My birthday came and went, as they do, with a quiet fanfare and a great big cake. Due to confusion over numbers, a result of advancing years I imagine, I had passed most of last year thinking I was 43, so it was a nice surprise on my birthday to realise I had ‘only’ been [...]
Yesterday was the 5th anniversary of our arrival in France, so today I’ll treat you to some recollections ‘from the olden days’. The day we arrived was not a pleasant one - Mrs B had twisted her neck and couldn’t move; it was blisteringly cold; and there was a howling gale blowing. We were also [...]
Ok I’m looking for help and suggestions today. Now I can assume that most people reading this have been to France, I guess? And probably plan to come again? Doubtless you had favourite places, and took photos and remember them fondly.
So what I am looking for is - what were (or are) your favourite places? [...]
We had ‘un repas bien arrossé’ yesterday - great phrase, don’t you think, arrosser is ‘to water’ (as in ‘watering the garden’) but ‘un repas bien arrossé’ is a meal washed down with plenty of wine etc.
Anyway, one of the local communes were having their annual village ‘moules frites‘ evening and some friends invited us [...]
After years of worrying about our daughters’ potential boyfriends and future boyfriends, the problem is about to come to a head, but not in the way we expected.
Older daughter has a never ending stream of admirers, whispered phonecalls, giggly chats and so on, but apparently none of the contenders meet her demanding requirements. One particularly [...]
Well, we’ve finally had our few days away, to the great joy of Mrs B who frequently tells me there is more to life than staring at a computer screen. Anyway, I managed to cope with the withdrawal symptoms - I took a couple of computer programming books along to help - and funnily [...]
