aka candlelit) baths in various blog posts. I was therefore very happy when Père Noël brought me a wonderful child-assembled spooky bath kit, and Ruadhri a candle making kit. My spooky bath kit! The candles I generally use – supermarket scented tealights – never...

This is definitely our toastiest Christmas Eve in France and the weather’s set to stay mild into the New Year. Whilst snow and frost are more festive, sunshine is a very acceptable second choice and we’ve been making the most of it to do some geocaching. But more about all...

Back in March 2011, I did some research on whether you could eat llamas or not in France. I wasn’t hungry, I just wanted the official answer to a question that a lot of people asked us when they came to see the llamas. I didn’t manage to find a...

You’ve probably heard all the nonsense about the world ending tomorrow, 21.12.12, simply because the latest version of the Mayan calendar happens to finish that day. (A new one has been found so don’t panic too much.) However, one French village is definitely going to be OK. Bugarach, near Carcassonne,...