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
I warn you now, this is going to be a long one, so please bear with me. The French have a name for the slightly surreal two weeks that separate ... Read more
We’re both very pleased with the outcome of the French presidential election. Round 1 was yesterday, and the guy that we would have voted for (Macron) came first. The slight ... 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
This is a wee collection of thoughts and comments about French that have been at the back of my mind for a while that I wanted to set down ‘on ... Read more
It’s official – Will is now a French citizen! He received a letter today informing him of the news, and that he should expect more info within the coming six ... Read more
After all the excitement of last week, things have been decidedly calmer here of late. I had a recent flurry of small bits of work from people I’m waiting on. ... Read more
It was another quiet week, with one exception that I shall get to in a moment. I made it to the pool twice, and went to my usual weekly activities. ... Read more
We spent Sat and Sun at the house, enjoying the downtime. Despite the rosy forecast, we actually had a shower on Sat morning, and it rained on and off most ... Read more
