I have 2 lovely girls who seem to spend their lives making ours difficult. When we moved out to France permanently, one had just started a post-grad course and the other had done a year at university. Since then, we’ve had to move them around like pieces on a chessboard as they’ve done different courses …
Since returning from Newark in early June, life here has been hectic. All over France from April to September are weekly events, brocantes and markets, each with fabulous possibilities. Some Sundays are so busy that we can travel to 5 or more markets, spend the whole day wandering around fields and villages, drink copious amounts …
As the weather here in France has started to really warm up, the street markets become a regular feature. Each weekend and bank holidays these events pop up around the country, sometimes in a village, occasionally at a chateau, and quite often in fields. What I love is the unexpectedness of what can be found, …