There comes a time in every parent’s life when you realize no matter how strong your desire to teach your children everything they need or want to know, that what you know is simply not enough. I sing with my kids, play music endlessly, keep their English curriculum up and teach them everything I know…
We finally got the loan from the bank to upgrade the energy efficiency of our house and they did the work an entire month earlier than planned! We hired the company Colombeau Alu who did a fabulous job. The salesman came to our door with samples and his bottom line price; something I honestly appreciate when…
What do I miss most about Canada? Having an abundance of peanut butter! Friends bring me organic smooth peanut butter from North America when they come to visit and I end up rationing it until the next person brings me more. I have a crazy protective attitude towards anyone that wants to eat my peanut…
“Always have a BACKUP plan.” Mila Kunis Worst case scenario for our plans to move overseas would be if our business does not sell in time and we do not have enough money to buy a home to convert to a Bed and Breakfast in France. If that were the case and we end up…
So there once was a man from Italy, who lived across the street from a Hungarian expat from WWII. She was an extraordinary person, who ended up one of the last at Auschwitz with her sister, mother and family. At the end of the war, she walked out of the concentration camps, while the rest…
Alfonz and three pals ride towards the Pyrenees from Capestang in the south of France on a boy’s trip to Andorra. His R1200GS gets a whole lot of use since moving to France, where he can ride nearly each day. Back home, it was rain that stopped him from riding. Andorra is an interesting country….
So why Budapest? Where I am from in Canada, most people haven’t been to Hungary, and usually they get the capital city wrong by saying Bucharest and not Budapest. They may have tried ‘Gulyas’, usually misspelled as Goulash, and most think it is a stew served over pasta, mixing up Hungarian ‘Paprikas’ with our country’s…
“Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.” Jonathan Swift Whenever the chance, the French support the arts. My friend Marion and I went to visit her friend Nathalie at her art exhibition in Serignan. I found her method very interesting, and I am always in awe of people with the artistic…
This is a delicate subtle flavoured stew, using clean white meat, normally the finest veal you can find, which is favourable with my children and my picky husband. I couldn’t believe that everyone had seconds! This is among the preferable meals in any French house. One, because it is easy to make, two, because it…
