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Oct 11

NOTES FROM THE GARDEN - FROM AUTUMN TO AUTUMN

On the first visit I really liked the house and its potential, but the garden was a proverbial "cherry on top".

Sep 10

OUR YEAR OF FIRSTS

As I am writing our first summer in Bourgogne is slowly fading. It is early September, we wake up to cold mornings, cobwebs in the garden,

Apr 18

SO WHAT DO YOU DO ALL DAY?

It seems that for every thing we gave up when we moved away from Lyon, we gained a few. Life has a different rhythm à la campagne

Mar 21

FOR THE LOVE OF OLD HOUSES

Over the months we've been here the house "told" us what it wants. It is over 200 years old, and evolved over the years, but retaining many

Mar 8

THE LONGEST SUMMER

Summer of 2023 was a busy one. While the skies of Lyon were oozing heat at historic heights, I was arranging for movers estimates...

Feb 28

Decisions Decisions... (Head and Heart)

The same evening I told my husband "you have to see this house"

Sep 29, 2023

LYON, JE TE QUITTE!

It has been in the plans since we arrived in France - to find a place of our own. Then the pandemic came, and then we faced a changed...

Mar 18, 2023

TIME OF MAGNOLIAS

When is the best time to visit Lyon? If you can make it happen, it would be the time when magnolias are in bloom. Place des Celestins in...

Apr 1, 2022

FRENCH BISTRO - A QUICK HISTORY

Where did it all begin? The popular story on how the name "bistro" originated says it came from the Russian word "bistro" or "quick"...

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