Many years ago, shortly after I arrived in London, I was having a drink with Mary Carol and Abby along with a friend of Abby’s who was visiting from the ... Read more
Today’s title is in reference to our housewarming party which was last night. In France, having a housewarming is called “pendaison de Cremaillere”, literally “hanging a chimney hook” and is ... Read more
I want to preface this entry with an apology to Mum and Dad. It was their anniversary on the 21st of May (the alleged day of the rapture, according to ... Read more
It’s 8:15 am and I’m sitting on a very uncomfortable bench in St Pardoux while Will does his driving lesson. The teacher is going on holiday starting tomorrow so this ... Read more
My aunt Mimi arrived on Friday. When we were young, she was called Tante Mimi since she was too young to be anyone’s aunt when my older brother Ben was ... Read more
Bonjour à tous. Yep, we are connected again: both landline (+33 5 53 56 99 70) and internet operational again. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that it hasn’t gone smoothly and ... Read more
It’s been a long time since our last post and it’s not entirely our fault. We’re currently without Internet since we’re in the process of switching providers. So far, we’ve ... Read more
No, I haven’t at all actually – I have just learned to play a phenomenally good blues track called “Hey, Hey”. It was written by “Big Bill” Broonzy in 1957 ... Read more
This is a rant. A while ago, I decided that France should just face up to the fact that it couldn’t organise a piss-up in a brewery and outsource. Everything ... Read more
Ever since moving into our new place, a question that had been on our minds, and undoubtedly on yours too, is who our first visitors would be. For a long ... Read more
