La Fête du Muguet

There are many different titles given to the first day of May. May Day is the obvious one, and for…

Postcard from Cuba

After seven months overwintering at home in England we arrived back at our house in the south of France yesterday.…

(Image taken from the internet) Following the shooting last week on the Champs Elysées of the Paris policeman, Xavier Jugelé,…

Does anyone else remember the television series Fame which aired during the 1980s? I used to watch it, and remember…

Having recently returned from a five day visit to Paris, and with thoughts of that beautiful city still buzzing inside…

I suppose that I should start by apologising! I know some of my followers have been wondering what has happened…

Several years ago just after I took early retirement, I attended a day class on simple Italian Cookery. Apart from…

Blogging is fairly new to me, I’ve only been doing it for just over a week, and thankfully I’m enjoying…

Almost a week has passed since our trip to Paris. As tourists do, we did the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame…

You can almost feel the history of the place when you enter through the front door of 16 rue du…