The Little Breton Bistro: Book Review
The Little Breton Bistro is set in Brittany
Do you love sitting in French bistros watching the world go by or wonder about the lives of the other bistro patrons? Well, the book The Little Breton Bistro by Nina George features a quirky bistro set in Brittany, together with a mixture of unique but believable characters.
On the lookout for a book to take away recently I came across The Little Breton Bistro, the new book of Nina George, the author of The Little Paris Bookshop. As I enjoyed The Little Paris Bookshop with its unusual and sensitive characters I was sure I would also enjoy this book about my favourite part of France, Brittany.
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Cruising French Canals
Today we find why cruising French canals is an amazing way of traveling through France. Our guest writer Marie Nieves shares some of the different river cruises available in France, and why cruising the French canals is a great way to see the countryside and met people.
Continue ReadingFrench Film Festival 2017 – Film Reviews
French Film Festival 2017 – Film Reviews
Have you ever done a movie marathon? Do you think it means numerous films one after the other or just a lot of films over a short period of time? The French Film Festival was my movie marathon this year.
This year I decided to go to every film of the Newcastle Alliance Français Film Festival. So without checking what the films were about I purchased tickets for every film and hoped for the best! My weekend was free as my husband took our two boys away for a sporting event, so with time to myself I attended each movie with just enough time between films to catch a bite to eat for lunch and dinner.
Continue ReadingFrench Canal Life – Living and Cruising the French Canals
French Canal Life – Living and Cruising the French Canals
French Canal Life – Living and Cruising the French CanalsDoes living on a barge on a French canal appeal to you? Would you like to give it a try? I love walking along the tow paths of canals and often wonder what it would be like to live on one of the barges I see tied up along the grassy banks.
Our French holiday home is within a short driving distance to a couple of canals and we often take the children for a walk or bike ride along the canal towpaths.
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Château de Brest #PhotoSunday
Château de Brest #PhotoSundayAccording to a 10 year old boy it’s the best day ever, when you can nonchalantly pose beside an ancient cannon within the walls of a Château!
Château de Brest has so much history and a tour of the Musee National de la Marine is recommended, particularly if you want to find out more about Richelieu, you know, of The Three Musketeers fame.
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Village House #PhotoSunday
Walking around our French village (where we live part of the year) and the region of Brittany, we are often amazed at the large stones and boulders that seem to rise out of the ground and can be found in the strangest places.
This photo taken in our village shows a house built around a large boulder and we often wonder about it and love to show our guests this house on our walks around the village and nearby farm lanes. I guess before cranes and jack hammers you just built around huge boulders and called it home. I wonder whether part of the boulder forms an internal wall, maybe with narrow shelves carved into the surface of the boulder within the house.
Bourbriac and its Surprise Treasure
Broubriac and its Surprise Treasure
Do you visit churches and cathedrals when you travel? I love the peaceful cool environment, (especially on a hot day after lots of walking) the architecture, the ornate wooden carved furniture and the stained glass windows. That’s a lot of things I like about them I guess.
However it’s not only the large cathedrals and basilicas that are worth checking out when in France, it is also the local church in any village or town. For example, Bourbriac, a village in our greater region has a smallish population that has hovered around 2,330 persons for years, and their town church is huge.
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