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.

We hope some of our stories ignite just a little wanderlust in your life too!


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.  

Click here to see previous French phrases: Des petit cours de français


MES HISTOIRES HEBDOMADAIRES


  • Attendre

    Attendre

    He drove an old silver Renault – dented and corroded in places, and it clearly hadn’t been washed in a…

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  • Deuxième étoile à droite

    Deuxième étoile à droite

    I am surrounded by dark earth, the substrate from which I was born.  Eventually I will die and return to…

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  • Être la mère

    Être la mère

    I suppose this happens to all parents, but it is a curious thing when your child stands tall enough to…

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  • Au bord de la rivière

    Au bord de la rivière

    The rush of the river mutes any attempt at conversation.  So, we fix our gazes forward and pick our way…

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  • Comment on marquez le temps

    Comment on marquez le temps

    We are still in winter here.  Specks of spring abound, but not as prominently as they will be in a…

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  • Le meteo

    Le meteo

    Here is today’s weather for Les Alpes Maritimes: Today is expected to be severely stormy but no clouds.  Precipitation will…

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