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Waiting room chronicles 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪
Posted in Health & Wellness, Life in France
Tagged France vs Germany, gastroenterologist, hospital humour, sobriety, whisky, wine festival
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What to wear 🇬🇧
Posted in Humour, Life in France, Travel
Tagged Autumn Weather, Carcassonne, Clothes, everyday life, French lifestyle, Humour, JJ, Packing, South of France, travel, Turtle, What to Wear
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Feeling better 🇬🇧
Posted in Life in France, Travel
Tagged Autumn, Carcassonne, Christmas Markets, Feeling better, Germany, Hannover, Kidney Stone, London, Occitanie, poolside, travel
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Le Blues 🇫🇷
Posted in Life in France, Reflections & Mood
Tagged Autumn, Carcassonne, Daily life, Friendship, Life in France, retirement, South of France, the blues, travel plans, uncertainty
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🍂 Autumn has officially arrived… apparently 🇬🇧🇩🇪
Someone forgot to tell the sun, though — 34°C, a pool, German guests, a chicken tajine and rather too much wine suggest that summer has simply refused to leave. 🍂 Der Herbst ist offiziell angekommen … angeblich. Jemand hat allerdings … Continue reading
Posted in Friends, Life in France
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Visit to the ER 🇬🇧
Posted in Health & Wellness, Life in France
Tagged Carcassonne, Emergency Room, French Healthcare, Getting Older, health, Hospital, Humour, Kidney Stone, Life in France
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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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Thursday, my old friend 🇬🇧🇫🇷
What if the best day of the week isn’t Friday… but Thursday? The perfectly balanced, quietly rebellious middle child of the calendar. In France, it once meant freedom, bicycles, comic books, and scraped knees — and even today, it carries … Continue reading
Posted in Life in France, Nostalgia
Tagged Calendar Musing, Childhood Memories, Cultural differences, France vs USA, French School System, French Traditions, Gentle Satire, Growing Up in France, Life Reflections, Lighthearted Humor, Midweek Thoughts, Parisian Mood, School Days, Sweet Memories, The Joy of Thursday, Then and Now, Thursday, Wednesday vs Thursday, Weekend Anticipation, Witty Observations
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Dick Whittington 🇬🇧
Last night we travelled 20 km, crossed a linguistic border, laughed our way through an English pantomime in the middle of French vineyards… and discovered what might be the only truly undrinkable wine in the region. A full house, forgotten … Continue reading