October in the South of France
October is one of the best times to visit the South of France, and it’s one of my favourite...
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Oleander – The Flower With Power!
Our garden is full of the ultimate Mediterranean summer flower, the oleander, in bloom right now....
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Silent Sunday – 22 June 2014
Enjoyed this...
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Postcards from Aix-en-Provence
I’ve just discovered Aix-en-Provence! After more than 7 years on the Côte d’Azur and...
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Easter in France
Easter in France is not very different from most countries that celebrate it, the main focus is to...
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St Tropez – Opening Soon
I set off armed with both a full battery and an empty SD card in my camera and a fully charged...
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A walking tour of Monaco, in pink!
Monaco is one of those places everybody’s heard of; its reputation precedes it. It reeks...
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Sightseeing With Children – Visiting Hill Villages
We have always been sightseeing with our children ever since day one and have never pandered to...
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Top 10 posts from 2013
Here’s a handy little list of the Top 10 most popular posts from 2013. Handy for you,...
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Ski Exchange on the Côte d’Azur – Winter’s on its Way
It’s mid November but until yesterday it’s been sunny and warm enough to eat outside...
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Nice new Promenade in Nice
Nice has a new Promenade, nearly 160 years after the Promenade des Anglais on the seafront opened...
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Hunting wild boar and the pigs’ revenge
I’ve written about them before and I’ll probably write about them again, for while...
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Hogs, Frogs and Fireflies
Last night while sitting out in the neighbour’s garden having a drink around 9.30, we heard...
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10 ideas for family fun on rainy days on the Côte d’Azur
The Côte d’Azur, or French Riviera as it can be called in English, is famed for its fabulous...
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Lu Festin de Nissa – Nice Celebrates May
On the 1st of May and then every Sunday throughout the month, Nice celebrates the arrival of...
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TOP 10 things to do with children on the Côte d’Azur
The Côte d’Azur (French Riviera) is a wonderful playground for old and young alike. Perhaps...
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Wildlife at Lou Messugo, what a bore!
A couple of nights ago I was just closing up the computer and turning out the lights to go to bed...
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A tri-nation vacation
Did you know that it possible to visit three countries in one day while holidaying on the French...
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Singing Cicadas of Summer
I love the sound of cicadas; for me it’s the sound of summer, of lazy hot days when lying in...
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A prickly start
A professional photographer is coming to take pictures of the garden in a couple of days’...
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