Our blog shows snapshots of our life here in France. We hope you like it! Notre blog montre des instantanés de notre vie ici en France....

We travelled to Paris for the day, taking an early TGV to Montparnasse. We took breakfast at 65 Odessa, a cafe in Montparnasse. As usual...

US Aulnay Football Club are having a successful time this season. They are doing well in the Regional Cup competition. We went with...

We visited St Jean d'Angely for their Christmas Market. This is a one evening affair in the beautiful surroundings of the Abbey. Choirs...

A very moving ceremony in Nere this morning. A significant part of the event is the reading of the names of the villagers lost in wars....

Amelie arrived and it sounded like a group of fighter jets flying over the bedroom during the night! We escaped relatively unscathed -...

Not far from us, in Les Eglises-d'Argenteuil, there is an unassuming little Bar/Restaurant/Pension - Le Relais "Vevette". On our day off...

To celebrate our wedding anniversary we went down to Donostia-San Sebastian. We're so lucky to have this beautiful city just four hours...

Julia's parents visited for a few days this week. After dropping them off at La Rochelle airport we wandered into the city to take...

We made our first trip to the Cite Du Vin in Bordeaux. This is a fairly recent addition to the landscape of our favourite city and one we...

Today we walked in the woods around Dampierre sur Boutonne. Thankfully the rain held off and we were able to spend a few quiet hours on...

There will be a few stragglers but today we collected the final crops from our plums, tomatoes, pears and peaches. Jams, chutneys and...

We've had some fantastic feedback from our first set of guests this summer, including a full set of 10/10 on booking.com. We've really...

Many tourists in Charente Maritime visit the Isle de Re. Who can blame them? This beautiful place has wonderful towns and beaches and a...

We collected two shopping bags of apples from the garden, blagged a Youtube video and made some cider. We say "made" but it is still...

Tony's birthday this week. His birthday treat was a visit to Andre Petit & Fils, a small cognac producer in Berneuil. A personal tour...

First stage - standing on the ground Second stage - standing on the platform Third stage (tomorrow) - working off a ladder (gulp!)

From just a few people two years ago the team has gone from strength to strength. They have played a tournament in Portugal and hosted...

We are lucky enough to be able to support the AVF in running their intermediate English class. The AVF are a fantastic organisation set...

Our friends Pate and Zoe invited us to a New Year's Eve party. The theme was 'The Eighties' though Pete seems to have landed somewhere...