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L’été 🇫🇷🇬🇧
From soft morning light to the first real warmth of the year, L’été reflects on the small, beautiful signals that summer has arrived—and how they quietly transform everyday life. Click here.
Posted in Daily life, Life in France, Weather & Seasons
Tagged early summer, French Life, morning routine, Occitanie, simple pleasures, slow living, summer, Sunshine
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The taxman cometh 🇫🇷🇬🇧
The French tax portal is open enter at your own risk.
A poolside meditation 🇬🇧
What starts as a simple mission to clean the pool ends in a humbling, sun-drenched reckoning with the body’s limits — and one man’s very reasonable decision to treat the afternoon’s dizziness as a medical prescription for rosé. Equal parts … Continue reading
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J’ai le même à la maison🇫🇷🇬🇧
Ever had that strange feeling that life is playing reruns… in your own living room? 🤔 J’ai le même à la maison is a light, witty dive into déjà vu, domestic echoes, and those moments when reality smirks at you. … Continue reading
Settling back 🇬🇧🇫🇷
Freshly home from Germany, the bed is blissful, the coffee is sacred—and the suitcase is still on holiday. Between lost luggage, administrative adventures, creative bursts and a medically questionable reliance on whisky, this is a gentle, humorous return to routine … Continue reading
Carcassonne mérite mieux 🇫🇷
Playdoyer pour un vrai réseau cyclable 🚴♀️ Carcassonne sans pistes cyclables, c’est un frein à la liberté. Après 25 ans à Hanovre, je témoigne : notre ville peut et doit offrir un réseau sûr et ambitieux. Découvrez mon appel aux élus et à … Continue reading
Crise Dominicale 🇫🇷🇬🇧
What happens when a quiet Sunday turns into a rescue mission involving a leaky vinegar barrel, a heroic ladle, a pot of jam, and a venerated vinegar “mother”? Dive into my latest domestic saga — proof that even a tiny … Continue reading
An early case of Christmas fever 🇬🇧
Christmas seems to have ambushed me early this year—blame the sudden cold, the town’s over-enthusiastic lights visible from space, or the shops that think I came in for Santa mugs instead of water glasses. With the First Advent still days … Continue reading
Posted in Daily life, Seasonal musings
Tagged * Christmas, 70s music, Advent, Blog Life, Christmas Lights, Christmas Markets, cold weather, Early Christmas Feeling, Everyday Adventures, Festive Atmosphere, Heart 70, Humour, Seasonal Mood, Shopping, Town Decorations, Water Glasses (yes, why not), Winter
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The missing turkey 🇫🇷🇬🇧
Start your day with my daily dose of chaos, coffee and comedy: from misbehaving cars to disappearing turkeys, nostalgic mornings, wild errands, creative struggles and the small triumphs that keep life entertaining. One click, one laugh — bienvenue dans mon … Continue reading