Blog in France

I haven’t mentioned our little huarizos for a while, so here’s a quick photo update. They’re unutterably cute and full of mischief these days, all three of them. Left to right: Setanta, Diarmuid, Fionn and grumpy Auntie Georgie Here’s a lovely close-up of Setanta: Setanta Here they are with their...

Caiti and I have been in Bordeaux, signing her up for University. Several of you guessed Paris as our destination due to the Velib (communal bikes) photo, but Bordeaux has that as well. Bordeaux is a city of bikes in fact, and skateboards. Those seem to be the two preferred...

Did you miss me? I’ve been on my summer holidays (sort of). I was there and back within 36 hours – recovering tonight. Full report coming tomorrow or Sunday. But where did I go? Here are some clues.   I didn't go in here, by the way. I just thought...

Pic from Helix website We’re slowly going through Ruadhri’s school bag. I’ve already uncovered a few things that he claimed he’d lost during the year – his compasses being just one example. Apparently he found it at the very back of his under-desk cubby hole when he was emptying it...

The 5.2 kg Draveil météorite Every year around ten meteorites land on France, but only one in a hundred of these ever gets found. One of the most recent ones to be discovered thunked down nearly a year ago on 13th July 2011. A postman saw a big lump of...