Manny's Blog

Sharing our French adventure as we live and work and renovate our forever home in the Haute Loire.

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Christmas joy to one and all

I love Christmas at the best of times… and this is the best of times! We put our tree up on Wednesday. Luke and Harry came home for the night – and built a sturdy stand – I made mince pies… and mulled wine… (and carrot soup rather bizarrely – had a lot of carrots…

Five things I love about living in the French mountains…

I never would have thought I would find myself and my family living in a little house in rural France (had I known, I certainly would have tried harder to pass my French O’level while my brain had better powers of retention!)… and yet through a series of brave decisions and chance encounters… here we…