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Positive Thinking

The worst thing about summer in the south of France + do you know these slang words?

An almost 13-year-old Smokey, keeping cool in the garden. It's a good thing he can't hear so well these days, as the streets just beyond those hedges are loud at the start of summer. Read on in today's bruyante update. TODAY'S FRENCH EXPRESSION: blindé   1. jam-packed, full (of people)  2. loaded (with money) blindé de monde = crowded, full of people  In books: Travels … Continue reading The worst thing about summer in the south of France + do you know these slang words?

Kristin Espinasse40 Comments
Christmas, French Christmas

How to say Christmas Tree in French?

I'm getting ready to film the first in a series of videos about our home renovation. Don't miss a clip! - subscribe to our YouTube channel. Forward this and tell a design savvy architecturally-minded friend about the channel. They might have fun following us on this project in the sunny South of France (…meantime we are freezing in this heat-challenged home). Photo taken in Serre Chevalier, near … Continue reading How to say Christmas Tree in French?

Kristin Espinasse51 Comments
Renovation, Video: Kristin

New video + saupoudrer + “quitte à le faire”

Viewing this edition via email? You'll need to click over to the website, here, to see the video. In the clip, Smokey and I have just returned from a hike (at a nearby calanque) in time to share the French word for "to sprinkle" as well as the useful term "quitte à le faire". You'll hear Braise, Smokey's maman, complaining in the background (she's stuck, … Continue reading New video + saupoudrer + “quitte à le faire”

Kristin Espinasse76 Comments