BIENVENUE!
WELCOME TO OUR VILLAGE
Yes, we’ve uprooted our life and yes, we might be completely crazy! Here it is – the beautiful and the ugly of our family’s journey.
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This week’s French phrase: Les coquelicots
Paying homage to their Americanized name, these little beauties are popping up everywhere as summer arrives. Otherwise known as common poppies, les coquelicots appear on the sides of the road, dotted along hiking trails, and as seas of red as you drive through Provence.
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MES HISTOIRES HEBDOMADAIRES
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Je suis toujours ici
Fall is here and I still have much to learn. Too many spaces unexplored, too many lessons left undone to…
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La Boule Azurée
I will state for the record that I love purple. There was a time in my early teens when I…
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Rando affreuse
Today Bobby and I took an ugly hike. I’m not exaggerating. The Peygros-Grasse trail was overgrown, not well-marked, foul-smelling in…
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Le Petit Marin
The little sailor sits on the dock, his bare feet swinging back and forth. Dances of anticipation in the crisp…
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La Rentrée
The French have an expression “la rentrée”, which literally means “the return”. When people leave for vacation, people call out…
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40 Weeks in France 