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Leaving le Puy de Dôme with sore legs, we travelled up and down beautiful mountainous roads and into cheese land. Since moving to France, I’ve tried so many different cheeses but never really knew where they came from save for my husband’s beloved raw milk Camembert de Normandie.  I’d tried and enjoyed St. Nectaire, Mont…

The lessons I learned from my parents as I was growing up during the 1970s were simple. 1)Don’t litter 2)Clean up after yourself 3)Never arrive empty handed 4)Offer to help when you’re an invited guest 5)Say hello, please and thank you 6)Don’t be a pest And finally, 7) Don’t overstay your welcome These rules have…

A few years ago I read an article about how many of the olive oils we buy today are fake or altered.  That’s to say that where people can get away with using crap oil and then colouring it with chlorophyll or what have you, they’ll happily scam whomever they can to make a buck….

That’s like asking what’s the best cheese to try when travelling in France. There’s no easy answer and much depends on how much time you have, plus your capacity for absorbing historical monuments. I love wandering and wondering; taking my time and absorbing the layers of energy and history. I imagine what life was like…

When I first thought about France oh so many years ago, my only point of reference was a vague idea of Paris being kind of in the middle with lots of girls in red lipstick and rich people sunning themselves on the French Riviera. I was missing about 95 % of the country and I…

Ok, so we decided to spend months on the road and that meant packing the van. Given that we were staying in France we didn’t need to load the van with food for six months because we can shop here and there for what we need. Still, if there is one thing you need to…