And so, it has come to this…   We are now going back to where we don’t drive on the right, the weather isn’t the same day in and day out,...

Tricks, Trips and Traps Quick reflections on things to look out for when living in Provence They drive on the right side of the road here...

One of the delights and benefits of staying in the one place for 6 months is that you get to see the seasons change. From arriving in...

Catching up a bit here, taking this blog to the end of July. Another in a week.... Science continued to revisit us in this fortnight, in...

Two very French experiences, tenuously linked - bear with us. The Face - Part 1 To paraphrase Julie Gillard, It's not all French who do...

Here we are in a year where over half the world's population in over 60 countries is having elections. All those opportunities to send...

This week it is all about the cycling... flicking the switch back to self-indulgence. So, when you consider the design of a bicycle, you...

This week was a transition week between two groups of guests staying with us - enjoying the recent memory of the first and looking...

Gasp! We are past our halfway point for our stay in Provence - less than 3 months before we return to Melbourne. The run home is looking...

Back to our weekly learning, although this one has been building for the (almost) three months we have been here. Coffee A bit of context...

So, It's been a while - and a bit has transpired A couple of reflections masquerading as this post's lessons The whole is equal to...

This week's learning / interesting fact: This is a pizza knife. You can tell, because it says so. It seems houses here have them - ours...

Feedback #1 from last week. Some advice from my Irish Australian French expert - UHT is popular in France due to small fridges, a...

First up, this week's learning - is something we are yet to figure out - so let's call this the conundrum of this week. For the newly...

This weeks learning: If you ask someone how their weekend in Paris was (or even if you didn't ask) expect it to be a bit gratuitous, but...

Confession of the week You can take the boy out of Australia But you can't take Australia out of the boy It took Tony about 10 days to...

Learning of the week: Ordering for home delivery in France Not good for: getting the things you thought you ordered, home delivered Very...

An eventful week. When we waved goodbye to our bike bags at Tullamarine. Little did we know it was for real. We arrived at Nice airport...