Category: French food

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…

Katherine Watt made the move to Paris to Montmartre about 6 years ago. She loved her community there, her block, her apartment and thought she would always stay there. But late last year she got notice that the owner wanted to move back into their home so she made the decision to move to the…

On Bastille Day I sat down with the gorgeous Meika Woollard to munch on a table full of pastries and chat about her recent first visit to Paris. It was wonderful to hear about Paris from the perspective of someone visiting for the very first time, and also through the eyes of a Gen Z!…

Recently I spent a couple of months in France and through some podcast episodes every now and then over the coming months I’ll chat about various experiences I had. This blog post goes into a little bit a detail about some things to consider when setting about planning and heading off on a roadtrip in France.…

Madelyn Byrne is the founder and visionary behind the apartment rental business Paris Perfect. She grew up in a military family as an American but also a global citizen. as her father was stationed in Italy through some of her childhood. Working in London after College, Madelyn took a skiing weekend break in France with…

Kate Veach and her husband Nathan were already living a life very connected to France with a French restaurant in Geelong outside of Melbourne, Australia but always dreamed of living in France, so just prior to COVID they made the decision to get serious about achieving their dream. They knew they loved Burgundy so drew…