A week of interesting activities: Monkey swinging in heels and fly swatting.

I’ve been a bit quiet over the last week both here and on the blogosphere in general as I decided to take some me time in honour of the French holiday season. Last weekend we went back to Lac du Bourget and spent a great weekend in the rain, constantly hoping for it to stop [...]

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Closed – pour les vacances!

I wish I could close. Shut down for a month. Not answer any calls, any emails – just bugger off and leave a sign like this: This is a common occurrence in France unless you live in an area popular with tourists such as the Cote d’Azur, but for us mortels that are not lucky [...]

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The brains at Fedex France are on holiday… or are they getting into organised crime?

Common sense is obviously somewhat lacking at the French Fedex’s offices during the summer. At almost the same time last year I had a run in with them (my first of many) which you can read about here. It would appear that their corporate brain goes on vacation during the month of August. Or, maybe [...]

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Happy Holidays!

Friday already! I haven’t had chance to do anything at all this week as I’ve been busy busy trying to clear up at work before heading off to Corsica tomorrow! A week of pure relaxtion, good food and being a true tourist awaits me and I cannot wait! It was nearly all ruined though as [...]

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The week that was… Hot & Hectic

With the intense heat of the last week and my crazy schedule it’s been a bit manic with not much time to blog! Last Tuesday I attended a wedding party of one of my first French friends I met when I was just 16 on one of the boats on the Saône river in Lyon. [...]

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Portuguese Holiday: Footy, Crisps for Dindins and Rude Surprises

Ahhh… I’m back from another week in Portugal, nicely relaxed, fairly tanned and with more weight around the midriff… My holiday mostly consisted of eating, drinking and doing nothing which is absolutely perfect! Of course, there was a certain amount of football as my Dad is a huge footy fan and I have to say [...]

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Getting ready for summer

After the cold weather of the past few weeks, last week’s holiday was a shock to my system and to my wardrobe. Having carried out the necessary prepping allowing me to bare my legs in public, actually committing to and wearing summer dresses and sandals seemed like a strange experience. My tootsies weren’t prepared but [...]

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Suitcases, Sunscreen and Bacon Sandwiches

Last Saturday I was praying for the Volcanic Ash cloud to stay away and yesterday I was praying for it to come back so that we could stay in our Paradise for a little longer. Unfortunately it wasn’t meant to be and I am now consoling myself in the Lyonnais sun, knowing that I’ll be [...]

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Jardinage Jeudi – Earth’s Garden

No gardening for me this week, I’m on holiday! Thanks to a lot of luck, I managed to fly from Geneva to Faro, Portugal last Saturday for a much needed week of sun and total relaxtion. I’ll leave you to enjoy some snaps of Earth’s garden taken with my iPhone (so please excuse the quality) [...]

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Jardinage Jeudi

Some people are born gardeners, others are not. I tend to class myself in the latter category much to my despair but being a fair-weather gardener is probably part of my problem. My Mum however is an excellent gardener and I frequently envy the satisfaction she gets from her garden and the hobby it has [...]

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