Alpe d’Huez and the Seven Deadly Sins

My latest piece of reading has been related to the Tour de France.  I spotted this book at the library as it was on the new books shelf. In light of the recent revelations about doping in cycling I thought it would make an interesting read.  It is ironic that as I finished reading this book,…

A little more humour with a taste of France

I love the French Windows. 🙂

Some French humour today

Why didn’t I know about this back in the days when I had babies!:-)  

Tuesday travels. . . Montsoreau on the Loire

As it is Paris in July theme, all things French, I thought I would tell you about the house we stayed in on our second trip to France as I have posted about the house at Condat on our first trip. Our second stay was in the Loire Valley in a beautiful little village called Montsoreau….

Mr Raymond, a treat in Sale, no not in Paris.

We have been to visit my sister-in-law in Central Gippsland as it was her husband’s 60th birthday and we were celebrating with them.  On our return to Metung we stopped at Sale to have a meal at Mr Raymond. We knew about the cafe as we had been to the Tinamba Hotel for a wedding reception…

The Paris Wife for Paris in July

Before I decided to participate in Paris in July I happened to be reading The Paris Wife, how opportune was that! This was another book that I bought at the Metung Book Fair for fifty cents. From the blurb: Chicago, 1920: Hadley Richardson is a shy twenty-eight-year-old who has all but given up on love…