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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>
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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>
		<link>http://vanessafrance.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/when-the-plague-came-to-southwest-france/</link>
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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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		<title>Seven Signs of Christmas</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 16:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I awoke on Thursday to the realisation that it was 1st December and the countdown to Christmas had started. This year has flown past and I can’t believe that it’s almost a year since I was writing about French Christmas &#8230; <a href="http://vanessafrance.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/seven-signs-of-christmas/">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=1874&amp;subd=vanessafrance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Monthly Météo: November 2011 Weather in SW France</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The drought continues here in southwest France. Ten days ago we went for a walk where we normally have to cross a fast-flowing stream using stepping stones. This time it was completely dry. You could walk along the bed of &#8230; <a href="http://vanessafrance.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/monthly-meteo-november-2011-weather-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=1861&amp;subd=vanessafrance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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