We had our first ski outing of the season today. As per my usual pattern my dreams last night were interspersed with snow catastrophes and...

We discovered a new path yesterday. Out walking through the snow along the track overlooking the village leading to the castle we ran int...

The exchange rate when we first arrived in France was close to 0.50, which meant that we needed to double the euro value of whatever we w...

With three children it was inevitable that we would at some stage need to find our way to the doctor’s in France. I just didn’t expect i...

I used to be very happy with a sandwich at midday or thereabouts. It was better if the bread had grains or a bit of character as the w...