My French Life

In my apartment today I came across a book - My French Life - to my surprise it was the story of an Australian, Vicki Archer and her love for all things French. The book details the realising of a dream as Vicki and her family buy and restore a seventeenth century farm house near Saint-Remy-de-Provence in South West France. Superbly illustrated by Paris based Australian artist Carla Coulson (see my blog list), it was a great find.

The book does a fantastic job of articulating what is so alluring about this country, its people and culture. Another liitle victory!

Speaking of my apartment - for those intersted here is a little snap of home for the next month - 33 Rue du Four, Paris, 75006. Well loacted on the second floor of a 18th century building in the heart of St Germain des Pres. It is a 35 sqm studio aprartment. It took me a while to work out what the low rumblings that I could hear every 5 minutes were - then I realised it was the sound of the metro underneath the building carry commuters along Metro line 4 to St michel...!

This morning I am off to Monmatre hill the see the view and lazily stroll back through the Parisien markets.

A bientot.