About France
Emilie provides an interesting insight on her own particular happiness by moving from France to England. Fifteen years ago, Emilie moved from her native Normandy and joined her partner in England. Frédéric had already been living and working there for some time. It was a huge step for her, not speaking the language, a different…
I just spent two days in Chamrousse, a ski resort where I lived for a year when I was six. I went to school on snow-covered roads, the fox would come around the house at night to find food, my father had to clear the garage door every morning, in short, a life “close to…
To whet your appetite before a meal. The word Aperitif comes from the French word for an alcoholic drink that stimulates the appetite. It is a Latin-based word, “aperire” which means to open, and it was originally a medical treatment based on a doctrine called “humourism”. Humourism said that the body is composed of four…
Henri, from Wissembourg, guides us through the French South-West. For some years now, my partner and I have decided not to spend holidays abroad before having visited France. After the Cote d’Azur, Brittany, Normandy, Corsica, not to mention the Charente Maritime where my companion is from, we decided to do this year the Southwest and…
We arrived in the afternoon, and the first thing we did was to have a drink in the harbour. There are many restaurants to choose from on the QUAY TABARLY. It is a modern area, built in the last 20 years. Brest was destroyed in the 2nd world war and has been rebuilt into a…