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		<title>Awards, Awards!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the past couple of days two people have very kindly given my blog an award. This has really brightened up the end of January for me, which in my opinion is the most dismal month of the year. Don’t &#8230; <a href="http://vanessafrance.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/awards-awards/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vanessafrance.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12032191&amp;post=1990&amp;subd=vanessafrance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Found(ering) in Translation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’ve just got home from a choral concert given in the Eglise de Saint-Andéol (above) at Parisot. The Chantier Voix choir from Limogne (Lot) interpreted a range of songs from negro spirituals to Russian Orthodox sacred music to Corsican polyphonic chants. Very good it &#8230; <a href="http://vanessafrance.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/foundering-in-translation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vanessafrance.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12032191&amp;post=1984&amp;subd=vanessafrance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>L’Abbaye de Beaulieu – A Hidden Gem</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, our walking group chose a route that took in the Abbaye de Beaulieu, a magnificent Cistercian abbey that sits in splendid isolation alongside the River Seye. We walked along paths in woods carpeted with snowdrops behind the abbey and negotiated &#8230; <a href="http://vanessafrance.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/labbaye-de-beaulieu-a-hidden-gem/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vanessafrance.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12032191&amp;post=1976&amp;subd=vanessafrance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Burning Desires: Enleveurs de Feu in France</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The old year didn’t end terribly well for me since I managed to burn three fingers of my right hand while removing a metal oven tray from a very hot oven, using a holed and damp oven glove. I couldn’t &#8230; <a href="http://vanessafrance.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/burning-desires-enleveurs-de-feu-in-france/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vanessafrance.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12032191&amp;post=1973&amp;subd=vanessafrance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Of Knights, Damsels and Dragons</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve always been rather fond of myths and legends. Nowadays, I try to justify this penchant by seeking their historical origins. But I still enjoy a good story. Imagine my satisfaction when I discovered that we have one of our &#8230; <a href="http://vanessafrance.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/of-knights-damsels-and-dragons/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vanessafrance.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12032191&amp;post=1964&amp;subd=vanessafrance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Friday the Thirteenth – Lucky or Unlucky for the French?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have no doubt noticed that today is Friday 13th, a day when we Brits are especially careful not to walk under a ladder or tempt providence in other ways. To us, it definitely brings bad luck. But what do &#8230; <a href="http://vanessafrance.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/friday-the-thirteenth-lucky-or-unlucky-for-the-french/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vanessafrance.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12032191&amp;post=1957&amp;subd=vanessafrance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Let’s Stub it Out!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time for a little rant, I think: the first of 2012. Those of you who follow my blog will know that I have a bee in my bonnet about some people’s inability to dispose of their refuse correctly. My indignation was &#8230; <a href="http://vanessafrance.wordpress.com/2012/01/12/lets-stub-it-out/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vanessafrance.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12032191&amp;post=1953&amp;subd=vanessafrance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Meilleurs Voeux Before the World Ends</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I wrote my post about 10 things to do in 2012 I somehow forgot to mention that the world is scheduled to end this year – on 21st December to be precise. According to proponents of this theory, the &#8230; <a href="http://vanessafrance.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/meilleurs-voeux-before-the-world-ends/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vanessafrance.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12032191&amp;post=1944&amp;subd=vanessafrance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Monthly Météo: 2011 Weather Roundup for SW France</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First of all Bonne Année, Happy New Year, to all my readers. Apparently, 2011 was the year with the warmest average temperature since records began in France. I don’t know how they work this out and in July you could &#8230; <a href="http://vanessafrance.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/monthly-meteo-2011-weather-roundup-for-sw-france/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vanessafrance.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12032191&amp;post=1937&amp;subd=vanessafrance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Things to do in 2012 in SW France</title>
		<link>http://vanessafrance.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/ten-things-to-do-in-2012-in-sw-france/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone’s thoughts turn to resolutions at this time of year. Last year, I suggested 10 things to do in 2011 in southwest France. All of them were things I had never done but planned to do this year. Well, I &#8230; <a href="http://vanessafrance.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/ten-things-to-do-in-2012-in-sw-france/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vanessafrance.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12032191&amp;post=1929&amp;subd=vanessafrance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>French Christmas Quiz: the Answers</title>
		<link>http://vanessafrance.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/french-christmas-quiz-the-answers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hope you all had a lovely Christmas. We are rather glad of a respite this week, having spent the previous few days lurching between social events. Only New Year’s Eve to go now and then it’s back to normal. &#8230; <a href="http://vanessafrance.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/french-christmas-quiz-the-answers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vanessafrance.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12032191&amp;post=1924&amp;subd=vanessafrance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>French Christmas Quiz</title>
		<link>http://vanessafrance.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/french-christmas-quiz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[    First, I’d like to wish all my readers a very Happy Christmas. Now, here’s something to keep you Francophiles occupied after the turkey and Christmas pud, or whatever you eat on Christmas Day. Below are 20 questions about France &#8230; <a href="http://vanessafrance.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/french-christmas-quiz/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vanessafrance.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12032191&amp;post=1909&amp;subd=vanessafrance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Carols 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The countdown to Christmas has started with a vengeance. The traditional service of nine lessons and carols at l’église de Saint-Andéol at Parisot was an event not to miss. An international choir – English, Scottish, French, Dutch and Swedish (the SF) &#8230; <a href="http://vanessafrance.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/christmas-carols-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vanessafrance.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12032191&amp;post=1900&amp;subd=vanessafrance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When the Plague Came to Southwest France</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don’t worry; it happened several hundred years ago. But for people at the time it must have seemed like the end of the world. I thought about this recently while wandering around Villefranche-de-Rouergue  with time to kill between a routine &#8230; <a href="http://vanessafrance.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/when-the-plague-came-to-southwest-france/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vanessafrance.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12032191&amp;post=1890&amp;subd=vanessafrance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Market Halls in Southwest France</title>
		<link>http://vanessafrance.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/market-halls-in-southwest-france/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being a part-time unpaid librarian does have a few compensations. One of them is coming across a wonderful magazine – well, I think it is – entitled Midi-Pyrénées Patrimoine. It’s available in our Médiathèque. You’re not supposed to borrow the &#8230; <a href="http://vanessafrance.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/market-halls-in-southwest-france/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vanessafrance.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12032191&amp;post=1879&amp;subd=vanessafrance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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