We’re in the final stages of preparing for our upcoming trip to MN via Iceland. We leave tomorrow afternoon, get an early morning flight to Reykjavik on Wed, leaving the ... Read more
It’s been a quiet week, so I’ll keep this short. Nothing of note happened during the week except for work. We’re both fairly busy, although Will made time to redo ... Read more
Finally, an election has turned out as we’d hoped. After Brexit and Trump, we didn’t want to get our hopes up about the French presidential election. Not only was Le ... Read more
We’ve had lovely weather for the past week, with highs of 25C yesterday. All the trees are in bloom, as is the wisteria which is giving off a lovely odour. ... Read more
We’ve just returned from Perigueux for Will’s citizenship ceremony which took place at the Prefecture. There were 70 people from all over the department, representing 28 countries. The Prefet gave ... Read more
We’re in the midst of a power-cut here in Mazeroux that means I am legitimately unable to do any work. So instead I am getting my blogging done. Our outage ... Read more
I returned last night from a lovely trip to the States for the big birthday celebration. Despite being a short trip, it was packed with activities. Will took me to ... Read more
Before I get to the exciting news, there’s an update on Uncle Dean. He’s been in hospital since his seizure last week, still agitated and somewhat confused. The docs blamed ... Read more
Will’s last post rightly captured our mood in the run up to xmas. Despite showing signs of improvement, I was still having trouble walking a week ago Monday. I saw ... Read more
We had one more day with our visitors on Tuesday. They had seen St Jean de Cole on the way here, so we suggested the Grotte de Villars and Brantome. ... Read more