Le Bonhomme de Neige means snowman in French.
It literally means “the good guy of snow” since bonhomme (or bonfemme) can be used when discussing a nice man (or woman).
I saw this little guy on my way to work the other day.
That’s how much snow we’ve been getting here lately!
Compared to the miserable fall/winter weather […]
Beaune was the place to be this past weekend.
On Sunday, we watched a world-famous wine auction!
The 145th Hospices de Beaune charity wine auction took place this weekend.
This year’s event was conducted by the world-famous Christie’s auction house.
You can see all of the wines that were up for auction and read much more about this […]
While media reports show that France is on the brink of a civil war, I sit and write about my uneventful weekend.
All is quiet as usual in Dijon, and except for some increased police activity in the streets, you would never suspect anything is wrong.
We took advantage of […]
A view from my balcony.
I was in Paris over the weekend to run in the La Parisienne 6 km women’s road race.
What a great experience! This was a fantastic, perfectly-organized race!
Here I am about to cross the finish line in 36 minutes and 13 seconds.
Notice a tiny bit of the Eiffel Tower in the background?
The race started and […]
I went to baseball game in France today!
I had no idea baseball was heard of, let alone played, in France.
Yet, right in the middle of the small village of Fenay (yep, that’s right Red Sox fans, Fenay, not Fenway) there is an authentic baseball field complete with dugouts.
This all-American sport appears popular enough […]
This year, as for the past four years, I celebrated my wedding anniversary in France.
Just for the fun of it, I always look up the traditional and modern anniversary gifts for each year, but my husband and I are yet to follow these guidelines.
Gift suggestions for the 4th wedding anniversary are silk and flowers or […]
