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…
Eighteen months after we moved into our home, the House Hunters TV show contact us again, asking if we want to do a, ‘Where are they now?’- show. Here is our casting video.
For all you cheese lovers out there, imagine dinner consisting of mass quantities of melted cheese poured over boiled potatoes served with a variety of deli meats. Maybe some pickles on the side, eggs or even vegetables to round out the meal usually served with wine. The…
Hysterectomy on the French medical system- Once I had my diagnosis, I won’t lie, it took me a long time to figure out how I felt about hysterectomy before 40. Sure, like most of us, I read everything I could find about my illness, tried to find alternative options and make an educated decision based on the…