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Lorena Stipani is a soprano I saw perform at the wonderful Entrecôte restaurant in Prahran, Melbourne in her Edith Piaf show this year. I was blown away by her amazing talent. Lorena has studied her craft in Europe and was living overseas for many years. She has now returned to Australia and found that during…

Patricia Sands is a wonderfully warm and engaging woman. I loved chatting to her and could have kept talking with her over a cuppa for the rest of the day (probably swapping to wine at some stage and chatting on through the night!) The more Francophile women I meet the more I realise, through the…

So this blog post is the second part of a two episode chat, as there was just too much to fit into one episode! My husband Paul and I took an epic road trip around western France. Firstly we traveled from Paris to the Loire and then down to the Pays Basque which can be…

Over the past couple of years travelling anywhere has been a challenge and for most people, it has been completely out of the question during what I call “the lost COVID years”. My husband Paul has travelled in France a number of times with me pre-COVID (which we chatted about way back in episode 16…

Ashley Tinker is a Canadian now living in Provence. Back when she was aged 19 she was at art school in Italy and took a mini vacances in the south of France where she met her partner Englishman Robin as they were both staying in the same hostel. Many years and a long-distance relationship later,…

Cynthia Coutu is living what I think is my dream life! Although I’m sure it is nowhere as easy as she makes it seem! Canadian born Cynthia now lives in Paris whilst immersing herself in the world of champagne! After attending a French school in Canada, Cynthia came to Paris to complete a Master of…

Ingrid Colmer-Chavez was born in Mexico and grew up in France. She moved around a lot as a child, but her family eventually settled in Brittany. After meeting her English husband James when working in Guernsey in the Channel Islands they decided to get married in France when they discovered they could get much more…

Pam Plançon’s business Olive and Branch Special for Loulabelle’s FrancoFiles listeners: Place the word LOULABELLE as the code to receive a 15% discount on your order.  For delivery to Australia, email Pam directly for arrangements. Pam Plançon has had a love affair with France for a veeeeeeery long time! Her grandfather was French and her…

Yolaine Corbin was born and grew up in Orleans south of Paris, but now describes herself as a “Frozzie”! That is a French born/Australian settled. Yolaine is the owner of fabulous French food company here in Melbourne “Frenchilicious Kitchen”. She’s a chef, an official Thermomix recipe creator and a maman to 3 gorgeous girls. Growing…