The Champs Élysées in the rain in their Christmas garb. But glad to be going home to Blois. Les Champs Élysées sous la pluie avec leurs habits de Noël. Mais contents de rentrer à Blois.
Monthly Archives: November 2018
A Robin Red Breast on a Weather Vane – Un rouge-gorge sur une girouette
Home Made Fish & Chips
Fish & chips have become a popular dish in restaurants in France over the last few years but I’m always disappointed. Jean Michel put his hand to it for the first time today with beer batter and blue ling and it was delicious! Le fish & chips est de plus en plus répandu dans les …
Not Snow But Frost – Non pas de neige mais de la gelée
Snow was forecast yesterday, which is very early here. Fortunately we got our first frost instead. La neige était prévue hier, ce qui est très tôt pour cette région. Heureusement nous avons eu notre première gelée à la place.
Roses, Autumn Leaves and a Weather Vane – Des roses, des feuilles d’automne et une girouette
Some Mushrooms at Last – Quelques champignons enfin
One of the reasons we chose to move to Blois is that is had several State forests which means we can collect wild mushrooms. However this is the second autumn that they have been very scarce due to the dry weather. Jean Michel did find a few Craterellus tubaeformis and boletus on Friday though before …
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BD Boum
I’m not a comic fan at the best of times and I do not like what has been done to the Denis Papin steps in Blois to celebrate the annual comic festival called BD Boum. I much preferred the black and white spiral. Je ne suis pas un grand fan de bandes dessinées et je …
Rain Forest Road – Route du rain de la forêt
This isn’t really Rain Forest Road but some Australian friends staying in the area assumed it was. “Rain” is actually a dialect word for ravine (the middle consonant was dropped as it often is in French) as this part of the forest behind our street is full of hills and dales. Le terme “rain” provient …
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