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No 3 The Château is a beautiful venue in the Cognac region which hosts many weddings through the warmer months each year, as well as other “experiences”, but it has not always been that way. After developing various properties in the UK, interior designer Julie Berry (aka Jules) decided to take up a challenge of renovating…

Packing it all in! Two months in France! As the seasons changed from spring to summer in France, I took the opportunity to head there for a number of special projects. For those of you following on Instagram you would have seen what an exciting time I had in the couple of months I meandered around lots…

My beautiful friends Ruby Boukabou and Wendy Lee Taylor are teaming up as they have done before, but this time for a wonderful show, “Paris Time Step”! They’re performing the spectacle on a péniche called the Marcounet, a sort of barge or long boat on the Seine just next to the Pont Marie which is…

I have known Cathy McKenzie for many years, but I never knew she was a lover of all things French! This year during the Australian winter, Cathy and her husband Lachie travelled to France and followed the sun for the entire European summer! Cathy and Lachie have travelled to France previously numerous times, including on…

Gabriel Gâté is a treasured iconic French chef in Australia! He is also a tv presenter, an author, a wonderful advocate for France and French events/businesses here Down Under and has been a fabulous friend to the Loulabelle’s FrancoFiles podcast from almost the very beginning! Recently Gabriel and his wife Angie travelled through France on…

Author Sonia Nicholson lives in Victoria Canada. Her first book Provenance Unknown was published earlier this year. It tells the story of a young single mum archivist who lands her dream job at the city archives and then discovers a forgotten French diary in the vault which takes her on a journey all the way to Paris!…

Christophe Gay was born in a château in Burgundy that his father bought in 1966 for less than €10,000. It was in a state of ruin and needed a huge amount of repair, which Christophe’s father who was very handy with a number of trades and worked as an electrician on the railways continued to…

Susan Hays has called France home for a couple of decades and after living all around the world, she agrees that she is living her dream life in the Charente Maritime. Susan grew up in the UK living in an old farmhouse in her childhood. She attributes her love of old things and her appreciation…

Regular listeners to the Loulabelle’s FrancoFiles podcast will know that I have inherited my love of France from my dear Dad, my Papa. My Loulabelle’s Instagram followers might have seen a post a few weeks ago where I mentioned that my darling Papa passed away suddenly. I am so fortunate that in the weeks leading…

Many Aussies dream of travelling through Europe. Some as young adults possibly backpacking, some with kids in tow and others are patient enough to wait until they can travel solo après children with friends in the same situation or a spouse/partner. My recent guest did both! Trudy Walker travelled first with a girl friend for…