French Life-expat France

I’ve been doing some research into wildlife of France, and it seems that I have been both misled and misleading for the last few years. So here and now I plan to put that right by dispelling two of the great myths of the 20th century.
First I have to apologise in advance, because one of [...]

Since we have lived in France - about five years now - we have had six cats. Lovely little kittens, that spent six months being loved and learning to hunt mice, then cost a fortune at the vet, then disappeared. Every single one of them. It’s like there’s something in the air. As soon as [...]

I have complained before about some of the problems we have in the garden. The longest running problem is water, or lack of it, and the current problem is rabbits - we have an excess of them.
So it is high time to buckle down and sort both of these problems out.

Thought I’d comment on the thorny issue of English expats in France today, because I just read an article about it in the local newspaper. Are there too many English Expats in France? Not enough? Is France being over-run by the English, have property prices escalated because too many expats buy all the properties, and [...]

The first part of this entry was made on 26th May. You might like to read that first if you have not already done so.
Two weeks ago, when I wrote about cycling lessons, I claimed there were only a couple of lessons to be learned if you wanted to be the next Lance Armstrong - [...]

In France, until a certain age, children have no school on Wednesdays. Instead they are supposed to pursue creative and sporting activities of their own choice. Horse-riding, saxophone playing and pottery classes are some of the choices our children have made. Some children seem to get away with choosing computer games, or watching DVD’s, but [...]

I am a bit concerned today about one of Mrs B’s more exuberant gardening gestures.
At the back of the house we have a nice terrace, with views over miles of beautiful countryside. Then, at the back of the terrace (between us and the view) is a small area of garden, separating us from the fields [...]