Friday Fête chez les Boulters
I thought it might be nice to start a tradition here. Friday lunch is now officially party time. Today we had 11 children round for pizza, cake, football, trampolining and…
Read moreI thought it might be nice to start a tradition here. Friday lunch is now officially party time. Today we had 11 children round for pizza, cake, football, trampolining and…
Read moreI have barely complained about the ATROCIOUS weather. It’s been PISSING WITH RAIN with a HOWLING GALE ever since I arrived two months ago. It does mean that the region…
Read moreI heard ‘You can call me Al’ on the radio the other day which inspired me to create this pic of my Dad, Al to his mates. He never saw…
Read moreNear the Lac de Salagou there are dunes of the local red earth – Les Ruffes du Lac de Salagou. It’s clay and iron oxide created over millions of years.…
Read moreHere are the school photos. Hi. Lair. Reeee. Us.
Read moreIt’s all coming together. I’d heard about the Rocher des Deux Vierges as an amazing walk somewhere near here. Then I saw a pic of it on Instagram. Then my…
Read moreAt the school gates we are mainly being blamed for the abysmal weather. Ze Ingleeeesh ‘ave brought eeeet. It’s cold. For here, it’s seriously cold. 12 degrees most days with…
Read moreBouzigues is the centre of the oyster world in France. Orla lerves an oyster and it’s only 45 minutes away, south west from us, so we popped along for a…
Read moreIt was Mothering Sunday this week. (Ironically I haven’t been with my children on either English nor French Mother’s Day this year, but hey, too bad.) I received this poem…
Read moreObviously the children aren’t the only ones learning French. I have particularly enjoyed: Busculer – to shove, as in the children all busculent each other in corridor at St André…
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