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I have travelled to France numerous times with ma belle amie Karen Grooby. At home in Australia we try to keep our FrancoFile hearts satisfied with activities like French yoga, French themed festivals and restaurants, as well as cooking French food for our friends. Annually we also attend the Melbourne Alliance Français French Film Festival!…

Nathalie Foos has encouraged my love of France for the last decade or so at her French immersion school “A French Journey”. Nathalie was born in Marseille in the south of France, and spent some of her childhood in Saumur in the Loire Valley as well. I loved chatting with Nathalie about her memories of…

France has many wonderful traditions. I am joined in this episode by our favourite French correspondent Sarah Zwick from Be My Guest Immersions in the Pays-Basque region of South West France. Sarah spends her time talking about France and connecting with francophiles every day through her online French classes. I can personally recommend her as a current…

In the pre-COVID world when we took the freedom of travel for granted, my partner Paul and I meandered around Provence and met some amazing like minded people who have remained firm friends. Tammy and Mike Melo were among the new friends we are now so thankful to have had the opportunity to meet. Tammy…

My fascination with France has been inherited from my darling Dad. I have been so very fortunate to travel to Paris and regional France with Papa, and still learn French with him now, home in Australia. An afternoon in the garden together at his house, with French music in the background and lovely chats en…

I loved connecting with Ruby Boukabou again! She has such an amazing energy! I always leave a chat with Ruby feeling like I can take on the world and simultaneously that I’ve had a beautiful Parisian experience. In this chat Ruby talked about how she has stayed busy during COVID, from writing her book The…

One of the things I have most loved about doing my podcast, is the way I get to connect with amazing people around the world with a “fabuleux histoire de Paris ou France” to share. We all have one thing in common, and that is our love of all things French. I found Krystal Kenney…

Way way back in LFF episode 2 we were all introduced to some terrific music by an unknown musician Romain Dupré who is also an old school friend of our favourite French correspondent Sarah Zwick. Romain Dupré chatted to me about his life in France, about how Paris is changing through this COVID period, and…

I have been following Claudine Hemingway on Instagram for quite some time. The way she portrays Paris and connects the Insta viewer to our favourite destination prompted me to reach out and ask if she would be happy to chat. As Claudine cannot get enough of Paris and France she was more than happy to spend some…

In the modern world of social media I follow many Instagrammers to maintain my connection to France. One such profile is that of Jeremy Pritchard .  Jeremy is a Parisian photographer, taking shots of the real Paris world from a rooftop perspective. Following his amazing photos uncovers a side of Paris most of us never see. I…