Blog in France

It’s beginning to feel properly Christmassy here at last. Caiti came home from Bordeaux for the holidays this evening, and she came bearing gifts – some for going under the tree, but some for immediate consumption. Yum. The latter were têtes de choco (chocolate heads) – which are the French...

James is going to answer this question for us! James Cave works as a housesitter, looking after expat’s homes when they have to go away. He’s discovered some interesting facts and figures in his job. Let’s hear more, so over to James … An Expat Christmas in France James and...

It’s a very wet winter so far. We’ve been snowed in by this time in past years but apart from a few flurries of snow, it’s been rain, rain, rain to finish off 2012. It would have been preferable to have had the rain a bit at a time over...

The twelfth day of the twelfth month of the twelfth year of 2012 was an interesting one. The blog hop went well, and many thanks to everyone who joined in. That took quite a lot of the morning up and then it was time to pick Rors up from school....

It was Chris’s birthday yesterday and it got some rather cool presents. OK, a few cool presents. When you get to 50+ you don’t tend to get buried in goodies! I’ve been a Gelaskins fan since the kids gave me one for my Kindle 18 months ago. Gelaskins are silicon...