France: Living like locals
France: Living like locals - Or could we? A fluent former French teacher, my husband a deer in headlights after basic greetings. So - We chose Nice, to call home.
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12, 2023
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11, 2023
French Connections: Family Scrapbook
French Family Connections: Can family photos make French connections across generations? Mine do.... A story of my family and France.
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09, 2023
QUEL SCANDALE!
The State Visit was planned as a gesture of friendship from Britain after the rocky road to Brexit. Both countries do pomp & ceremony well. Military bands and parades at the Arc de Triomphe
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09, 2023
French Soap: A Guide to Quality Soap from France
French Soap: A Guide to Quality Soap - Many soaps labeled ‘French’ don't compare with those available from French soap makers.
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09, 2023
Elsa, Drue, and Sylvia: The Sculptor, the Actor, and the Bookshop Owner go to War
Elsa Behr, Drue Leyton and Sylvia Beach - a wonderful story of these 3 women, the Resistance and WWII.
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08, 2023
Summer Flowers of Provence
The Summer Flowers of Provence: When Spring arrived in Provence, I remember being very excited one day as I passed my first Poppy field. It was the month of May. I gasped when I came across this field of red that appeared before me.
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08, 2023
La Petite Fantôme Gris: staying in a French state of mind
La Petite Fantôme Gris: staying in a French state of mind - the the lovely story about the first Renault 4L exported to the USA
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08, 2023
Alison Kerr, Transatlantic Adventures: Artist colony & reconnecting with France – Part 3/4
Artist Colony: My friends are artists—he paints, she dances—themselves, and they want to create a place for artist retreats and residencies.
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07, 2023
Alison Kerr, Transatlantic Adventures: French citizenship, to USA & back to France – Part 2/4
French citizenship: I returned in 2006, after a difficult separation and divorce. I really needed to leave France for a while. I think the biggest shock was how ...
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07, 2023
Alison Kerr, Transatlantic Adventures: First trip to France – Part 1/4
"learning French wasn't easy, I will admit. Sometimes I think the differences between France and the U.S. outweigh the similarities."
