Posted by ClodaghVeale
Hi! Join me and my fellow fravimalites on our new Blog for all that is fravimal in Toulouse. Sharing your discoveries, whether it be a great restaurant, a cool bar or maybe it was a band you saw that made you say wow!...tell us all, share the experience. French and english contributio...
Posted by Cathie3742
The recent events with Megan and her Maths teacher in the UK/France have triggered a media interest in my book "A Call from France". I thought you'd be interested in an extract:- We moved house. The isolation of Tulips took its toll on all of us and the babes in part...
Posted by DaveTownsend
hose properties which should have been demolished in 2018 have been given a 75 year concession. UPDATED Deputy Prime Minister, Soraya Saenz de Santarmaría, and Minister for Agriculture and the Enviroment, Arias Cañete. Photo EFE The Green Light has been given to a reform of the Ley d...
Posted by greenvana
I like trying out new things and testing them, however, what I like even more is to simply find a great product and stick to it. It saves me time and money since I don’t fail purchasing bad quality stuff. And so, I have been buying the same shower gel in the last two years! I realise that havi...
Posted by Cathie3742
Yesterday I was with an English girlfriend as we strolled along in the French autumn sunshine doing a spot of window-shopping. They call it leche-vitrine in French, ie window-licking. It set us thinking about translations of similar phrases and this is what we came up with:- I...
Posted by greenvana
23rd September is according to the calendar the first day of autumn. It is also a season of enjoying the mild sunbeams, rainbow like nature and… colourful and aromatic soups! To welcome autumn I prepared an organic vegan soup with an Asian touch. Below is my recipe for two versions of the so...
Posted by Cathie3742
There has been a great deal in the newspapers in the UK about the runaway girl, Megan, and her Maths teacher. It sparked a media interest in my book "A Call from France" which deals with those very same situations and issues. Available as a paperback or as an e-book from most book stores...
Posted by Cathie3742
A huge thank you to everybody who donated and to everybody who bid at the auction - and, of course, to everybody who attended the function! We raised almost £1300 at our coffee morning, held here in our property in France. As the French had never heard of Macmillan nurses we, as&nb...
Posted by Cathie3742
This is the priest (picture on my web site) who performed the marriage ceremony at Michel's daughter's wedding. He spoke in a very quiet voice, so quiet that it was difficult to catch what he was saying and even more difficult to decide whether this was because he simply had a quie...
Posted by Cathie3742
Why the French move to Britain. Over 400 000 French people live in London alone. Just as the British flocked to France to find peace and tranquillity and a slower pace of life, so the French, for the large part young professionals, flock to the UK to find opportunities, career opening...
