Blog in France

Some caches have stamps in for fun! We’ve had a bit of a geocaching fest this last week. Rors has been at home on holiday and the weather’s been relatively dry so we’ve made an effort to do something fun with him for a few hours every day before we...

Let's hope World Nutella Day keeps going! In January we had the fuzzy logic of the fizzy drinks tax to contend with here in France. And now, in November, we have the nutty Nutella Tax. The French Senate looks set to pass a law that will levy hefty additional taxes...

First signs of the disease The dreaded ash tree disease – Chalara ash dieback – which is wreaking havoc in northern Europe has reached France. The microscopic deadly fungus chalara fraxinia (chalarose) has been found on leaves of ash trees in the north-east of the country. This really is a...

Today I’m delighted to host a guest post from author Liese Sherwood-Fabre, an author and expat. I almost said ‘previous exptat’ or ‘one-time expat’ there, since Liese is back home in her native country now, but then it struck me that once you’re an expat, you’re always an expat. Living...

As an expat, I often make up French words. The word I need totally escapes me, generally because of a modicum of stress induced by trying to not appear a bumbling dimwit in front of one of the kids’ teachers or the bank manager or someone equally authoritative. There seems...