Right, I do believe it’s time to give a little update on how our chicks are doing. Currently we have them in the lounge, in something I can only describe as a small dog’s play foldable pen (at least that’s what it is described as on Amazon). It’s also got a baby on the picture but of course that’s photoshopped …
Discovering: Pérouges
I heard a lot about the medieval town of Pérouges already and recently have been shown adverts for the Venetian style carnival that would come up. Coincidentally it was our wedding day, so I thought that this would be a lovely day out. Though I was warned that little kids might find it a bit boring (and my brother was …
School Associations in France
Since our daughter moved to a new – more local and smaller – school in the last school year, I have been a bit more involved in what basically is a school or parent association. As I was not quite familiar with what this is all about, I decided to have a little look into it, to gain a better …
Chick chick hooray!
As our renovations – for many reasons – have come somewhat to a standstill, we’ve had some other projects going on. One of my pet projects, and this pun is totally intended, was to see if we could get some more chickens by actually hatching some chicks ourselves, rather than buying new ones. My reasoning behind wanting more chickens was …
A new coat for Christmas
After a very long wait, our house finally got a new coat! I have a bit of mixed feelings about this, as I obviously know the house since I was a little child and whilst the change is good for the house – and for us – it still has a lot of emotions connected to it. It was a …
Happy New Year!
I am wishing everyone a happy new year and hopefully you all had a good start into 2026. Towards the end 2025 it has been rather chaotic for us. I haven’t sent out an update in a while, so when I get a quiet minute I will write a wrap up what has happened here recently. See you then!
Discovering: Belley
Just as a heads-up: this entry will probably be updated over time. Most of the times, if we go to Belley, we only go there for shopping purposes, as it has the different and/or bigger supermarkets (or rather a “hypermarché”). So maybe check back after some time to see if there’s any new stuff below. 🙂 Parking The parking situation …
Parc des Oiseaux
(Villars-les-Dombes)
My brother is a big fan of this park and has been there a couple of times already. So as it came highly recommended and we had some friends coming to see us, we thought that might be a nice change of scenery. Of course we can’t compete with Disneyland here, but who can… 😉 Parking Parking was easy and …
A slow burner – Part 4: what did we get done?
That is a question, we have been asking ourselves. Being the one doing the renovations, sometimes it is difficult to see the trees in the forest. But feedback from visitors or even neighbours have been rather positive. Particularly from visitors which have known the house for a long time, i.e. my brothers or family friends. The Clear-Out I think the …
A slow burner – Part 3: the garden
The garden is one of my main projects while my husband takes care of the renovation works where I am not much of a help. At the moment the house is rather plain. Don’t get me wrong, my aunt uses the garden a lot, it’s her little baby and she’s done a good job. But you also can tell that …