Welcome or welcome back to All About France, the place to link up and read the best articles about France on the interwebs! Somehow it’s suddenly October which should mean autumn although seeing as there’s no sign of it here yet in the South of France it’s hard to imagine it’s anything but summer still. Long may that last, I’m definitely not one of those who love autumn best.
In fact it’s still so summery at Lou Messugo that we’re eating salads outside not stews and pumpkins indoors and in the spirit of making summer last as long as possible I’m linking up something I wrote about the most famous of all local food, the salade niçoise. I hope you enjoy it. And in other news….we’re going to Vietnam in the coming school holidays and I can’t tell you how excited we all are. For those of you who are new here you might not be aware that I met my husband JF in Hanoi in the 1990s when we were both living and working there. This will be our first trip back since we left almost exactly 20 years ago and the first time ever for our kids.
And because of this I’m exceptionally changing the date of the next link-up to the 2nd Thursday of the month not the 1st. Please note next time will be Thursday 10th November. And also because of this please bear with me if I’m slow to comment on your links. I will be cutting right back on social media while away though I will be posting on Instagram using the hashtag #gudulesauvietnam if you want to follow along.
Back to today, here are my favourites from last time, good to see some new bloggers linking up and if you haven’t already read these particular four I recommend you pop over and do so now.
The prettiest places for tea in Lyon by La Vie en C-Rose
The best things to do with kids in Paris by Suitcases and Sandcastles
The France I love by Oui in France
Last time I introduced a new challenge to encourage comments and I’m pleased to announce the winner is Rosie from Eco-gites of Lenault who commented on a generous 15 of the posts linked up, closely followed by Tanja from The Red Phone Box Travels who didn’t even link up herself, just had a great session reading and commenting! Amazing! It was interesting going back over all the comments and seeng just who did and who didn’t play by the rules….there was still one person who linked and ran without commenting on anything not even mine, grrr if it happens again that person will be banned!
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I wonder where your friends live Julie? You really must try and visit them while they are there it’s such an amazing country.
I hope I don’t disappoint with my writings about Vietnam….:o
I hope I don’t just have too much to say that I don’t know where to start and never write about our trip!
Sorry for mucking things around!
Look forward to reading your take on Normandy
That’s good to hear CatherineRose
You’ll get one or even three, maybe 4, don’t worry!
Great to have you back Vanessa
Thanks Elizabeth. I fear I’ll have so much to say that I won’t rite anything!!
I’m sure it’ll be a blast, we all can’t wait!
Oh you’re in for a hot one! It’s still warm here in the South of France, October is always a lovely time of year here and I used to love it in Australia too, usually taking my first dip in the sea around my birthday in early October.
You’re welcome Diane!
Thanks Ema 🙂
Always a pleasure to have you invloved Rosie 🙂 have a good read
Have a great time in our wonderful Normandy!
Thanks for hosting again and thanks for the mention. There are always such interesting posts on #AllABoutFrance so I can’t really understand why people would just link and not read others … which is what I am off to do now … read that is, not run!
Bonjour!
Looking forward to another great round up. Always find it a fab place for travel inspiration. Have a great trip back to Vietnam too. 🙂
Thanks so much for putting this together, Phoebe, as always 😉
I love reading about what others are doing during the change of seasons in France. In Australia we are getting ready for a warm and sunny summer. Today’s high is 29degrees and it’s only just spring! Enjoy your autumn weather Phoebe 🙂
Oh wow Vietnam will be a fabulous trip for you all. I hope you have an amazing time! Thanks for hosting this great linky once again xx
Have an amazing time in Vietnam Phoebe! I’ve still not made it there so look forward to reading about your adventures. Thanks for hosting #allaboutfrance
Have a wonderful time in Vietnam.
I’ve linked a post tonight and will come back tomorrow to comment on others. Missed the linky last month because just too busy but back in the saddle this month.
Have a great time in Vietnam. I expect an old fashioned post card!
Thanks to everyone who came to visit my blog last month! You guys had such nice things to say about my post “The Prettiest Places to Have Tea in Lyon.” Looking forward to checking out all the posts for this month’s All About France!
Thanks so much for including my post on Paris as one of your favourites, Phoebe. I haven’t got any French posts to link up this month but should be able to link up in November after my trip to Normandy. The posts this month all look so enticing – I shall revisit later to read!
Ha, I finally remember to check in without a (kind!) tweet to remind me, and now here you go changing the date on me! lol Have a great trip, and thanks for hosting!
Thanks, Phoebe. The weather up here in the south Vienne is still gorgeous, too, warm enough to eat out at lunchtime and enjoy a nice Nice salad. 🙂
Have a great time in Vietnam, a part of the world I would love to see, and look forward to reading all about it when you are back.
Thank you for organising today’s link-up, Phoebe. I hope you have a lovely visit to Vietnam – it’s still on our list. I’ll be interested to read your posts on your return.
I know right? Will you cope?
Enjoy Vietnam. Shocking though! postponing #AllAboutFrance by AN ENTIRE WEEK. Tsk. 🙂
Have a great time in Vietnam, we have friends who have been over there for a year and they are having a fantastic time & we really must try to get over as it’s somewhere we’d love to visit. Thanks for hosting again & sorting it all out for next month too. As I’m down here on my own at the moment I have plenty of reading time, so will look forward to catching up on this month’s links. J