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Camping – no dogs!

  • Emma
  • September 9, 2019
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  •  a relaxing camp without dogs, camping, campsites, dog-free campsites, dogs, why campsites without dogs are better

We made three little camping trips last year, all short and sweet and also quite varied. There was our first family camping trip to a nice site in the Pyrenees Orientales, by Lake Vinca, where we met a lovely Spanish family and DS played with neighbouring Spanish and German children. Then we went to the […]

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What, no Carte de Sejour?

  • Emma
  • September 8, 2018
  • 7 Comments
  •  admin, bureaucracy, carte de sejour, french life

We left the UK almost two years ago to the day, running from the island I had called home for my entire life. With the cataclysmic din of the Brexit vote still ringing in our ears our departure was not entirely the celebration we had hoped it would be. Instead of starting a new chapter […]

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A view from above, looking down on a child's hands holding a yellow pencil and coloring in christmas scenes.

La Rentrée 2018

  • Emma
  • September 5, 2018
  • 3 Comments
  •  crèche, la rentrée, maternelle

It’s that time of year for the second time in our lives as parents. Yesterday we watched our DD, now nearly 5, skipping down the road to go off to her school. She loves it there and was so happy to be back. I don’t think we’ve bored her silly over the holiday but at […]

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Why 8-weeks isn’t enough – and blogging is back on

  • Emma
  • August 27, 2018
  • 1 Comment
  •  networks

Last year, as I wrote in an earlier post, I really struggled with the long 8-week summer holiday. This year? Well there was the four week buffer at the beginning, with DD at the Centre de Loisirs part time and DS at crèche, meaning just four weeks to fill – and also only four weeks […]

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A Day in the Woods

  • Emma
  • May 4, 2018
  • 1 Comment
  •  family time, friends, life in france

Yesterday, except for the bit where I lost my bank card and DS screamed the whole time that I was on the phone to the bank, I think we had the perfect day. The sun shone, we met some friends, we played in the woods. All Day Long. Some friends are organising regular get togethers, […]

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Real Life Bullet Journal: Monthly Planner

  • Emma
  • December 29, 2017
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  •  getting organised, getting things done, monthly spread

Ah, the bullet journal. This discovery has truly changed my life because it enables me to be organised at the same time as being wildly disorganised! I’ve tried to convert those around me to the system but to no avail so it’s a lonely endeavour. My only gripe with it is that there’s something of […]

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A Quiet Christmas in France

  • Emma
  • December 24, 2017
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  •  #christmas, family traditions, french carols

It’s Christmas! It’s the first year that DD has really grasped the concept and for the last two weeks she’s talked of little else than Père Noël (Father Christmas) – when will he come, how does he get in, will she hear or see him, etc. It’s wonderful. This time last year we were crammed into a […]

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Year Ahead Blogging Plan

  • Emma
  • December 15, 2017
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  •  French language, getting things done, progress report

This past few months I’ve struggled to make time to keep up with the blog but that’s not for lack of thinking about it. I am constantly distracted, thinking of things to write about and frustrated that I never find the time. As such I always feel “behind” – even though this is a personal […]

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Upping the Anti with an iTalki vDate

  • Emma
  • December 13, 2017
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  •  fluent forever, italki, learning french

Do you get me?? No, until about three weeks ago that would have made no sense to me either, so I’ll explain. iTalki is online site that enables language learners to find internet-based language teachers, subscribe to one-on-one or group lessons, and also link up with other language learners to arrange learning exchanges where you […]

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Facebook addiction, moi?

  • Emma
  • December 8, 2017
  • 3 Comments
  •  getting things done, social media

Maybe, maybe not. Whatever. Lately, there have been quite a lot of articles, such as this one on LinkedIn, warning of impending mental health doom as a consequence of social media. It’s not all good, apparently. Naturally I read many of said articles, since they were being spoon fed to me and Liked by many […]

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