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A Week to Remember

A Week to Remember

I was planning to just do an update once a month, especially as we are under Covid regulations at the moment. However as I use this little blog as something of a personal diary as well as recording our life in France (for those that are interested) there was something...
Some Easter Colour

Some Easter Colour

Easter weekend and we’re back in semi-lockdown! Our 7pm to 6am curfew continues and we now must travel no further than 10kms from home without a good reason and a completed attestation form. Having said that it really isn’t going to effect us much at all, other than...
Art Supplies and Angouleme

Art Supplies and Angouleme

Had a lovely day out earlier in the week with friends taking a trip to Angouleme to purchase art supplies, something that is not readily available in rural France! Needless to say there were many “must haves” purchased and I now have enough goodies to keep me and a...
Brocante Buys

Brocante Buys

Anyone who watches “Escape to the Chateau “ knows how tempting a visit to the local antique/junk shop can be!! Currently we are not restricted to travelling within France although there are definitely areas to avoid Covid wise, so over the last couple of weeks we’ve...
The Last 12 Months (where did that go?!)

The Last 12 Months (where did that go?!)

Today is my birthday and this time last year we celebrated my last in Oz (after 37 years!) A memorable evening with special friends. Just over a week later we headed off to our new life, never having heard of the word Covid. That final week was a roller coaster of...