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In 2018 I went on a French immersion trip to the south west of France, staying in the divinely gorgeous Saint-Jean-de-Luz. An unexpected highlight of the week was the daily early morning yoga class with Louise Godfrey. Louise has been a student and teacher of yoga for a couple of decades and is quite exceptional at…

Feed your French soul listening to this Loulabelle’s chat with my belle amie Barbara Keenan. Barbara and I met when Barb came to Melbourne Australia as an exchange student from Stockton California in 1986. We both studied drama together and found we were both “foodie” as well as Francophiles. In 2018 we by chance found…

When I asked Gabriel Gâté if he would chat with me for my podcast, I had no idea of the reception I would get. We have mutual friends, as the French community in Melbourne is small and tight, but I was not prepared for the wonderfully warm and generous person, who could not have been more happy…

I chatted recently with ma belle amie Sarah Zwick who grew up and lives in Bayonne, France (in the Basque region of the southwest). Sarah and I discussed the French perception of iconic designer Coco Chanel. Sometimes the manner in which a person’s native country views them can be quite different to the rest of the…

During a 2018 trip to France, I did a wine tour in Chateauneuf-du-Pape in Provence. Romain Gouvernet is a certified sommelier and a local to the Provence wine region near Avignon, and runs the fabulous wine tour company, Provence & Wine. In this episode of the LFF podcast I chatted to Romain about his life growing…

Join my journey to my friend Rosemary’s divine country maison in the Dordogne. In 2017 I stayed at Rosemary Vine’s très chouette country house right outside the plus-beaux village of Monpazier. It is a beautiful petit bastide village, meaning it is a little walled village. The plus-beaux village label is given to the most beautiful…

Michelin Stars, French icons & cooking with lavender in Provence xx A few years back I visited Provence with my partner Paul and did a little road trip all around the area close to Avignon. One particular day was spent cooking at Jean-Marc Villard’s cooking school. An experience I highly recommend for FrancoFiler’s finding themselves…

I chatted to Jane Webster, in a wonderfully warm and honest conversation about her story, taking her young family across the world from Australia to live in France, to build a life and renovate a dilapidated château. Jane talks of the events leading to their decision to shift to a dual continent life in a…

In this podcast episode I share tips for travelling solo in Paris. Where to eat? Where to stay? How to connect with locals? I also chat to our LFF fave Frenchy Sarah for updates on her solo travels to Pau in southwest France.  So… Travelling solo in France… I have often headed to Paris a…

In this episode of the Loulabelle’s FrancoFiles podcast, I chatted with performer, writer and global citizen Ruby Boukabou about her French-Australian life, tapping on top of bars and writing books for us all to walk with in Paris! Growing up in Australia with French and Algerian family influences, theatre performer (and self-confessed tap-addict!) Ruby shares…