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Stephanie Dagg
- L’heure D’hiver – Winter Time Hours In FranceWinter got here before official winter time this year. L’heure d’hiver (winter time/hours) began on the last Sunday of October (when the clocks go back an hour) but the cold…Read more
- Autumn in CreuseOctober is autumn in Creuse, our part of central France. September is still summer, and November is when winter starts, generally very enthusiastically on the first day, so that give…Read more
- Enter The Rentrée – The Return To School In FranceThe strictly legislated summer sales finished a few days ago so all the grandes surfaces (large supermarkets) are now fully geared up for the rentreé - the return to school.…Read more
- Exams In FranceIt’s the exam season. All three of my children have either had or are having tests, orals or exams of various sorts at school. First up, ten-year-old Ruadhrí. He’s in…Read more
- Swallows In FranceOur swallows are finally here. They kept us waiting until the 1st of May this year, much later than normal. We were beginning to wonder if they were going to…Read more
- April, A Time Of TraditionsEvery country has its strange traditions, and France is no exception. April kicks off with the best of the lot. The first of day of the month is the day…Read more
- France Springs Into LifeI love March. Rural France suddenly springs into life again as the temperatures rise. Here in Creuse we normally have long winters that last from early November until well into…Read more
- Education in FranceI’m about to start on a tour of several of France’s universities with my daughter Caitlín. She’s in her last year of lycée and will be taking her baccalaureat in…Read more
- France Powers into 2012As well as being eternally associated with croissants, wine, frogs’ legs and berets, say “France” and a lot of people immediately think “nuclear energy”. And rightly so. France is the…Read more
- Christmas Multi-Cultural ConfusionExpat Christmases are always culturally confused. This year will be our sixth Noël in France, and, as usual, for us it will be a mish-mash of English, Irish and French…Read more