The week that was 22/2026 🇬🇧🇫🇷
From Chindrieux memories to Ferrari’s electric future: notes from an unexpectedly intriguing week
Posted in Weekly Journal
Tagged * Friends reunion, Chasselay, Chindrieux, Lac du Bourget, Nimes, Savoie
Leave a comment
The week that was 21/2026 🇬🇧 🇫🇷
What do sunshine, Seinfeld, Casanis, and a côte de bœuf have in common? Quite a good week, as it happens.
Posted in Weekly Journal
Tagged Canet en Roussillon, Carcassonne, Casanis, Côte de Boeuf, O Pieds Nus, Ortaffa, Seinfeld
Leave a comment
The week that was 20/2026 🇬🇧
The roads were magnificent. The weather was mutinous. The pool remains under investigation.
Himmelfahrt 🇬🇧🇫🇷
Unlock the full story—because Himmelfahrt is just the beginning!
Posted in Celebrations & Special Days, Culture & Identity, Travel
Tagged * Himmelfahrt, Ascension Day, Beer culture, Bollerwagen, Brückentag, Christi Himmelfahrt, Father’s Day Germany, Folk culture, Funny traditions, German festivals, German holidays, German traditions, Herrentag, Männertag, Public holidays in Germany, Religious holidays, Travel Germany, Vatertag
Leave a comment
The world of tyres 🇬🇧
A lifetime in the tyre trade, a lunch in Clermont-Ferrand, and one very small rubber bombshell.
WEC – 6 Hours of SPA 2026 🇬🇧
Experience the drama, speed, and endurance of the 2026 Spa classic through firsthand moments from one of motorsport’s most legendary races.
Excursion en Auvergne 🇬🇧🇫🇷
Volcanoes, winding roads, improbable lunches and the quiet majesty of rural France — Auvergne delivers the kind of journey that makes you wonder why everyone else is still on the motorway.
Posted in Friends, Travel
Tagged * Puy de Dôme, Auvergne, Birthday lunch, Clermont-Ferrand
Leave a comment
Chinese name 🇬🇧
Why Chinese names are never “just names.”
Grey Monday meets British comedy gold 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪
Sometimes it takes foul weather and a happy accident to stumble upon a genuine treasure. I found mine on a Monday morning, free, online, and it had me laughing until my tea went cold. Read on.
