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 is now official: yesterday, Emmanuel Macron was sworn in as the 8th President of the 5th Republic. He and his newly formed party, La République en Marche now faces ... 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 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
Today’s Frog Blog is once again being brought to you from the waiting room of the doctor’s surgery in St Pardoux. I tried to see him last week but all ... 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
