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Walking the Calanques in May

The Calanques or as it is officially called in France the Parc National de Calanques (Parc national des Calanques | Site officiel (calanques-parc-national.fr) is a coastal stretch of approximately 25 km between the city outskirts of Marseille and La Ciotat. There are further protected stretches and coastal regions reaching as...

My beautiful French Vaisselier

Parler en Francais or why do you need to speak and understand French

I was a seventeen year old German exchange student in the United States, living in an idyllic small town seaside village on the East coast and had my first encounter with Carole in High School. Carole was just like me, an exchange student in the US but she came from...

A french life: savoir-vivre/ lifestyle/ cuisine

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Brocante – one of my favorite week-end occupations

A Brocante is the French equivalent for a flea-market but with predominantly old vintage household goods and furniture. But let's start at the beginning. In all French departments and of course also in my region PACA (Provence-Alpes-Cote d´Azur) you can look up Brocantes in an online published calendar (brocabrac.fr). ...

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A french mas: renovation/ architecture/ design

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Our mas: From ugly duck to proud swan

There are many aspects that are important for a successful design and an appealing look. This is a rather lengthy process and never a quick shot. While interior design is important it only happens when other homework has been done. I am neither an architect nor an interior designer but I have been told many times that I have a good sense of style. What helps is that we have renovated before. Our German house is a 1910 house and we went through a similar process. Why don't you follow this post and then decide for yourself? When we bought our house perched in the heights overlooking the coastline of La Ciotat I was a far cry from thinking about interior design and furnishing. Design aspects form a buy decision How to handle the renovation backlog? When we bought our house perched in the heights overlooking the coastline of La Ciotat I was a far cry from thinking about interior design and furnishing. ...

My beautiful French Vaisselier

Style is a lot about personality, upbringing and what you feel comfortable with. But I believe that there are some essentials to a style and what I think is most important is that it should always inspire and please the people that live with it. I enjoy living with old furniture, vintage household goods, antique things that show some wear and tear and character. I believe this is why I like the French country style. It includes exactly this. ...

Our mas: From ugly duck to proud swan

There are many aspects that are important for a successful design and an appealing look. This is a rather lengthy process and never a quick shot. While interior design is...

My beautiful French Vaisselier

Style is a lot about personality, upbringing and what you feel comfortable with. But I believe that there are some essentials to a style and what I think is most...

You have to kiss a lot of frogs to find a prince

It was just early spring. There is a season for real estate in France too. In fall and winter the advertisements slowly dwindle and only very stubborn or needy sellers...

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A French garden: plants/nature

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Daydreaming about the provencal landscape

I am very familiar with Provence and the landscape along the Mediterranean coast. I have been there many times in reality and in my dreams. I will hopefully call this wonderful place a more permanent second home some time soon. But what is it that I think of when I sit in my cold German home and meditate or daydream?...

What does a cactus and Campari have in common?

All cactuses are succulents, and therefore a subspecies. But not all succulents are cactuses. They both master to store water in their leaves, stem and roots. Only Cactuses have so called areolas, tiny round bumps that often also take the form of spines....

Walking the Calanques in May

My beautiful French Vaisselier

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