The large information this week is that the Summer time situation of The Good Life France Journal is out! It’s fully free to learn, subscribe and share and you’ll learn it right here. It’s a superb situation, filled with fabulous images and improbable options written by high journey writers. Uncover essentially the most romantic websites, castles and hidden villages. Have a good time the 1000 yr previous historical past of the Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel and the Vallée de la Gastronomie, a 620km foodie route of France (and sure I did journey all the size of it, sipping and sampling as I went!) Normandy, Provence, the French Riviera, Picardy, Mayenne, Languedoc Rousillon, the French Alps and extra are featured. There are fabulous recipes from French foodie legends Ferrandi Paris and Eric Kayser essentially the most well-known of Paris bakers. And there’s heaps extra – simply hop on over and luxuriate in a free learn – and please share with your pals, it’s free to them too – thanks a lot.
After all none of my animals may give a fig that I’ve been working so onerous to get the journal out, create enjoyable podcasts so that you can take pleasure in (new one out subsequent week – every thing you wish to learn about Bastille Day – subscribe right here so that you don’t miss it!), and travelling throughout France to discover new locations to let you know about. I’m off to the Loire subsequent week, taking a paddle boat tour alongside the River Loire and stopping off at beautiful chateaux and enchanting little villages (include me through Instagram).
Everybody appears to be making ready for the summer time holidays right here – it’s just about the legislation to take a vacation in July or August, or not less than that’s what it looks like. When you go in July (Juillet in French), you’re referred to as a Juilettiste, and should you go in August (Août in French), you’re referred to as an Aoûtienne! (My Methods to be Parisian in lower than an hour Podcast talks extra about this). Nevertheless, I’ll be staying house to work within the backyard, as, after 19 years of renovating our previous French farmhouse – we’re virtually completed and the backyard is getting a makeover. I do know I say yearly ‘we’re almost achieved’, however actually this yr could nicely see the tip of us constructing a home inside a home (my three books inform the story of our mad adventures alongside the way in which – hyperlink under).
Wishing you a really bon weekend filled with pleasure from roasty toasty northern France and I hope you discover a ton of inspiration from the web site and the highest picks on this week’s publication.
Bisous from my little nook of France,
Janine
Editor
Janine Marsh is Writer of My Good Life in France: In Pursuit of the Rural Dream, My 4 Seasons in France: A Yr of the Good Life and Toujours la France: Dwelling the Dream in Rural France all out there as book, print & audio, on Amazon all over the place & all good bookshops on-line.
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