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‘To be a Parisian is not to be born in Paris, but to be reborn there’
--- Sacha Guitry, man of letters, theatre and wit .
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La Chasse : The Hunt
Asterix and Obelix did it. The Kings of France did it. The man next door does it. ---- In an area of France where many of the village school...
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"Comic books or bandes dessinees as they are called in the French-speaking world have been a significant part of French culture since...
Fume, fume, fume cette cigarette : The French are quitting, but no cold turkey
La dinde froide..... Even cold turkey sounds different in French -- not quite as cold, not quite as definite.... This week the conversations...
Quirky Quoi Qu'il Soit
Saturday morning at Sarlat market..... Sarlat, the capital of Périgord Noir, lies in a hollow between hills 10km or so back from the Dordogn...
15 November! The RED (wine) Letter Day for wine tourism in France!
Well....... for wine lovers, that is........... and who can possibly NOT be a wine lover?? At one minute past midnight on the third Thursd...
Thunderstorms continue over the Southwest of France
Thank you to all the readers who have written, and even called to commiserate on the floods -- and for all the offers of help to mop up and ...
The Bastide Brewery : English Ale in the Dordogne!
Discover an English tradition, reads the headlines! For those really homesick for 'home', William King of Eymet has started produci...
Coming Events at Chateau Lalinde
Thursday, 2 February 2006 An evening with the Huguenots: Huguenot is a name by which the French Protestants are often designated. Its ety...
A French Phrase for the Day
I often refer to language on this blog. As a South African expat living abroad, I am probably more conscious of the importance of language t...
a bientot!
I shall be away until the end of July -- But will be back then with lots of interesting stories to tell about the Margan Sea Gypsies in the ...
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Chateau Thibeaud-Maillet: A Pomerol of distinction: The wine for the person who knows what is best....
At the annual Lalinde wine fair last weekend, 9-10 August, there was once again a vast choice for the wine lover. Wine growers from all ove...
Another successful event at the Chateau: A Literary Evening with Michael Sadler
On Friday night, 12 May, the Aquitaine Langues and Chateau Lalinde hosted another wildly successful Literary Evening -- this time, once agai...
An almost 'empty' River Dordogne, and Surfing the Bore
This week the Dordogne river in front of the chateau dropped to an all-time low --- well, to be exact, to an all-time-since-I-arrived-here-l...
Look out for the beautiful full moon tonight!
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The Giant Omelette at Haux, Gironde
Every year, for the last 26 years, on Easter Monday, a giant omelette is made -- not only to retain the title of the biggest omelette in the...
Learning the language: French by Total Immersion is the Answer
I have spoken often before about learning the language of your adopted country. Without speaking the language of the people in your communit...
A Spencer Tunick Installation coming to our area!
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Le Chat du Chateau!
Coming Events at Chateau Lalinde
Beaujolais Nouveau : The big event in November!
Roundabouts? The French do it with flair!
Carte blanche à Isabelle Minière
The "new" Miserables of France
And on the other side, the word that got it all go...
Visitors in the Chateau
An evening out in Lalinde
A remarkable woman. A remarkable story....
Bread! Glorious French Bread!
Mist in the Dordogne
Je voleJe voleSans fumerSans alcohol.Je vole.........
‘To be a Parisian is not to be born in Paris, but ...
The City of Light lit up for the wrong reasons...
and beauty surrounds me...
from dawn to dusk........
Food for body and soul
All Saints, All Souls & Crysanthenums.....
BEYNAC --- The King of PérigordThe site of Beynac ...
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