So day 3 of our drive to Provence was due to take us down through The Charente and on into […]
Archive for ‘our life in provence’
life, renovations and just getting under the skin of Provence
Fifi’s French Adventure Day 2 – Roscoff to The Sunflower fields
Rolling off the ferry at Roscoff yesterday morning was just lovely, it may have been a grey and slightly damp […]
Fifi’s French Adventure #Day 1
A little over 17 weeks ago Andy and I packed up the little house in Provence and headed back to […]
Fifi’s Colourful Life
Sometimes something happens that just makes us smile – that was certainly the case when someone commented on a Facebook Post about Fifi. As a result we now know so much about her rather colourful life over the last 49 years …. Effectively ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ for a 2CV!
The Pot of Gold at the end of The Rainbow
a photo of a rainbow pushes the grey clouds away
Le Luberon nous manque
When I first started learning French I found this turn of phrase perhaps the most difficult to get my head […]
Keeping in touch
Continuing to learn french and keeping in touch with Provence in a ‘virtual world’
A comforting book and a reflection on 30 years of Provence
A few thoughts on what has changed and what has stayed the same in Provence over the last 30 years, since our first visit and the publication of A Year in Provence
A bit of research and a change of name
A few weeks ago I posted about our new car, a rather wonderful 2 CV that is destined for a […]
There are advantages to being a ‘morning-person’
Today was always going to involve an early start, but as ever we managed to wake before the alarm and […]
