Blog in France

We’ve decided to get Christmassy here at Les Fragnes. Winter has swooped down with a vengeance and it’s dark, cold and miserable. So we needed to cheer ourselves up. I’ve put our demonic Santa up on the farm gates (his head swivels round à la Chucky – very creepy!) and...

I feel the need for another blog hop. My first go at organising one turned out to be a great success thanks to lots of enthusiastic supporters so time for another. And what better date than 12.12.12. So please sign up below to join in on Wednesday 12th December. Anything...

I’ll be organising a blog hop on 12.12.12 – what better day! The linky form I intended to use started playing up and needs debugging so this is only an announcement for now. The theme is anything Christmas and/or expat related so start planning! We’ll be ready to roll out...

You may remember my puzzle from the other day – where might you find this concrete Eiffel Tower. Well, amazingly it’s to be found in a tiny cemetery in the tiny village of Vigeville in Creuse, which I will blog about more tomorrow because it has some very interesting history,...

  I’ve said it before, but it’s worth saying again. Geocaching is a great way to discover new places and unearth a little bit of local history. And I love history, well, some of it. International trade treaties of yore aren’t the most exciting, it has to be said, but...