Welcome Aboard Common Sense

                                            The French know theirs is the best... Olivier’s Hamburger. This is how the French make ...

Sometimes I think living aboard must be a bit like fighting a battle, but hopefully with less chance of coming to serious harm. A lot of...

This week we hired a car for a couple of days and set off to do a bit of exploring with our friends Lauren and Olivier from Hephaistos,...

  Fantastic food shops (providores? Epiceries?)  Most of them will cook or heat something up for you if they can.  Wine shops where you ...

Winter is a good time to visit museums in Paris: the queues are not so long and, once inside, you actually have space to view the works. O...

It’s a little intimidating trying to write a blog about Paris. So many great writers have described its every season, aspect and mood. A...

It was a strange day on Wednesday. When we walked into town, there seemed to be a few more police around than usual, and the main supermarke...