Au Revoir! 17 Feb 2013 | 12:28 am

I've been meaning to come back here for a while and sign off. Life in France after five years is pretty much like life anywhere. Times passes, kids grow up. Sharing too much on line about them doesn't...

Ça caille! 7 Feb 2012 | 10:09 pm

Minus 12 deg C on the walk to school - never been so cold in my life! It's fantastic (for 5 minutes and then I run home and hibernate!)

What I got up to this week.... 21 Oct 2011 | 08:12 am

Le Creuset 29 Sep 2011 | 06:39 pm

Although I have stopped eating meat, I still cook it for the family and it has made meal preparation a little more of a challenge. I realized I needed a small frying pan in which to cook their meat so...

Mummy's annual weekend off 10 Sep 2011 | 11:02 pm

Yes, its been a while hasn't it? No apologies...blame Facebook, life, laziness or whatever takes your fancy. I could spend this post filling you in on our exciting summer, full of visits from family ...

Huit ans! 19 Jun 2011 | 07:47 am

Lausanne 28 Apr 2011 | 08:12 pm

We took a quick trip to Lausanne this week to meet up with David's best friend from primary school again, before his return to the US. It also happened to be my birthday. We packed light and took a tr...

Megève 2011 28 Mar 2011 | 06:58 am

Our ski holiday this year was two weeks of firsts: Jasper's first piste rouge and the first time he mastered the tire-fesses, Lily's first trip to hospital in an ambulance, David's first meet-up with ...

Whodunnit? 25 Jan 2011 | 01:47 am

Here's a link to a great site called Polar FLE, which one of my french teachers gave me. If you like mysteries, you can practice your french at one of four different levels (débutant, élémentaire, int...

Snow 2010 4 Dec 2010 | 01:56 am

In an attempt to not let this blog die off completely, here's a pic of some of the snow we had this week...